Good performance SiGe power amplifiers applicable to wireless communications are demonstrated.The output power can reach more than 30dBm in class B mode.And in class AB mode,the output power at 1dB compression point (...Good performance SiGe power amplifiers applicable to wireless communications are demonstrated.The output power can reach more than 30dBm in class B mode.And in class AB mode,the output power at 1dB compression point ( P 1dB ) is 24dBm,the output third order intercept (TOI) power is 39dBm under V cc of 4V.The highest power added efficiency (PAE) and PAE at 1dB compression point are 34% and 25%,respectively.The adjacent channel power rejection for CDMA signal is more than 42dBc,which complies with IS95 specification.展开更多
A monolithic microwave integrated circuit （MMIC） power amplifier （PA） is proposed. It adopts a new on-chip bias circuit, which not only avoids the instability of the direct current bias caused by the change in the...A monolithic microwave integrated circuit （MMIC） power amplifier （PA） is proposed. It adopts a new on-chip bias circuit, which not only avoids the instability of the direct current bias caused by the change in the power supply and temperature, but also compensates deviations caused by the increase in input power. The bias circuit is a current-mirror configuration, and the feedback circuit helps to maintain bias voltage at a constant level. The gain of the feedback circuit is improved by the addition of a non-inverting amplifier within the feedback circuit. A shunt capacitor at the base node of the active bias transistor enhances the linearity of the PA. The chip is fabricated in an InGaP/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistor （HBT） process. Measured results exhibit a 26. 6-dBm output compression point, 33.6% power-added efficiency （PAE） and - 40.2 dBc adjacent channel power ratio （ACPR） for wide-band code division multiple access （W-CDMA） applications.展开更多
An emitter self-aligned InP-based single heterojunction bipolar transistor with a cutoff frequency （fT） of 162GHz is reported. The emitter size is 0.8μm × 12μm, the maximum DC gain is 120, the offset voltage ...An emitter self-aligned InP-based single heterojunction bipolar transistor with a cutoff frequency （fT） of 162GHz is reported. The emitter size is 0.8μm × 12μm, the maximum DC gain is 120, the offset voltage is 0.10V,and the typical breakdown voltage at Ic = 0. 1μA is 3.8V. This device is suitable for high-speed low-power applications,such as OEIC receivers and analog-to-digital converters.展开更多
An InP-based single-heterojunction bipolar transistor （SHBT） with base μ-bndge and emitter air-bridge is reported. Because those bridges reduce parasitic capacitance greatly, the cutoff frequency fT of the 2μm ...An InP-based single-heterojunction bipolar transistor （SHBT） with base μ-bndge and emitter air-bridge is reported. Because those bridges reduce parasitic capacitance greatly, the cutoff frequency fT of the 2μm ×12.5μm InP SHBT without de-embedding reaches 178GHz. It is critical in high-speed low power applications,such as OEIC receivers and analog-to-digital converters.展开更多
The alloy temperature dependence of Voffset and Rcontact is studied, and an optimal alloy temperature range for the best trade-off between Voffset and Rcontact, is given for thin base HBTs. In addition,the reason for ...The alloy temperature dependence of Voffset and Rcontact is studied, and an optimal alloy temperature range for the best trade-off between Voffset and Rcontact, is given for thin base HBTs. In addition,the reason for the high Voffset at high alloy temperature is interpreted using Schottky clamped theory. The lower Voffset of our U-shaped emitter HBT than that of traditional strip emitter HBTs is explained.展开更多
Super performance InGaP/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) with hexagonal emitter are described.The fabricated HBT shows excellent DC characteristics with low V CE offset voltage (<0 15V) and ...Super performance InGaP/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) with hexagonal emitter are described.The fabricated HBT shows excellent DC characteristics with low V CE offset voltage (<0 15V) and low knee voltage (<0 5V).Over 14V of the collector base breakdown voltage BV CBO and over 9V of the collector emitter breakdown voltage BV CEO are obtained.For a self aligned InGaP/GaAs HBT with 2μm×10μm emitter area,the f T is extrapolated to 92GHz and f max is extrapolated to 105GHz.These great values are obtained due to the hexagonal emitter and laterally etched undercut (LEU) of collector,indicating the great potential of InGaP/GaAs HBTs for high speed digital circuit and microwave power applications.展开更多
This paper describes the bipolar field-effect transistor （BiFET） and its theory. Analytical solution is ob- tained from partitioning the two-dimensional transistor into two one-dimensional transistors. The analysis ...This paper describes the bipolar field-effect transistor （BiFET） and its theory. Analytical solution is ob- tained from partitioning the two-dimensional transistor into two one-dimensional transistors. The analysis employs the parametric surface-electric-potential and the electrochemical （quasi-Fermi） potential-gradient driving force to compute the current. Output and transfer D. C. current and conductance versus voltage are presented over practi- cal ranges of terminal D. C. voltages and device parameters. Electron and hole surface channel currents are pres- ent simultaneously, a new feature which could provide circuit functions in one physical transistor such as the CMOS inverter and SRAM memory.展开更多
This paper describes the drift-diffusion theory of the bipolar field-effect transistor （BiFET） with two identical and connected metal-oxide-silicon-gates （MOS-gates） on a thin-pure-base. Analytical solution is obt...This paper describes the drift-diffusion theory of the bipolar field-effect transistor （BiFET） with two identical and connected metal-oxide-silicon-gates （MOS-gates） on a thin-pure-base. Analytical solution is obtained by partitioning the two-dimensional transistor into two one-dimensional problems coupled by the parametric sur- face-electric-potential. Total and component output and transfer currents and conductances versus D. C. voltages from the drift-diffusion theory, and their deviations from the electrochemical （quasi-Fermi） potential-gradient theory,are presented over practical ranges of thicknesses of the silicon base and gate oxide. A substantial contri- bution from the longitudinal gradient of the square of the transverse electric field is shown.展开更多
A new photodetector--bipolar junction photogate transistor is presented for CMOS image sensor and its analytical model is also established.With the technical parameter of the 0.6μm CMOS process,the bipolar junction p...A new photodetector--bipolar junction photogate transistor is presented for CMOS image sensor and its analytical model is also established.With the technical parameter of the 0.6μm CMOS process,the bipolar junction photogate transistor is analyzed and simulated.The simulated results illustrate that the bipolar junction photogate transistor has the similar characteristics of the traditional photogate transistor.The photocurrent density of the bipolar junction photogate transistor increases exponentially with the incidence light power due to introducing the injection p+n junction.Its characteristic of blue response is rather improved compared to the traditional photogate transistor that benefits to increase the color photograph made up of the red,the green,and the blue.展开更多
A kind of super performance InGaP/GaAs HBT with f T=108GHz and f max =140GHz is demonstrated.The excellent frequency performance results from the novel structure of the U shaped emitter,together with sel...A kind of super performance InGaP/GaAs HBT with f T=108GHz and f max =140GHz is demonstrated.The excellent frequency performance results from the novel structure of the U shaped emitter,together with self aligned emitter and LEU(lateral etched undercut) technologies.The HBT with the novel structure shows a distinguished performance with BV CEO up to 25V.And excellent performance of low V offset of 105mV and V knee of 0 50V is great favor of low power applications.The differences due to the different structure are also compared.展开更多
With the large-signal model extracted from the InGaP/GaAs HBT with three fingers,a three-stage,class AB power amplifier at ISM band is designed.Through the optimization of the traditional bias network,the gain compres...With the large-signal model extracted from the InGaP/GaAs HBT with three fingers,a three-stage,class AB power amplifier at ISM band is designed.Through the optimization of the traditional bias network,the gain compression at the low input power level is eliminated successfully.At 3.5V of supply voltage of the power amplifier after optimization exhibits 30dBm of maximum linear output power,43.4% of power added efficiency 109.7mA of a quite low quiescent bias current ,29.1dB of the corresponding gain,and -100dBc of the adjacent channel power rejection (ACPR) at the output power of 30dBm.展开更多
A novel lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor on a silicon-on-insulator substrate SOI-LIGBT with a special low-doped P-well structure is proposed.The P-well structure is added to attach the P-body under the channe...A novel lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor on a silicon-on-insulator substrate SOI-LIGBT with a special low-doped P-well structure is proposed.The P-well structure is added to attach the P-body under the channel so as to reduce the linear anode current degradation without additional process.The influence of the length and depth of the P-well on the hot-carrier HC reliability of the SOI-LIGBT is studied.With the increase in the length of the P-well the perpendicular electric field peak and the impact ionization peak diminish resulting in the reduction of the hot-carrier degradation. In addition the impact ionization will be weakened with the increase in the depth of the P-well which also makes the hot-carrier degradation decrease.Considering the effect of the low-doped P-well and the process windows the length and depth of the P-well are both chosen as 2 μm.展开更多
A self-aligned InP/GalnAs single heterojunction bipolar transistor（HBT） is investigated using a novel T-shaped emitter. A U-shaped emitter layout,selective wet etching,laterally etched undercut, and an air-bridge ar...A self-aligned InP/GalnAs single heterojunction bipolar transistor（HBT） is investigated using a novel T-shaped emitter. A U-shaped emitter layout,selective wet etching,laterally etched undercut, and an air-bridge are applied in this process. The device, which has a 2μm×12μm U-shaped emitter area,demonstrates a common-emitter DC current gain of 170,an offset voltage of 0.2V,a knee voltage of 0.5V, and an open-base breakdown voltage of over 2V. The HBT exhibits good microwave performance with a current gain cutoff frequency of 85GHz and a maximum oscillation frequency of 72GHz, These results indicate that these InP/InGaAs SHBTs are suitable for low-voltage,low-power,and high-frequency applications.展开更多
An efficient and accurate analytical model for piezoelectric bimorph based on the improved first-order shear deformation theory （FSDT） is developed in this work. The model combines the equivalent single-layer approa...An efficient and accurate analytical model for piezoelectric bimorph based on the improved first-order shear deformation theory （FSDT） is developed in this work. The model combines the equivalent single-layer approach for mechanical displacements and a layerwise-type modelling of the electric potential. Particular attention is devoted to the boundary conditions on the outside faces and to the interface continuity conditions of the bimorphs for the electromechanical variables. Shear correction factor （k） is introduced to modilfy both the shear stress and the electric displacement of each layer. And the detailed mathematical derivations are presented. Free vibration problem of simply supported piezoelectric bimorphs with series or parallel arrangement is investigated for the closed circuit condition, and the results for different length-to-thickness ratios are compared with those obtained from the exact 2D solution. Excellent agreements between the present model prediction with k=-8/9 and the exact solutions are observed for the resonant frequencies.展开更多
A T equivalent high frequency heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) noise model is reported.This model is derived from Hawkins noise model commonly used in Si BJT.The main modifications include the influence of th...A T equivalent high frequency heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) noise model is reported.This model is derived from Hawkins noise model commonly used in Si BJT.The main modifications include the influence of the ideality factor,emitter resistance,intrinsic base collector capacitance,extrinsic base collector capacitance and other parasitic elements of HBT represented in equivalent circuit topology.In order to calculate accurate noise parameters from the equivalent circuit,the noise correlation matrix method is used to avoid any simplifications generated in circuit transformations and complex noise measurements.The analysis of the influence of the equivalent circuit elements on the minimum noise figure is reported,the results of analysis agree well with the physics explanations.By means of the formulae derived from device physics of HBT,the influence of device parameters on the minimum noise figure is also represented.展开更多
The macroscopic quantum coherence in a biaxial antiferromagnetic molecular magnet in the presence of magnetic field acting parallel to its hard anisotropy axis is studied within the two-sublattice model. On the basis ...The macroscopic quantum coherence in a biaxial antiferromagnetic molecular magnet in the presence of magnetic field acting parallel to its hard anisotropy axis is studied within the two-sublattice model. On the basis of instanton technique in the spin-coherent-state path-integral representation, both the rigorous Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin exponent and pre-exponential factor for the ground-state tunnel splitting are obtained. We find that the quantum fluctuations around the classical paths can not only induce a new quantum phase previously reported by Chiolero and Loss (Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 169), but also have great influence on the intensity of the ground-state tunnel splitting. Those features clearly have no analogue in the ferromagnetic molecular magnets. We suggest that they may be the universal behaviors in all antiferromagnetic molecular magnets. The analytical results are complemented by exact diagonalization calculation.展开更多
文摘Good performance SiGe power amplifiers applicable to wireless communications are demonstrated.The output power can reach more than 30dBm in class B mode.And in class AB mode,the output power at 1dB compression point ( P 1dB ) is 24dBm,the output third order intercept (TOI) power is 39dBm under V cc of 4V.The highest power added efficiency (PAE) and PAE at 1dB compression point are 34% and 25%,respectively.The adjacent channel power rejection for CDMA signal is more than 42dBc,which complies with IS95 specification.
基金The National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program)(No.2009AA01Z260)
文摘A monolithic microwave integrated circuit （MMIC） power amplifier （PA） is proposed. It adopts a new on-chip bias circuit, which not only avoids the instability of the direct current bias caused by the change in the power supply and temperature, but also compensates deviations caused by the increase in input power. The bias circuit is a current-mirror configuration, and the feedback circuit helps to maintain bias voltage at a constant level. The gain of the feedback circuit is improved by the addition of a non-inverting amplifier within the feedback circuit. A shunt capacitor at the base node of the active bias transistor enhances the linearity of the PA. The chip is fabricated in an InGaP/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistor （HBT） process. Measured results exhibit a 26. 6-dBm output compression point, 33.6% power-added efficiency （PAE） and - 40.2 dBc adjacent channel power ratio （ACPR） for wide-band code division multiple access （W-CDMA） applications.
文摘An emitter self-aligned InP-based single heterojunction bipolar transistor with a cutoff frequency （fT） of 162GHz is reported. The emitter size is 0.8μm × 12μm, the maximum DC gain is 120, the offset voltage is 0.10V,and the typical breakdown voltage at Ic = 0. 1μA is 3.8V. This device is suitable for high-speed low-power applications,such as OEIC receivers and analog-to-digital converters.
文摘An InP-based single-heterojunction bipolar transistor （SHBT） with base μ-bndge and emitter air-bridge is reported. Because those bridges reduce parasitic capacitance greatly, the cutoff frequency fT of the 2μm ×12.5μm InP SHBT without de-embedding reaches 178GHz. It is critical in high-speed low power applications,such as OEIC receivers and analog-to-digital converters.
文摘The alloy temperature dependence of Voffset and Rcontact is studied, and an optimal alloy temperature range for the best trade-off between Voffset and Rcontact, is given for thin base HBTs. In addition,the reason for the high Voffset at high alloy temperature is interpreted using Schottky clamped theory. The lower Voffset of our U-shaped emitter HBT than that of traditional strip emitter HBTs is explained.
文摘Super performance InGaP/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) with hexagonal emitter are described.The fabricated HBT shows excellent DC characteristics with low V CE offset voltage (<0 15V) and low knee voltage (<0 5V).Over 14V of the collector base breakdown voltage BV CBO and over 9V of the collector emitter breakdown voltage BV CEO are obtained.For a self aligned InGaP/GaAs HBT with 2μm×10μm emitter area,the f T is extrapolated to 92GHz and f max is extrapolated to 105GHz.These great values are obtained due to the hexagonal emitter and laterally etched undercut (LEU) of collector,indicating the great potential of InGaP/GaAs HBTs for high speed digital circuit and microwave power applications.
文摘This paper describes the bipolar field-effect transistor （BiFET） and its theory. Analytical solution is ob- tained from partitioning the two-dimensional transistor into two one-dimensional transistors. The analysis employs the parametric surface-electric-potential and the electrochemical （quasi-Fermi） potential-gradient driving force to compute the current. Output and transfer D. C. current and conductance versus voltage are presented over practi- cal ranges of terminal D. C. voltages and device parameters. Electron and hole surface channel currents are pres- ent simultaneously, a new feature which could provide circuit functions in one physical transistor such as the CMOS inverter and SRAM memory.
文摘This paper describes the drift-diffusion theory of the bipolar field-effect transistor （BiFET） with two identical and connected metal-oxide-silicon-gates （MOS-gates） on a thin-pure-base. Analytical solution is obtained by partitioning the two-dimensional transistor into two one-dimensional problems coupled by the parametric sur- face-electric-potential. Total and component output and transfer currents and conductances versus D. C. voltages from the drift-diffusion theory, and their deviations from the electrochemical （quasi-Fermi） potential-gradient theory,are presented over practical ranges of thicknesses of the silicon base and gate oxide. A substantial contri- bution from the longitudinal gradient of the square of the transverse electric field is shown.
文摘A new photodetector--bipolar junction photogate transistor is presented for CMOS image sensor and its analytical model is also established.With the technical parameter of the 0.6μm CMOS process,the bipolar junction photogate transistor is analyzed and simulated.The simulated results illustrate that the bipolar junction photogate transistor has the similar characteristics of the traditional photogate transistor.The photocurrent density of the bipolar junction photogate transistor increases exponentially with the incidence light power due to introducing the injection p+n junction.Its characteristic of blue response is rather improved compared to the traditional photogate transistor that benefits to increase the color photograph made up of the red,the green,and the blue.
文摘A kind of super performance InGaP/GaAs HBT with f T=108GHz and f max =140GHz is demonstrated.The excellent frequency performance results from the novel structure of the U shaped emitter,together with self aligned emitter and LEU(lateral etched undercut) technologies.The HBT with the novel structure shows a distinguished performance with BV CEO up to 25V.And excellent performance of low V offset of 105mV and V knee of 0 50V is great favor of low power applications.The differences due to the different structure are also compared.
文摘With the large-signal model extracted from the InGaP/GaAs HBT with three fingers,a three-stage,class AB power amplifier at ISM band is designed.Through the optimization of the traditional bias network,the gain compression at the low input power level is eliminated successfully.At 3.5V of supply voltage of the power amplifier after optimization exhibits 30dBm of maximum linear output power,43.4% of power added efficiency 109.7mA of a quite low quiescent bias current ,29.1dB of the corresponding gain,and -100dBc of the adjacent channel power rejection (ACPR) at the output power of 30dBm.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61204083)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK2011059)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(No.NCET-10-0331)
文摘A novel lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor on a silicon-on-insulator substrate SOI-LIGBT with a special low-doped P-well structure is proposed.The P-well structure is added to attach the P-body under the channel so as to reduce the linear anode current degradation without additional process.The influence of the length and depth of the P-well on the hot-carrier HC reliability of the SOI-LIGBT is studied.With the increase in the length of the P-well the perpendicular electric field peak and the impact ionization peak diminish resulting in the reduction of the hot-carrier degradation. In addition the impact ionization will be weakened with the increase in the depth of the P-well which also makes the hot-carrier degradation decrease.Considering the effect of the low-doped P-well and the process windows the length and depth of the P-well are both chosen as 2 μm.
文摘A self-aligned InP/GalnAs single heterojunction bipolar transistor（HBT） is investigated using a novel T-shaped emitter. A U-shaped emitter layout,selective wet etching,laterally etched undercut, and an air-bridge are applied in this process. The device, which has a 2μm×12μm U-shaped emitter area,demonstrates a common-emitter DC current gain of 170,an offset voltage of 0.2V,a knee voltage of 0.5V, and an open-base breakdown voltage of over 2V. The HBT exhibits good microwave performance with a current gain cutoff frequency of 85GHz and a maximum oscillation frequency of 72GHz, These results indicate that these InP/InGaAs SHBTs are suitable for low-voltage,low-power,and high-frequency applications.
基金Project (Nos. 10472102 and 10372089) supported by the NationalNatural Science Foundation of China
文摘An efficient and accurate analytical model for piezoelectric bimorph based on the improved first-order shear deformation theory （FSDT） is developed in this work. The model combines the equivalent single-layer approach for mechanical displacements and a layerwise-type modelling of the electric potential. Particular attention is devoted to the boundary conditions on the outside faces and to the interface continuity conditions of the bimorphs for the electromechanical variables. Shear correction factor （k） is introduced to modilfy both the shear stress and the electric displacement of each layer. And the detailed mathematical derivations are presented. Free vibration problem of simply supported piezoelectric bimorphs with series or parallel arrangement is investigated for the closed circuit condition, and the results for different length-to-thickness ratios are compared with those obtained from the exact 2D solution. Excellent agreements between the present model prediction with k=-8/9 and the exact solutions are observed for the resonant frequencies.
文摘A T equivalent high frequency heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) noise model is reported.This model is derived from Hawkins noise model commonly used in Si BJT.The main modifications include the influence of the ideality factor,emitter resistance,intrinsic base collector capacitance,extrinsic base collector capacitance and other parasitic elements of HBT represented in equivalent circuit topology.In order to calculate accurate noise parameters from the equivalent circuit,the noise correlation matrix method is used to avoid any simplifications generated in circuit transformations and complex noise measurements.The analysis of the influence of the equivalent circuit elements on the minimum noise figure is reported,the results of analysis agree well with the physics explanations.By means of the formulae derived from device physics of HBT,the influence of device parameters on the minimum noise figure is also represented.
文摘The macroscopic quantum coherence in a biaxial antiferromagnetic molecular magnet in the presence of magnetic field acting parallel to its hard anisotropy axis is studied within the two-sublattice model. On the basis of instanton technique in the spin-coherent-state path-integral representation, both the rigorous Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin exponent and pre-exponential factor for the ground-state tunnel splitting are obtained. We find that the quantum fluctuations around the classical paths can not only induce a new quantum phase previously reported by Chiolero and Loss (Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 169), but also have great influence on the intensity of the ground-state tunnel splitting. Those features clearly have no analogue in the ferromagnetic molecular magnets. We suggest that they may be the universal behaviors in all antiferromagnetic molecular magnets. The analytical results are complemented by exact diagonalization calculation.
