Improving understanding of the RF circuit behaviour of contemporary semiconductor devices through fast-sampling I (V)Curve tracer measurement

Ladbrooke, P.H. ; Bridge, J.P. ; Goodship, N.J. ; Battison, D.J. (2000) Improving understanding of the RF circuit behaviour of contemporary semiconductor devices through fast-sampling I (V)Curve tracer measurement. In: Gallium Arsenide applications symposium. GAAS 2000, 2-6 october 2000, Paris.
Full text available as:
[thumbnail of GAAS14_2.pdf]
Preview
PDF
Download (65kB) | Preview

Abstract

Most contemporary semiconductor devices exhibit dynamic I (V )behaviour that is different from the static (or dc)behaviour -in some cases markedly different.Commercial fast-sampling dynamic curve tracer instrumentation shows how devices ranging from diode structures to pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (PHEMTs)and heterojunction bipolars (HBTs)will behave in practical RF circuits.Examples of dynamic behaviour include the inability to cut-off some HBTs, which may lead to the power-added efficiency being highest at low supply voltages;highly non- diode-like flow of gate current and negative drain current flow in E-mode GaAs FETs;broadband negative differential conductivity in some PHEMTs,which complicates the circuit designers job of achieving stable circuits;the reduction of dispersion in high-voltage SiC FETs,and,by analysis of drain current transients,separation of the percentage contributions to dispersion in FETs and HEMTs made by deep levels and self-heating as a function of bias and operating point.

Abstract
Document type
Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Creators
CreatorsAffiliationORCID
Ladbrooke, P.H.
Bridge, J.P.
Goodship, N.J.
Battison, D.J.
Subjects
DOI
Deposit date
17 Jun 2004
Last modified
17 Feb 2016 13:42
URI

Other metadata

Downloads

Downloads

Staff only: View the document

^