B. Paine, R. Wong, A. Schmitz, R. Walden, L. Nguyen, M. Delaney, K. Hum
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Abstract
We report on reliability tests on InP HEMT MMICs by two approaches. First we describe elevated-temperature lifetests on Ka-band LNA MMICs, for studying all thermally-driven degradation mechanisms. Then we describe ramped-voltage studies of separate capacitors, for measuring time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB), which is accelerated mostly by elevated voltage.