Y. Kitaura, K. Nishihori, Y. Tanabe, M. Mihara, M. Yoshimura, T. Nitta, Y. Kakiuchi, N. Uchitomi
{"title":"A self-aligned buried-channel heterostructure GaAs FET with high breakdown voltage for use in mobile communications systems","authors":"Y. Kitaura, K. Nishihori, Y. Tanabe, M. Mihara, M. Yoshimura, T. Nitta, Y. Kakiuchi, N. Uchitomi","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.1996.567879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.1996.567879","url":null,"abstract":"The combined process of epitaxy and ion implantation has been developed in the fabrication of a buried-channel WNx/W self-aligned heterostructure GaAs FET. This FET comprises an ion implanted channel and an undoped AlGaAs epitaxial surface layer. The ion-implantation technique leads to an IC-oriented process and the epitaxial technique to a buried channel structure. Both ease of isolation and enhanced breakdown voltage were attained, promising MMICs for L-band digital mobile communication systems.","PeriodicalId":365997,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 18th Annual Technical Digest 1996","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134486094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Yokoyama, T. Kunihisa, M. Nishijima, S. Yamamoto, M. Nishitsuji, K. Nishii, M. Nakayama, O. Ishikawa
{"title":"Low current dissipation pseudomorphic MODFET MMIC power amplifier for PHS operating with a 3.5 V single voltage supply","authors":"T. Yokoyama, T. Kunihisa, M. Nishijima, S. Yamamoto, M. Nishitsuji, K. Nishii, M. Nakayama, O. Ishikawa","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.1996.567817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.1996.567817","url":null,"abstract":"A low current dissipation MMIC power amplifier operating with a 3.5 V single voltage supply has been developed for PHS. This MMIC utilizes a pseudomorphic double heterojunction modulation doped FET (P-MODFET) to realize single voltage operation and low operating current simultaneously. It exhibits very low operating current of 141 mA at the output power of 21.5 dBm with low adjacent channel leakage power of -56.1 dBc in the single voltage supply condition. This operating current is one of the lowest values that have been reported on the single voltage operation MMIC power amplifiers for PHS.","PeriodicalId":365997,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 18th Annual Technical Digest 1996","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130254696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new low-noise, low-distortion and low-power-consumption variable gain amplifier for digital cellular phones","authors":"K. Motoyoshi, T. Tambo, K. Tara, M. Hagio","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.1996.567872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.1996.567872","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports a new variable gain amplifier which has low NF of 1.7 dB, low distortion of IM/sub 3//spl les/50 dBc and low power consumption of less than 30 mA. These performances are realized by the new input-signal control circuit.","PeriodicalId":365997,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 18th Annual Technical Digest 1996","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131551412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High-power, high-efficiency K-band AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors","authors":"Hin-Fai Chau, D. Hill, R. Yarborough, Tae Kim","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.1996.567747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.1996.567747","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the state-of-the-art power performance of AlGaAs/GaAs HBTs at K-band. A prematched 12/spl times/(1.6/spl times/25) /spl mu/m/sup 2/ HBT unit cell exhibited 1.18 W CW output power (3.93 W/mm output power density) and 57.1% power-added efficiency with 6.6 dB associated gain at 20 GHz at a collector bias of 10.5 V. Peak power-added efficiency achieved was 57.8% at an output power level of 1.08 W. No intentional harmonic tuning was applied.","PeriodicalId":365997,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 18th Annual Technical Digest 1996","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126142132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D.Y. Wu, A. Yen, D. Meeker, S. Beccue, K. Pedrotti, J. Penney, A. Price, K. Wang
{"title":"Two phase detectors for 2.5-10 Gb/s NRZ data operation: a Hogge and a balanced mixer","authors":"D.Y. Wu, A. Yen, D. Meeker, S. Beccue, K. Pedrotti, J. Penney, A. Price, K. Wang","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.1996.567884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.1996.567884","url":null,"abstract":"Two phase detector circuits with data regeneration, a Hogge and a balanced Gilbert cell mixer, were developed in a standard Rockwell AlGaAs/GaAs HBT process. Both circuits operate at 10 Gb/s; the Hogge circuit, by not having a fixed delay and multiply circuit attached to it, also performs well at lower bit rates.","PeriodicalId":365997,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 18th Annual Technical Digest 1996","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125846071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel 75 GHz InP HEMT dynamic divider","authors":"Chris J. Madden, Doug R. Snook, R. Tuyl","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.1996.567827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.1996.567827","url":null,"abstract":"A novel dynamic frequency divider IC is realized by injection locking a broadly tunable push-pull oscillator. The injection locking process is explained using a simple pumped-delay model of a two-stage ring oscillator. Two different dynamic dividers were fabricated in the Hughes 0.1 /spl mu/m gate-length InP HEMT process. The first covers 15-68 GHz while the second operates over the entire band from 50 to 75 GHz.","PeriodicalId":365997,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 18th Annual Technical Digest 1996","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122754824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A review of recent progress in InP-based optoelectronic integrated circuit receiver front-ends","authors":"R. Walden","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.1996.567881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.1996.567881","url":null,"abstract":"InP-based OEIC receivers look promising for high-speed (/spl ges/10 Gb/s) optical communications systems and for WDM networks because of the inherent advantages of integration, and the intrinsic speed of the devices available. This paper reviews recent developments.","PeriodicalId":365997,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 18th Annual Technical Digest 1996","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134124177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single-chip 30 W CW AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistor at 3 GHz","authors":"D. Hill, Hua-Quen Tserng, Tae Kim, M. Tutt","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.1996.567875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.1996.567875","url":null,"abstract":"We have fabricated heterojunction bipolar transistors that, to our knowledge, exhibit record operating voltage and single-chip output power for GaAs microwave power devices. A device with 720 /spl mu/m total emitter length achieved an output power of 4 W with 62% power-added efficiency at 3 GHz at a collector bias of 20 V. A device monolithically combining 16 unit cells, for a total emitter length of 7.68 mm, achieved a CW output power of 30 W with 55% power-added efficiency at 3 GHz.","PeriodicalId":365997,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 18th Annual Technical Digest 1996","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132413297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of surface-related deep-trap effects on gate-lag phenomena in GaAs MESFETs","authors":"K. Horio, T. Yamada","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.1996.567844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.1996.567844","url":null,"abstract":"Effects of surface states on gate-lag phenomena in GaAs MESFETs are studied by 2D simulation. It is shown that the deep-acceptor-like state plays a dominant role in determining the characteristics. To reduce the gate-lag, the deep acceptor should be made electron-trap-like. This can be realized by reducing the surface-state density. Some device structures expected to have less gate-lag are also described.","PeriodicalId":365997,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 18th Annual Technical Digest 1996","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128193089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Alekseev, D. Pavlidis, M. Dickmann, T. Hackbarth
{"title":"W-band InGaAs/InP PIN diode monolithic integrated switches","authors":"E. Alekseev, D. Pavlidis, M. Dickmann, T. Hackbarth","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.1996.567888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.1996.567888","url":null,"abstract":"The design, fabrication, and experimental characteristics of InGaAs PIN diodes are presented for InP-based W-band monolithic integrated switches. The diodes with 10 /spl mu/m-diameter were used and showed a breakdown voltage of 17 V, a turn-on voltage of 0.36 V, and a switching cutoff frequency of 6.3 THz. The monolithic integrated switches employed microstrip transmission lines and backside via holes for low-inductance signal grounding. A radial stub-based design was used for on-chip biasing, and the high-frequency characteristics of the switches were verified by on-wafer W-band testing. The SPST PIN monolithic switch demonstrated 25 dB isolation, 1.3 dB insertion loss, and 0.8 dB reflection loss at 83 GHz.","PeriodicalId":365997,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 18th Annual Technical Digest 1996","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114162181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}