High speed switch using pairs of pHEMTs with shifted gates
โ Scribed by S. Mil'shtein; C. Liessner
- Book ID
- 104050967
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0026-2692
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โฆ Synopsis
In many radio frequency (RF) applications, small, high-power, high-speed switches are vital. Currently, pHEMTs are considered among the fastest of the semiconductor devices, capable of operating up to 100 GHz. We designed a switch topology using simple series and shunt elements. Each element was comprised of a single, unbiased pHEMT. We found shifting the position of the gate asymmetrically towards the source terminal in these transistors improved the switching time. Using very long HEMTs in our experimental chips we observed improvement of turn-on and turn-off time (both in single nanoseconds) as well as better linearity and power handling.
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