• DocumentCode
    1384143
  • Title

    Identification technique of FET model based on vector nonlinear measurements

  • Author

    Avolio, Gustavo ; Schreurs, Dominique ; Raffo, Antonio ; Crupi, Giovanni ; Angelov, Iltcho ; Vannini, Giorgio ; Nauwelaers, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng. (ESAT), K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1323
  • Lastpage
    1324
  • Abstract
    A new modelling approach which exploits only vector nonlinear measurements is described. The parameters of the I-V and Q-V non-linear constitutive functions are identified by combining low- and high-frequency large-signal measurements with a numerical optimisation routine. Low-frequency dispersion manifesting in the I-V characteristics is also correctly accounted for. As a case study a gallium nitride HEMT on silicon carbide substrate is considered and very good agreement between measurements and simulation is achieved.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; high electron mobility transistors; optimisation; wide band gap semiconductors; FET model; GaN; HEMT; I-V nonlinear constitutive function parameter; Q-V nonlinear constitutive function parameter; SiC; high-frequency large-signal measurement; identification technique; low-frequency dispersion; low-frequency large-signal measurement; numerical optimisation routine; vector nonlinear measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2011.2892
  • Filename
    6088044