• DocumentCode
    2681032
  • Title

    New GaAs PIN Diodes with Lower Dissipation Loss, Faster Switching Speed at Lower Drive Power

  • Author

    Barratt, C. ; Christou, A. ; Jansen, N. ; Neidert, R.E., Jr. ; Ruess, M.L. ; Young, C.W.

  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    May 31 1983-June 3 1983
  • Firstpage
    507
  • Lastpage
    509
  • Abstract
    GaAs PIN diode material with low forward resistance and high Q reverse bias capacitance has been successfully grown for the first time. Static performance data for shunt mounted chips in a microstrip SPST switch show improved insertion loss for the 2-40 GHz range. Dynamic data show switching speed and switch drive power advantages of GaAs over Si for both carrier injection and sweep-out modes of operation.
  • Keywords
    Capacitance; Circuits; Diodes; Drives; Gallium arsenide; Microstrip; Radio frequency; Silicon; Switches; Tiles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1983 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1983.1130963
  • Filename
    1130963