Small-signal analysis of MESFET including the energy conservation equation

Author

Tsai, Yao-Tsung ; Grotjohn, Timothy A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

Volume

10

Issue

12

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1530

Lastpage

1533

Abstract

The sinusoidal steady-state analysis (SSSA) method is applied to the energy transport model which solves the Poisson equation, the continuity equation, and the energy conservation equation. The SSSA method is used to obtain the AC solution of the GaAs MESFET in two dimensions. Comparison of the y-parameters for a GaAs MESFET calculated using the SSSA energy transport model and a two-dimensional Monte Carlo particle model shows close agreement. The convergence properties of the SSSA method are also discussed

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Schottky gate field effect transistors; gallium arsenide; semiconductor device models; AC solution; GaAs; MESFET; Poisson equation; continuity equation; convergence properties; energy conservation equation; energy transport model; sinusoidal steady-state analysis; small-signal analysis; y-parameters; Convergence; Electrons; Energy conservation; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; MESFETs; Monte Carlo methods; Poisson equations; Steady-state; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0070

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/43.103502

Filename

103502