• DocumentCode
    1626848
  • Title

    Progress in silicon RF Power MOS technologies - current and future trends

  • Author

    De Souza, M.M. ; Cao, G. ; Narayanan, E. M Sankara ; Youming, F. ; Manhas, S.K. ; Luo, J. ; Moguilnaia, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Emerging Technol. Res. Centre, De Montfort Univ., Leicester, UK
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the current progress and factors limiting the performance of silicon RF Power device technologies are reviewed. Silicon VDMOSFETs have high linearity but the gain is low at frequencies in excess of 1 GHz. LDMOSFETs have higher gain and can operate up to 2.4 GHz. However, the linearity and reliability of LDMOSFETs is poor in comparison to VDMOSFETs. New architectures and evolving trends are discussed.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; power MOSFET; silicon; technological forecasting; 1 GHz; 2.4 GHz; LDMOSFET; Si; VDMOSFET; gain; linearity; reliability; silicon RF power MOSFET technology; Cutoff frequency; GSM; Gallium arsenide; Linearity; MOSFET circuits; Power MOSFET; Radio frequency; Silicon; Substrates; Telephone sets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Devices, Circuits and Systems, 2002. Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE International Caracas Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7380-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCDCS.2002.1004069
  • Filename
    1004069