• DocumentCode
    1824037
  • Title

    Harmonic power generation from the non-linear output capacitance of silicon LDMOS devices

  • Author

    Gaddi, Roberto ; Pla, Jaime A. ; Tasker, Paul J.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Electron., Cardiff Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    Compression and harmonic generation mechanisms coupled to the non-linear output drift-region capacitance of Silicon LDMOS FET transistors are thoroughly investigated. Large-signal time-domain analysis is performed on the device operated as a class AB amplifier. Observations confirm significant real power being shifted from the fundamental to the even order harmonics by the capacitive element acting effectively as a varactor diode multiplier
  • Keywords
    capacitance; elemental semiconductors; harmonic generation; power MOSFET; power amplifiers; silicon; time-domain analysis; Si; class AB amplifier; gain compression; harmonic power generation; large-signal time domain analysis; nonlinear output drift region capacitance; silicon LDMOS FET transistor; varactor diode multiplier; Capacitance; FETs; Frequency conversion; Power generation; Power measurement; Power system harmonics; Power system modeling; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Silicon; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High Frequency Postgraduate Student Colloquium, 2001. 6th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Cardiff
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7118-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HFPSC.2001.962148
  • Filename
    962148