DocumentCode
1979792
Title
50nm GaAs mHEMTs and MMICs for Ultra-Low Power Distributed Sensor Network Applications
Author
Thayne, Iain ; Elgaid, Khaled ; Holland, Martin ; McLelland, Helen ; Moran, David ; Thoms, Stephen ; Stanley, Colin
Author_Institution
Nanoelectron. Res. Centre, Glasgow Univ.
fYear
0
fDate
0-0 0
Firstpage
181
Lastpage
184
Abstract
We report well-scaled 50 nm GaAs metamorphic HEMTs (mHEMTs) with DC power consumption in the range 1-150 muW/mu demonstrating fT of 30-400 GHz. These metrics enable the realisation of ultra-low power (<500 muW) radio transceivers for autonomous distributed sensor network applications
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; MMIC; distributed sensors; gallium arsenide; high electron mobility transistors; transceivers; 30 to 400 GHz; 50 nm; GaAs; GaAs mHEMT; MMIC; distributed sensor; metamorphic HEMT; radio transceivers; Batteries; CMOS technology; Energy consumption; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; MMICs; Optical sensors; Radio transceivers; Temperature sensors; mHEMTs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Indium Phosphide and Related Materials Conference Proceedings, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Princeton, NJ
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9558-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICIPRM.2006.1634143
Filename
1634143
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