• DocumentCode
    2349421
  • Title

    High-Q FDSOI varactors for wireless radiation sensing

  • Author

    Vaidhyanathan, G. ; Koester, S.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3-6 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A high-Q radiation-sensitive varactor design based on fully-depeleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) for telemetric readout systems is described. A multi-finger device design is evaluated, and the design parameters for maximizing tuning range and quality factor are simulated. Varactors with Lg = 300 nm and tSOI = 20 nm are found to provide 2.5:1 capacitance tuning range and Q >; 100 at f = 1 GHz.
  • Keywords
    particle detectors; silicon-on-insulator; varactors; frequency 1 GHz; fully depeleted silicon on insulator; high Q FDSOI varactors; multi finger device design; telemetric readout systems; wireless radiation sensing; Capacitance; Geometry; Logic gates; Q factor; Silicon; Tuning; Varactors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    SOI Conference (SOI), 2011 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Tempe, AZ
  • ISSN
    1078-621X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-761-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1078-621X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SOI.2011.6081693
  • Filename
    6081693