• DocumentCode
    3178166
  • Title

    CMOS diodes operating beyond avalanche frequency

  • Author

    Al-Attar, Talal

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Santa Clara Univ., Santa Clara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    14-16 March 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper describes IMPATT diodes designed and fabricated in 0.25 μm CMOS technology to operate beyond avalanche frequency. IMPATT Impedance measurements from 40 MHz to 110 GHz confirmed avalanche frequency range from 30 GHz to 55 GHz and negative resistance tuning range from 30 GHz to 80 GHz. G&H model is verified and the impact of different device parameters are presented.
  • Keywords
    IMPATT diodes; millimetre wave diodes; CMOS diode; IMPATT diode; IMPATT impedance measurements; avalanche frequency; frequency 40 MHz to 110 GHz; impact avalanche transit time diode; negative resistance; Admittance; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Junctions; Resistance; Semiconductor diodes; Voltage measurement; Avalanche Frequency; CMOS; CPW; GSG; IMPATT;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), 2011 12th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Clara, CA
  • ISSN
    1948-3287
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-913-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISQED.2011.5770746
  • Filename
    5770746