Title :
Efficient Generation of
-Parameters Transistor Models by Sequential Sampling
Author :
Barmuta, Pawel ; Ferranti, Francesco ; Lewandowski, Andreas ; Knockaert, Luc ; Schreurs, Dominique
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
This letter proposes a sequential sampling technique to generate efficiently multidimensional X-parameters models for microwave transistors, while guaranteeing X-parameters´ validity and overcoming simulator convergence issues. The sequential sampling process selects a set of samples that are subsequently used to construct behavioral models with radial basis functions. The proposed method was compared with a tabular X-parameters model with cubic spline interpolation. The radial basis function models demonstrate very fast convergence and greater accuracy already for a few tens of samples. The proposed technique is illustrated for a GaAs HEMT using Curtice3 and Chalmers empirical model simulations as the data source.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; high electron mobility transistors; interpolation; microwave transistors; radial basis function networks; sampling methods; semiconductor device models; Chalmers empirical model simulations; Curtice3 empirical model simulations; GaAs; GaAs HEMT; X-parameters transistor models; cubic spline interpolation; microwave transistors; multidimensional X-parameters models; radial basis function models; sequential sampling technique; tabular X-parameters model; Computational modeling; Convergence; Data models; Microwave transistors; Solid modeling; Transistors; ${rm X}$ -parameters; Behavioral modeling; computer simulation; sequential sampling;
Journal_Title :
Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LMWC.2014.2323701