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Effects of doping concentration ratio on electrical characterization in pseudomorphic HEMT-based MMIC switches for ICT system
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- Authors
- Jae-Kyoung Mun, Jung-Hun Oh, Ho-Kun Sung, Cong Wang
- Issue Date
- 2015-12
- Citation
- Solid-State Electronics, v.114, pp.121-130
- ISSN
- 0038-1101
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- The effects of the doping concentration ratios between upper and lower silicon planar-doping layers on the DC and RF characteristics of the double planar doped pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (pHEMTs) are investigated. From the device simulation, an increase of maximum extrinsic transconductance and a decrease of total on- and off-state capacitances are observed, as well as an increase of the upper to lower planar-doping concentration ratios (UTLPDR), which give rise to an enhancement of the switching speed and isolation characteristics. On the basis of simulation results, two types of pHEMTs are fabricated with two different UTLPDRs of 4:1 and 1:2. After applying these two types' pHEMTs, single-pole-double-throw (SPDT) transmitter/receiver monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) switches are also designed and fabricated. The SPDT MMIC switch with a 4:1 UTLPDR shows an insertion loss of 0.58 dB, isolation of 40.2 dB, and switching speed of 100 ns, respectively, which correspondingly indicate a 0.23 dB lower insertion loss, 2.90 dB higher isolation and 2.5 times faster switching speed than those of 1:2 UTLPDR at frequency range of 2-6 GHz. From the simulation results and comparative studies, we propose that the UTLPDR must be greater than 4:1 for the best switching performance. With the abovementioned excellent performances, the proposed switch would be quite promising in the application of information and communications technology system.
- KSP Keywords
- 6 GHz, Communications technologies, Device Simulation, Doping concentration, Frequency range, High-electron mobility transistor(HEMT), Microwave Integrated Circuits(MICs), Microwave monolithic integrated circuits(MMIC), Pseudomorphic HEMT, RF characteristics, Switching performance