QUBiC4X is a cost-effective ultra-high-speed SiGe:C RF-bicmostechnology for emerging microwave applications with NPN f(T)/f(max) up to 130/140GHz, enhanced RF-oriented 2.5V CMOS, SiGe:C Power Amplifiers with 88% powe...
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(纸本)0780386183
QUBiC4X is a cost-effective ultra-high-speed SiGe:C RF-bicmostechnology for emerging microwave applications with NPN f(T)/f(max) up to 130/140GHz, enhanced RF-oriented 2.5V CMOS, SiGe:C Power Amplifiers with 88% power-added efficiency, distinguished substrate isolation, full suite of elite high-density passives, 5 metal layers and an advanced design flow.
An optimized LDMOSFET and a SiGe:C HBT for PA design integrated in a bicmostechnology are described in this article. Each device interest for PA application is highlighted via their electrical performances -static, s...
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(纸本)0780386183
An optimized LDMOSFET and a SiGe:C HBT for PA design integrated in a bicmostechnology are described in this article. Each device interest for PA application is highlighted via their electrical performances -static, small and large signal-.
The parasitic influence of the substrate can lead to a significant performance degradation of advanced high-speed and RF circuits. Hence, a careful circuit layout is necessary, and shielding measures such as guard rin...
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The parasitic influence of the substrate can lead to a significant performance degradation of advanced high-speed and RF circuits. Hence, a careful circuit layout is necessary, and shielding measures such as guard rings must usually be applied. However, this might not be sufficient for high-performance circuits. Moreover, such measures often lead to an increased chip size. Therefore, not only the layout but also the technology itself should be optimized to suppress substrate coupling as much as possible. In this work, different technology-related options such as high-resistivity and SOI substrates, transistor isolation techniques, and shielding methods are investigated. Their influence on substrate coupling is determined up to 50 GHz by measurements of special test structures. The observed behavior is thoroughly explained so that guidelines for technology development and circuit design can be derived. This paper focuses primarily on RF and high-speed lCs fabricated in advanced bipolar or bicmos technologies using p(-) substrates, although the results apply also to (RF-)CMOS circuits with such substrate materials.
Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Heterojunction bipolar Transistor (HBT) bicmostechnology has established a strong foothold in the communication marketplace by offering a cost competitive solution for myriad of products. SiG...
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(纸本)0780387031
Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Heterojunction bipolar Transistor (HBT) bicmostechnology has established a strong foothold in the communication marketplace by offering a cost competitive solution for myriad of products. SiGe bicmos technologies currently address various applications ranging from 0.9 - 77 GHz. At the heart of this success is the ease of integration of a high performance SiGe HBT with the state-of-the-art CMOS and passive elements. Here, we present the advances in SiGe bicmos technologies and an outlook of future challenges and opportunities.
The parasitic influence of the substrate can lead to a significant performance degradation of advanced high-speed and RF circuits. Hence, a careful circuit layout is necessary, and shielding measures such as guard rin...
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The parasitic influence of the substrate can lead to a significant performance degradation of advanced high-speed and RF circuits. Hence, a careful circuit layout is necessary, and shielding measures such as guard rings must usually be applied. However, this might not be sufficient for high-performance circuits. Moreover, such measures often lead to an increased chip size. Therefore, not only the layout but also the technology itself should be optimized to suppress substrate coupling as much as possible. In this work, different technology-related options such as high-resistivity and SOI substrates, transistor isolation techniques, and shielding methods are investigated. Their influence on substrate coupling is determined up to 50 GHz by measurements of special test structures. The observed behavior is thoroughly explained so that guidelines for technology development and circuit design can be derived. This paper focuses primarily on RF and high-speed lCs fabricated in advanced bipolar or bicmos technologies using p(-) substrates, although the results apply also to (RF-)CMOS circuits with such substrate materials.
A wideband 4.2GHz-5.6GHz balanced Medium Power Amplifier has been designed in a 0.25Rm SiGe:C bipolar process. The two stage amplifier is housed in a VFQFPN20 package with integrated input/output matching networks and...
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(纸本)0780386183
A wideband 4.2GHz-5.6GHz balanced Medium Power Amplifier has been designed in a 0.25Rm SiGe:C bipolar process. The two stage amplifier is housed in a VFQFPN20 package with integrated input/output matching networks and onboard printed rat-race baluns. A saturated output power of 16dBm has been measured with a small signal gain of 15.2dB at 5GHz with a total current consumption of 110mA from a 2AV supply voltage at ambient temperature. The measured 3dB bandwidth is 1.4GRz, the best value ever reported in literature for a fully integrated medium PA housed in a standard package for mass production with no external components required for input/output matching. The die size is 1.4x1.750 mm(2).
This paper presents the design and the experimental measurements of a 5 GHz divide-by-4 prescaler for 802.11a and HiperLAN2 applications. The presented circuit is implemented in a 0.25μm bicmos SiGe process from STMi...
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Carbon-doped SiGe (SiGe:C) bipolar devices have been developed and integrated in to a 0.25 mum CMOS platform. The resulting SiGe:C bicmostechnology offers a wide spectrum of active and passive devices for wireless an...
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Carbon-doped SiGe (SiGe:C) bipolar devices have been developed and integrated in to a 0.25 mum CMOS platform. The resulting SiGe:C bicmostechnology offers a wide spectrum of active and passive devices for wireless and wired communication systems. A high-performance variant of the bipolar transistor has been derived from the standard transistors by reduction of some transistor dimensions. With these alterations, f(T) and f(max) of the bipolar transistors reaches 120 and 140 GHz, respectively. Circuit applications of the devices are demonstrated. Static and dynamic divider circuits have a maximum input frequency of 62 and 72 GHz, respectively. Integrated LC oscillators with frequencies up to 60 GHz are also demonstrated. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
A monolithic differential distributed amplifier using close-packed, shielded, meandered transmission lines and a delay-matched rotationally symmetric amplifier cell is implemented using a SiGe bicmos process with an f...
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