The push toward low voltage devices

Author

Golio, Mike

Author_Institution

Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

Volume

1

Issue

1

fYear

2000

fDate

3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

45

Abstract

Since the early 1980s, increasing attention has been focused on the development and manufacture of low voltage and low power electronics. The motivation for this trend is multifaceted. For RF and microwave circuitry, the constraints implied by the low voltage imperative can be examined as they apply to every aspect of RF/microwave component development. The ultimate success of a low voltage and low power RF product strategy is affected by all of the following issues: materials technology (GaAs, Si, epitaxy, implant, heterojunctions); device technology (BJT, HBT, MESFET, MOSFET, HEMT); circuit technology (topology challenges for low voltage); and radio system design issues (architecture trends and low voltage). Of these factors, system architecture has the greatest potential impact

Keywords

MMIC; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit technology; low-power electronics; GaAs; RF circuitry; Si; circuit technology; device technology; low power electronics; low voltage devices; materials technology; microwave circuitry; radio system design issues; system architecture; Epitaxial growth; Gallium arsenide; Implants; Low power electronics; Low voltage; Manufacturing; Materials science and technology; Microwave circuits; Microwave devices; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1527-3342

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6668.823826

Filename

823826