DocumentCode :
142293
Title :
A measurement method to mitigate temperature effects in nanometer CMOS RF power amplifiers
Author :
Ossmann, Patrick ; Fuhrrnann, Jorg ; Moreira, J. ; Pretl, Harald ; Springer, A.
Author_Institution :
Johannes Kepler Univ. Linz, Linz, Austria
fYear :
2014
fDate :
9-9 Oct. 2014
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
5
Abstract :
We present a measurement method to properly take temperature effects in deep nanometer complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) power amplifiers (PAs) into account. By means of pulsed radio frequency (RF) power measurements the amplifier performance degradation caused by semiconductor self-heating is analyzed and the circuit´s thermal time constant is derived. The proposed measurement technique supports automated controlling of equipment and automated data extraction using a Matlab framework. For a 28nm CMOS PA accuracy improvement between simulated and measured data of 5 % in terms of power-added efficiency (PAE) and 2.2 dB in terms of saturated output power is achieved. When applying the proposed measurement technique the active die junction temperature reduces from 105°C to 45°C for saturated operation.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; power measurement; radiofrequency power amplifiers; temperature measurement; Matlab framework; amplifier performance degradation; automated data extraction; complementary metal-oxide semiconductor power amplifiers; deep nanometer CMOS RF power amplifiers; efficiency 5 percent; pulsed radio frequency power measurements; semiconductor self-heating; size 28 nm; temperature 105 C to 45 C; temperature effects; thermal time constant; CMOS integrated circuits; Power generation; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Radio frequency; Temperature measurement; Transmission line measurements; CMOS power amplifier; Power amplifier measurements; nanometer CMOS; semiconductor self-heating;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics (Austrochip), 22nd Austrian Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Graz
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7243-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/Austrochip.2014.6946320
Filename :
6946320
Link To Document :
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