• DocumentCode
    1481437
  • Title

    Evaluation of MESFET nonlinear intermodulation distortion reduction by channel-doping control

  • Author

    Pedro, José Carlos

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Telecominicacoes, Aveiro Univ., Portugal
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    11/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1989
  • Lastpage
    1997
  • Abstract
    This paper is intended to evaluate the linearity that can be provided by general-purpose MESFETs. By a simple physics-based analysis and a practical amplifier design, it will be shown how educated device and bias-point selection can approximate intermodulation distortion (IMD) performance of some normal channel-doping profiles, for which previous theories would not be able to predict good IMD performance, to the one expected from MESFET devices with specially tailored doping profiles
  • Keywords
    Schottky gate field effect transistors; amplifiers; doping profiles; intermodulation distortion; semiconductor doping; MESFET amplifier; bias point; channel doping profile; linearity; nonlinear intermodulation distortion; Circuits; Design automation; Doping profiles; Intermodulation distortion; Linearity; MESFETs; Nonlinear distortion; Performance analysis; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor process modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/22.644210
  • Filename
    644210