• DocumentCode
    1620151
  • Title

    Critical design considerations for GaN-based microwave power varactors

  • Author

    Wei Lu ; Lingquan Wang ; Siyuan Gu ; Asbeck, P.M. ; Yu, Paul K. L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we demonstrate the critical design considerations for GaN-based microwave power varactors for the purpose of achieving high breakdown voltage, high Q-factor and high linearity. The extraction of these parameters from a real GaN-based power varactor diode is also presented. High values of these parameters are obtained, which is critical for the applications in the wireless base-station communications.
  • Keywords
    gallium compounds; microwave circuits; radiocommunication; varactors; GaN; GaN-based microwave power varactors; Q-factor; power varactor diode; wireless base-station communications; Gallium nitride; Leakage currents; Linearity; Q-factor; Resistance; Schottky diodes; Varactors; GaN varactor; high Q; high linearity; high voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices and Solid State Circuit (EDSSC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bangkok
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5694-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDSSC.2012.6482881
  • Filename
    6482881