• DocumentCode
    1920752
  • Title

    LDMOS electro-thermal model validation from large-signal time-domain measurements

  • Author

    Gaddi, R. ; Pla, J.A. ; Benedikt, J. ; Tasker, P.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng., Cardiff Univ., UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    20-24 May 2001
  • Firstpage
    399
  • Abstract
    Analytical nonlinear model validation through large-signal time-domain characterization has been greatly improved, by establishing a novel link between measurement and simulation. Investigation on a silicon LDMOS device and its nonlinear electro-thermal model positively identifies links between model formulation and amplifier requirements for future telecommunication systems.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; circuit CAD; power amplifiers; radiofrequency amplifiers; semiconductor device models; time-domain analysis; CAD; LDMOS electro-thermal model; RF power amplifier; amplifier requirements; large-signal time-domain measurements; model formulation; model validation; nonlinear model; telecommunication systems; Analytical models; Current measurement; Design automation; Power amplifiers; Power system modeling; Pulse amplifiers; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Radiofrequency identification; Silicon; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2001 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6538-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2001.966915
  • Filename
    966915