• DocumentCode
    1921007
  • Title

    Thermal transients in microwave active devices and their influence on intermodulation distortion

  • Author

    David, S. ; Batty, W. ; Panks, A.J. ; Johnson, R.G. ; Snowden, C.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Leeds Univ., UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    20-24 May 2001
  • Firstpage
    431
  • Abstract
    A fully physical transient thermal model is used to investigate the effects of temperature on the intermodulation distortion performance of microwave devices. A 24 mm, 60 finger PHEMT is used to compare measurements with predictions from the model. Results are in very good agreement and are a strong indication of thermally induced intermodulation distortion.
  • Keywords
    high electron mobility transistors; intermodulation distortion; microwave devices; microwave transistors; semiconductor device models; transient analysis; IMD performance; PHEMT; intermodulation distortion; microwave active devices; physical transient thermal model; pseudomorphic HEMT; temperature effects; thermal transients; thermally induced IMD; Electromagnetic heating; Equations; Impedance; Intermodulation distortion; MMICs; Microwave devices; Power dissipation; Solid modeling; Temperature dependence; Thermal conductivity;
  • 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.2001.966923
  • Filename
    966923