Title :
Suitability of integrated protection diodes from diverse semiconductor technologies
Author :
Van Wanum, Maurice ; Lebouille, Tom ; Visser, Guido ; Van Vliet, Frank E.
Author_Institution :
TNO Defence, Security & Safety, The Hague, Netherlands
Abstract :
In this article diodes from three different semiconductor technologies are compared based on their suitability to protect a receiver. The semiconductor materials involved are silicon, gallium arsenide and gallium nitride. The diodes in the diverse semiconductor technologies themselves are close in performance, but the possibility to integrate high quality passives will give better performance for gallium arsenide and gallium nitride based protection diodes.
Keywords :
gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; microwave receivers; semiconductor diodes; silicon; GaAs; GaN; Si; diverse semiconductor technology; integrated protection diodes; receiver protection; semiconductor materials; Electrical resistance measurement; Gallium arsenide; Gallium nitride; III-V semiconductor materials; Integrated circuit technology; Microwave technology; Phased arrays; Protection; Semiconductor diodes; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, 2009. EuMIC 2009. European
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4749-7
