Title :
Nonlinear transmission lines on GaAs membranes for picosecond and large amplitude shockwaves generation
Author :
Simion, S. ; Bartolucci, G. ; Marcelli, R. ; Muller, A. ; Szentpali, B. ; Riesz, F.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Res. & Dev. for Microtechnol., Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
In this paper, the nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs) for picosecond shockwaves generation, manufactured on GaAs membrane are analysed for the first time. A comparison between the performances obtained by using NETLs on GaAs bulk as well as on GaAs membrane is performed by computer simulation. It is shown that the NLTL realised on GaAs membrane is able to generate shockwaves having shorter fall-time and larger amplitude compare to the NLTL realised on GaAs bulk, for the same number of Schottky diodes and Bragg frequency
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC; Schottky diodes; coplanar waveguides; digital simulation; gallium arsenide; membranes; micromechanical devices; shock waves; Bragg frequency; GaAs; GaAs membranes; MMIC; NLTL; Schottky diodes; computer simulation; coplanar waveguides; large amplitude shockwaves generation; nonlinear transmission lines; picosecond shockwave generation; picosecond shockwaves generation; Bandwidth; Biomembranes; Capacitance; Circuits; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Pulp manufacturing; Schottky diodes; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 1997. CAS '97 Proceedings., 1997 International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3804-9
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.1997.651181
