Title : 
Error correction and parasitics de-embedding for on-wafer transistor S-parameter measurements using 4-port techniques
         
        
            Author : 
Niu, Guofu ; Wei, Xiaoyun
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents the fundamentals and recent progresses of 4-port based error correction and parasitics de-embedding techniques we developed for high frequency transistor measurements. RF CMOS data from 2 to 110 GHz will be shown to illustrate various techniques.
         
        
            Keywords : 
CMOS integrated circuits; S-parameters; calibration; error correction; integrated circuit interconnections; radiofrequency integrated circuits; transistors; 16-term model error correction; 4-port based error correction; RF CMOS data; frequency 2 GHz to 110 GHz; high frequency transistor measurements; on-wafer transistor S-parameter measurements; parasitics de-embedding techniques; single-step calibration; Calibration; Electric variables measurement; Error correction; Frequency measurement; Impedance; Microelectronics; Radio frequency; Samarium; Scattering parameters; Semiconductor device modeling;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology, 2008. ICSICT 2008. 9th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Beijing
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2185-5
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2186-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICSICT.2008.4734583