• DocumentCode
    2195821
  • Title

    The performance limiting factors as RF MOSFETs scale down

  • Author

    Wu, Y.H. ; Chin, A. ; Liang, C.S. ; Wu, C.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    10-13 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    151
  • Lastpage
    155
  • Abstract
    The measured RF performance of 0.5, 0.25, and 0.18 /spl mu/m MOSFETs gradually saturates as scaling down occurs, which can be explained by the derived analytical equation and simulation. The source-drain overlap capacitance, C/sub gd/, and non-quasi-static effect are the main factors but scale much slower than L/sub g/.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; UHF field effect transistors; capacitance; microwave field effect transistors; semiconductor device measurement; semiconductor device models; 0.18 to 0.5 micron; RF MOSFETs; analytical equation; measured RF performance; non-quasi-static effect; performance limiting factors; simulation; source-drain overlap capacitance; Analytical models; Equations; Equivalent circuits; Frequency measurement; Frequency response; Integrated circuit measurements; MOSFETs; Performance analysis; Probes; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2000. Digest of Papers. 2000 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    1529-2517
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6280-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RFIC.2000.854437
  • Filename
    854437