• DocumentCode
    2198251
  • Title

    New method for direct extraction of HBT equivalent circuit parameters

  • Author

    Wei, C.J. ; Hwang, J.C.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    23-27 May 1994
  • Firstpage
    1245
  • Abstract
    A new method for the direct extraction of HBT hybrid-T equivalent circuit from measured S-parameters is presented. The method differs from previous ones by extracting the equivalent circuit parameters without using test structures or numerical optimization techniques. The extracted parameters are essentially frequency-independent and they vary systematically with bias over the typical operating range of the HBT.<>
  • Keywords
    S-parameters; equivalent circuits; heterojunction bipolar transistors; semiconductor device models; solid-state microwave devices; HBT; S-parameters; direct extraction; equivalent circuit parameters; frequency-independent parameters; hybrid-T equivalent circuit; operating range; Circuit testing; Equivalent circuits; Frequency; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Optimization methods; Scattering parameters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994., IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1778-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1994.335573
  • Filename
    335573