• DocumentCode
    2476491
  • Title

    GaAs HBT profile optimization using the Taguchi method

  • Author

    Henderson, G.N. ; Der-Woei Wu

  • Author_Institution
    Corp. R&D Center, M/A-COM Inc., Lowell, MA, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    8-13 June 1997
  • Firstpage
    1465
  • Abstract
    A method is presented for quantitatively optimizing HBT performance using a combination of physical and equivalent circuit models in the design-of-experiments framework. An optimized profile was designed which demonstrated over 4 dB improvement in Gmax at 10 GHz (over the M/A-COM baseline process) without resorting to reduced device dimensions and/or a thin base layer.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; design of experiments; equivalent circuits; gallium arsenide; heterojunction bipolar transistors; microwave bipolar transistors; optimisation; semiconductor device models; 10 GHz; GaAs; GaAs HBT profile optimization; M/A-COM process; Taguchi method; design-of-experiments; equivalent circuit model; gain; Circuit simulation; Design optimization; Equivalent circuits; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Linear regression; Optimization methods; Performance analysis; US Department of Energy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1997., IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3814-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1997.596606
  • Filename
    596606