• DocumentCode
    2479293
  • Title

    A pulsed-measurement based electrothermal model of HBT with thermal stability prediction capabilities

  • Author

    Peyretaillade, T. ; Perez, M. ; Mons, S. ; Sommet, R. ; Auxemery, Ph. ; Lalaurie, J.C. ; Quere, R.

  • Author_Institution
    IRCOM, Limoges Univ., France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    8-13 June 1997
  • Firstpage
    1515
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a new electrothermal non linear model of HBT suitable for CAD purposes is presented. This model is fully determined by pulsed measurement techniques and for the first time, it is shown that the prediction of thermal instabilities (collapse of current gain) is obtained from the CAD model. The model has been validated both by DC and RF load-pull measurements.
  • Keywords
    CAD; heterojunction bipolar transistors; semiconductor device models; thermal stability; CAD; DC load-pull; HBT; RF load-pull; current gain; electrothermal nonlinear model; pulsed measurement; thermal stability; Current measurement; Electrothermal effects; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Predictive models; Pulse measurements; Radio frequency; Temperature; Thermal resistance; Thermal stability; Voltage;
  • 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.1997.596619
  • Filename
    596619