Title :
Millimeter-wave power amplifier circuit-device simulations through coupled Harmonic Balance - Monte Carlo particle-based device simulator
Author :
Guerra, D. ; Ferry, D.K. ; Saraniti, M. ; Goodnick, S.M.
Author_Institution :
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, 551 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, 85287, USA
Abstract :
We describe the large-signal characterization of mm-wave FET power amplifiers with high-Q matching network performed through full band Monte Carlo particle-based device simulations self-consistently coupled with a Harmonic Balance frequency domain circuit solver. Such circuit-device simulations allow to include the effect of the matching network as well as parasitic elements in the large-signal characterization of mm-wave FETs.
Keywords :
Frequency domain analysis; Harmonic analysis; Integrated circuit modeling; Monte Carlo methods; Performance evaluation; Radio frequency; Time domain analysis; GaN HEMT; Harmonic Balance; Large-signal; Monte Carlo; Power Amplifier; TCAD;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1085-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6258430
