Title :
Microwave Power FET DC Model Extraction through Isothermal Non-Pulsed Measurements
Author :
Torregrosa-Penalva, Germán ; Asensio-López, Alberto ; Blanco-Del-Campo, Álvaro ; Fernández-González, Jorge
Author_Institution :
Area de Teoria de la Serial y Comunicaciones, Univ. Miguel Hernandez, Elche
Abstract :
In this work a new approach to extract the experimental fitting parameters of a microwave power FET temperature dependent DC-model is presented. The suggested procedure avoids the possibility of multiple model solutions by eliminating the measurements temperature dependence. This is accomplished by making use of isothermal measurements which in turn are obtained following a simple non-pulsed approach. The proposed technique was applied to a commercial X band MMIC FET power amplifier
Keywords :
MMIC power amplifiers; field effect MMIC; power field effect transistors; power integrated circuits; temperature measurement; DC model; MMIC FET power amplifier; X band; isothermal DC curves; temperature measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Isothermal processes; MMICs; Microwave FETs; Microwave measurements; Power amplifiers; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Temperature dependence; Thermal resistance; DC model; MMIC FET power amplifier; isothermal DC curves; temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, 2006. The 1st
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-8-7
DOI :
10.1109/EMICC.2006.282651
