• DocumentCode
    3263185
  • Title

    Characterization and modeling of a step-gate-oxide MOSFET for RF power amplifiers

  • Author

    Jia, Shuo ; Tsui, Kenneth K P ; Liao, Xiaoping ; Chen, Kevin J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., China
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    18-21 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    345
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we propose a low cost step-gate-oxide (SGO) MOSFET that is suitable for RF power amplifiers. Both simulation and experiment results approve the reduced parasitic capacitance, higher cutoff frequency and improved breakdown voltage. With optimized structure, we achieve 20% reduction of the feedback capacitance; increased breakdown voltage by 8% with higher cutoff frequency, which will allow more power to be obtained at higher frequency. Devices are fabricated on SOI wafers to verify the simulation result.
  • Keywords
    microwave power amplifiers; power MOSFET; RF power amplifiers; SOI wafers; breakdown voltage; cutoff frequency; feedback capacitance; parasitic capacitance; step-gate-oxide MOSFET; Cutoff frequency; Feedback; MOSFET circuits; Medical simulation; Parasitic capacitance; Power MOSFET; Power amplifiers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Transconductance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State and Integrated Circuits Technology, 2004. Proceedings. 7th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8511-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSICT.2004.1435023
  • Filename
    1435023