• DocumentCode
    3498297
  • Title

    Analysis of Temperature Modulation on a SiGe Power Amplifier Non Linearity

  • Author

    Leyssenne, L. ; Pham, J.-M. ; Jarry, P. ; Kerhervé, E. ; Saias, Daniel

  • Author_Institution
    IXL Lab., CNRS UMR, Bordeaux
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    8-10 Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The following discussion presents the design and measurements of a power amplifier for a WCDMA handset application on silicon with a STM BiCMOS 0.25mum process. An analysis of the impact of temperature on linearity especially on adjacent channel power regrowth is proposed
  • Keywords
    BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; elemental semiconductors; power amplifiers; 0.25 micron; BiCMOS process technology; STM BiCMOS; SiGe; WCDMA handset application; power amplifier; temperature modulation; Germanium silicon alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Linearity; Multiaccess communication; Power amplifiers; Power measurement; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Silicon germanium; Temperature dependence; Thermal stability; BiCMOS process technology; RF power amplifier; SiGe simulation; physical thermal dependency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Maastricht
  • ISSN
    1088-9299
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0458-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1088-9299
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIPOL.2006.311130
  • Filename
    4100198