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Reliability of SiGe HBTs for extreme environment and RF applications
Reliability of SiGe HBTs for extreme environment and RF applications
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Cheng, Peng
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Cressler, John D.
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The objective of the proposed research is to characterize the safe-operating-area of silicon-germanium (SiGe) heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) under radiofrequency (RF) operation and extreme environments. The degradation of SiGe HBTs due to mixed-mode DC and RF stress has been modeled for the first time. State-of-the-art 200 GHz SiGe HBTs were first characterized, and then DC and RF stressed. Excess base leakage current was modeled as a function of the stress current and voltage. This physics-based stress model was then designed as a
sub-circuit in Cadence, and incorporated into SiGe power amplifier design to predict the
DC and RF stress-induced excess base current. Based on these studies, characterization of
RF safe-operating-area for SiGe HBTs using devices and circuits is proposed.
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2010-11-17
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