DESIGN OF RF RECEIVER COMPONENTS FOR SPACE APPLICATION SUSING SIGE BICMOS
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Teng, Jeffrey Wu
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The objective of the proposed research is to understand the behavior of components in SiGe BiCMOS technologies to the radiation environment present in space, and use such understanding to inform the design and testing of RF receiver components for space-flight applications. To evaluate the response of SiGe HBTs to various types of radiation, exposure to X-rays is performed to emulate operation in the space environment. Degradation in relevant device performance characteristics is considered as it changes with longer exposures. Then, implications of impaired device performance are demonstrated for circuit components commonly present in RF receivers for both radar and communications, and design considerations for operation in space are discussed.
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2021-06-25
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