Accurate small-signal modeling of HFET's for millimeter-wave applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 432-437

  Rorsman, Niklas ^b   Garcia, Mikael ^b   Karlsson, Christer ^b   Zirath, Herbert ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OHMIC CONTACTS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

HETEROJUNCTION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; METALLIZATION; MILLIMETER WAVE APPLICATIONS; PARASITIC INDUCTANCES; PARASITIC RESISTANCES; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; SCHOTTKY SERIES RESISTANCE; SMALL SIGNAL MODELING;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

EID: 0030104039     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.486152     Document Type: Article

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