A Verilog-based temperature-dependent BSIM4 model for RF power LDMOSFETs

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1163-1166

  Marbell, Marvin N ^a   Hwang, James C M ^a   Dai, Wenhua ^b   Frei, Michel ^b   Shibib, M Ayman ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGERE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermodulation distortion; Large signal; LDMOSFET; Model; MOSFETs; RF power; Self heating

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MOSFET DEVICES; RADIO SYSTEMS; SILICON; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; LARGE-SIGNAL; RF POWER; SELF HEATING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33749243352     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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