{"title":"Multi-gate pHEMT modeling for high-power operation","authors":"Cejun Wei, Yu Zhu, D. Bartle","doi":"10.1109/EDSSC.2013.6628227","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Multi-gate pHEMTs are key elements in switch circuits in wireless communication applications due to their low loss and high power capacity with relatively small sizes. A great concern on their high power operation is the power step-back at on-state and at certain power level with harmonics deteriorated. In this paper we discuss the mechanism of power step-back. The power that can pass through an on-state pHEMT is dependent on saturation current, or the maximum available channel current. A premature power step-back or gain collapse in a multi-gate pHEMT is due to largely reduced saturation channel current caused by self-heating in center gate or gates. We developed a self-heating thermal model for multi-gate pHEMTs that can predict power level at that the power step-back and related hysteresis occur.","PeriodicalId":333267,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference of Electron Devices and Solid-state Circuits","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 IEEE International Conference of Electron Devices and Solid-state Circuits","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDSSC.2013.6628227","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Multi-gate pHEMTs are key elements in switch circuits in wireless communication applications due to their low loss and high power capacity with relatively small sizes. A great concern on their high power operation is the power step-back at on-state and at certain power level with harmonics deteriorated. In this paper we discuss the mechanism of power step-back. The power that can pass through an on-state pHEMT is dependent on saturation current, or the maximum available channel current. A premature power step-back or gain collapse in a multi-gate pHEMT is due to largely reduced saturation channel current caused by self-heating in center gate or gates. We developed a self-heating thermal model for multi-gate pHEMTs that can predict power level at that the power step-back and related hysteresis occur.