Low-loss high power RF switching using multifinger AlGaN/GaN MOSHFETs

IEEE Electron Device Letters - Tập 23 Số 8 - Trang 449-451 - 2002
A. Koudymov1, Xuhong Hu1, K. Simin1, G. Simin1, M. Ali1, J. Yang1, M. Asif Khan1
1Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

Tóm tắt

We demonstrate a novel RF switch based on a multifinger AlGaN/GaN MOSHFET. Record high saturation current and breakdown voltage, extremely low gate leakage current and low gate capacitance of the III-N MOSHFETs make them excellent active elements for RF switching. Using a single element test circuit with 1-mm wide multifinger MOSHFET we achieved 0.27 dB insertion loss and more than 40 dB isolation. These parameters can be further improved by impedance matching and by using submicron gate devices. The maximum switching power extrapolated from the results for 1A/mm 100 μm wide device exceeds 40 W for a 1-mm wide 2-A/mm MOSHFET.

Từ khóa

#Radio frequency #Aluminum gallium nitride #Gallium nitride #MOSHFETs #Switches #Circuit testing #Leakage current #Capacitance #Insertion loss #Impedance matching

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