HETEROSTRUCTURE BARRIER VARACTOR SIMULATION USING AN INTEGRATED HYDRODYNAMIC DEVICE HARMONIC-BALANCE CIRCUIT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE

被引：6

作者：

JONES, JR

JONES, SH

TAIT, GB

ZYBURA, MF

机构：

[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

[2] Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

来源：

IEEE MICROWAVE AND GUIDED WAVE LETTERS | 1994年 / 4卷 / 12期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1109/75.336230

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Accurate and efficient simulations of the large-signal time-dependent behavior of GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructure Barrier Varactor (HBV) frequency tripler circuits have been obtained. This is accomplished by combining a novel harmonic-balance circuit analysis technique with a physics-based hydrodynamic device simulator. The integrated HBV hydrodynamic device/harmonic-balance circuit simulator allows HBV multiplier circuits to be co-designed from both a device and a circuit point of view. Comparisons are made with the experimental results of Choudhury et al. for GaAs/AlGaAs HBV frequency triplers operating near 200 GHz. These comparisons illustrate the importance of representing active devices with physics-based numerical device models rather than analytical device models based on lumped quasi-static equivalent circuits.

引用

页码：411 / 413

页数：3

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