Characteristics of GaAs Power MESFETs with Double Silicon Ion Implantations for Wireless Communication Applications
Chun-Yi Zheng1, Wen-Jung Chiang1, Yeong-Lin Lai*, 2, Edward Y. Chang3, Shen-Li Chen4, K. B. Wang3
1 Department of Mechatronics Engineering, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 50007, Taiwan
2 Mechatronic Integration and System Control Research Center, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 50007, Taiwan
3 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
4 Department of Electronic Engineering, National United University, Miaoli 36063, Taiwan
Abstract
GaAs power metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MESFETs) were
fabricated using direct double silicon (Si) ion implantation technology for
wireless communication applications. A 150-µm MESFET had a saturation
drain current of 238 mA/mm after Si3N4 passivation. A
15-mm MESFET, when measured under a class-AB condition with a biased drain
voltage of 3.4 V and a quiescent drain current of 600 mA, delivered a maximum
output power (Pout) of 31.1 dBm and a maximum power-added
efficiency (PAE) of 58.0% at a frequency of 1.88 GHz. The MESFET exhibited a
Pout of 29.2 dBm with a PAE of 45.0% at the 1-dB gain compression
point. The MESFET, when measured under a deep class-B condition with a biased
drain voltage of 4.7 V and a quiescent drain current of 50 mA, achieved a
maximum Pout of 33.1 dBm and a maximum PAE of 55.9% at 1.88
GHz. The MESFET operating at 4.7 V and 1.88 GHz exhibited a P1dB
of 31.8 dBm and an associated PAE of 47.1% at the 1-dB gain compression point.
When tested by IS-95 code-division multiple access (CDMA) standard signals and
biased at 4.7 V under the deep class-B condition, the MESFET with a Pout
of 28 dBm demonstrated an adjacent channel power rejection (ACPR) of –31.2 dBc
at +1.25 MHz apart from the 1.88 GHz center frequency and –45.7 dBc at +2.25
MHz.
Keywords: Code-division multiple access (CDMA), direct ion implantation, GaAs, power MESFET, wireless communication.
Article Information
Article History:
Received Date: 10/4/2015
Revision Received Date: 15/5/2015
Acceptance Date: 12/7/2015
Electronic publication date: 15/06/2016
Collection year: 2016
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