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Schematic diagram and photograph of the PSVD.
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Jie Huang, Qian Zhao, Hao Yang, Junrong Dong, Haiying Zhang. Planar Schottky varactor diode and corresponding large signal model for millimeter-wave applications[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2014, 35(5): 054006. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/5/054006
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J Huang, Q Zhao, H Yang, J R Dong, H Y Zhang. Planar Schottky varactor diode and corresponding large signal model for millimeter-wave applications[J]. J. Semicond., 2014, 35(5): 054006. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/5/054006.
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Planar Schottky varactor diode and corresponding large signal model for millimeter-wave applications
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/5/054006
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Abstract
A GaAs-based planar Schottky varactor diode (PSVD) is successfully developed to meet the demand of millimeter-wave harmonic generation. Based on the measured S-parameter, I-V and C-V characteristics, an accurate and reliable extraction method of the millimeter-wave large signal equivalent circuit model of the PSVD is proposed and used to extract the model parameters of two PSVDs with Schottky contact areas of 160 μm2 and 49 μm2, respectively. The simulated S-parameter, I-V and C-V performances of the proposed physics-based model are in good agreement with the measured one over the frequency range from 0.1 to 40 GHz for wide operation bias range from -10 to 0.6 V for these two PSVDs. The proposed equivalent large signal circuit model of this PSVD has been proven to be reliable and can potentially be used to design microwave circuits. -
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