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Abstract-A new large signal model for HEMTs and MES- THE MODEL
FETs, capable of modeling the current-voltage characteristic
and its derivatives, including the characteristic transconduc- The drain current function is expressed in accordance
tance peak, gate-source and gate-drain capacitances is de- with previous models as
scribed. Model parameter extraction is straightforward and is
demonstrated for different submicron gate-length HEMT de-
vices including different &doped pseudomorphic HEMTs on
GaAs and lattice matched to InP, and a commercially available
MESFET. Measured and modeled dc and S-parameters are where the first factor is dependent only on the gate voltage
compared and found to coincide well. and the second only on the drain voltage. The ZdB[Vd,]
term is the same as the one used in other models [ 11, [4].
INTRODUCTION For ZdA [ V,,], however, we propose a function whose first
derivative has the same bell shaped structure as the
D IFFERENT empirical models suitable for simulation
of GaAs MESFETs in nonlinear circuits have been
developed [1]-[6].Some of the models have been incor-
measured transconductance function g, [ V,,] . The hyper-
bolic tangent (tanh) function describes the gate voltage
dependencies and its derivatives well and is normally
porated in commercial Harmonic Balance (HB) simula- available in commercial HB-simulators i.e. :
tors. These models are used to predict gain, intermodu-
lation distortion, generation of harmonics, etc, versus
bias, for circuits like amplifiers, mixers, and multipliers.
Recently, Maas et al. [6] pointed out that not only the
current-voltage characteristic Zd, [ Vg,y, VdJ but also their where I p k is the drain current at which we have maximum
derivatives have to be modeled correctly, especially if the transconductance, with the contribution from the output
model is supposed to predict intermodulation distortion. conductance subtracted. A is the channel length modula-
In [ 6 ] ,the Zd, [V,,] dependence is modeled as a harmonic tion parameter and Q is the saturation voltage parameter.
series, and the coefficients are fitted to both the measured The parameters Q and X are the same as those in the Statz
Zd, [ V,,, Vd,] and its derivatives by using singular-value and Curtice models. rc/ is in general a power series func-
decomposition. Since the above models are intended tion centered at V p k with V,, as a variable i.e.
mainly to describe the performance of MESFETs, there
are increasing demands for general FET models, which $ = - I/pk) + p2(Vgs - Vpkl2 + p3(Vgs - l/pkl3 + 9
- 1 pm GaAs (undoped)
5000 A GaAs (undoped) <l.lO14 nn-3
(a)
(b)
Double &doped HEMT (PM3)
Inpl
(C)
Fig. 1. Structure of the devices. (a) Ordinary HEMT. (b) Pseudomorphic HEMT (PM2). (c) Double &doped pseudomorphic
HEMT (PM3). (d) Lattice matched to InP HEMT.
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40
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s 20
10
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0
50 HE
m -2x100 pn.
1
>
'CI
-100.
-0.5 0 . 0.5
Gate voltage, IV) Gate voltage, (V)
(C) (d)
Fig. 2. Measured V, = 2 V (dots) and modeled (solid lines) characteristic of ordinary HEMT (L, = 2 x 100 pm, L, = 0.15
pm). (a) Drain current I,,, versus gate voltage, VgT(I,,, = 31 mA, h = 0.02, 01 = 1.3, V,,, = 0.51 V). (b) $-function versus
gate voltage, VgJ( P , = 1.8, P2 = O,.P, = -0.09). (c) Transconductance, g,", versus gate voltage, Vgr. (d) Derivative of the
transconductance d( g,) /dV,,.
ANGELOV et a l . : EMPIRICAL NONLINEAR MODEL FOR HEMTIMESFET DEVICES 2261
-0.5 - 0 0.5 1
Gate voltage, (VI Gate voltage. (V)
(a) (a)
Y
0.5 DoubkGdopcdHEMT
(PM3).-~100pnl.
0
-0.5
-1
-1.5
(b) (b)
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DoublcGdopdHEm
(PM3).-2x100pn.
80 '
-1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0
Gate voitage, (VI Gate voltage, (VI
(C) (c)
150
HEMT (PMZ)
ZXlWpnl
.
-100 '
10
Double Woped HEMT
5
0 I
-0.5 0 0.5 1 -1 0 1 2 3 4
Gate voltage, (V) Drain voltage, (V)
(a) (a)
301 1
Y Double sdoped
2. InPHEMT 20
(PM3).-2x2sv.
-WO pm.
1. 10
0.
-1.
-2 ' -20.
-30' 1
-3. -1 -0.5 0 0.5
Gate voltage,(V)
(b)
-1 -0.5 0 0.5
Gate voltage, (VI
Gate voltage, (V) (C)
Fig. 6. Measured (dots) and modeled (solid lines) characteristics of double
(C) &doped HEMT (PM3) (L, = 2 X 25 pm, L, = 0.15 pm). (a) Vpeak versus
Vdr:I ) v,k = -0.27 + 0.65(Tanh [(V,, + 0.34)] and 2) Vpk = -0.1 +
0.5 V, - 0.13V2s. (b) Drain current, Ids,versus gate voltage, V,, (I,, =
16 mA, h = 0.03, (Y = 1.3, P , = 1.65, P2 = 0, P3 = 0 . 5 , VpI = -0.27
+
+ 0.65(Tanh [(Vdr 0.3411). (c) Transconductance, g, versus gate volt-
age, VgS.
1
0
-0
U 70
DRAIN
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aa
-
Cds 2e 5n
w-
oo
Rdr
(ohm)
IO000
I000
100
IO
Fig. 7. Measured (dots) and modeled (solid lines) PM2 HEMT characteristics (L, = 200 pm, L, = 0.35 pm). (a) The equivalent
circuit of the transistor. (b) Drain current, Ids, versus drain voltage, Vd3.(c) Drain current, Ids, and transconductance, g,, versus
gate voltage, VgS.(d) Drain-source resistance, R,, gate voltage, VSs.
TABLE I
EXTRACTED
PARAMETERSOF THE HEMT
3 3.5 3 6 60 0.28 35
- 250.
0 2 4
Drain voltage, (VI Gate voltage, (V)
(a) (a)
Y
1. ME-sFEr
MGF1303
0.
0 2 4
Drain voltage, (VI
(C)
Gate voltage, (VI
Fig. 9. Measured (dots) and modeled (solid lines) capacitances of the PM2
HEMT ( L , = 200 pm, LR = 0.35 pm) (C,,, = CRdo= 145 fF). (a) C,, (C)
versus v& eq. (17). (b) c,d versus vdr eq. (18). (c) C,d versus V,, eq. (19).
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00
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-
ae\
- E
U
VI
a
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E
I
uu
0.0
0 Vds(V1 5
Fig. 11. Measured (dots) and modeled (solid lines) MESFET (MGF1303) characteristics. (a) The equivalent circuit of the
packaged transistor. (h) Drain current, Ids, versus drain voltage, Vds.(c) Transconductance, g,, versus gate voltage, Vgs.(d)
Drain-source resistance, Rdr, versus gate voltage, Vgs.
2.4 2.2 3.7 3.3 750 30 130 0.35 0.52 45 32 200 80 0.45
The same study was performed on an ordinary MES- extracted for a MESFET (MGF 1303), were used in Har-
FET and the model was shown to work equally well for monic Balance Simulator (MDS) to simulate the dc and
this kind of device. Model parameters were extracted for microwave performance of this transistors.
packaged MESFETs fabricated by different manufac- In Fig. 1l(b)-(d) the measured and modeled Ids-vds de-
tures. DC- and S-parameters were measured using a pendence, the transconductance, g,, versus gate voltage
Maury MT-950 transistor fixture and Wiltron 360/HP V,,, the output resistance, Rds,for this packaged transistor
8510 C ANA in the frequency range 0.1-18 GHz. are shown. Measured and simulated S-parameters for the
The measured and simulated dc parameters of the Mit- MESFET at different bias conditions are shown in Fig.
subishi MGF 1303, the drain current, Ids, the $-function, 12. The difference between measured and modeled Ids
the transconductance, g,, the derivative of the transcon- versus Vgs,g, and S,, is less than 5 % .
ductance, g,, are shown in Fig. 10. We have used a more
complicated equivalent circuit of the transistor (Fig. 1l(a)) CONCLUSIONS
to model the packaged transistors accurately. Parameters A practical, simple, and accurate large-signal empirical
were extracted in the same way as for the HEMT as de- model capable of modeling the drain current-gate voltage
scribed above. The model parameters listed in Table I1 characteristic and its derivatives, and the capacitances C,,
2266 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, VOL. 40, NO. 12, DECEMBER 1992