What is it about?
Transistor is the heart of active circuits such as amplifier. In this work, we present a new layout for NMOS transistor that is suitable for application in millimeter-wave frequency. This work is important since it proves that CMOS technology can also be used in millimeter-wave band which was previously dominated by the III-IV materials.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
We have shown that the performance of the transistor can be improved by optimizing the layout of the transistor. We have also presented an analysis that covers both the number of fingers as well as the finger width which are the important parameters in determining the transistor's size.
Perspectives
This work is unique since it shows that circuit designer is able to improve the performance of the transistor without solely depending on the process offered by the foundry.
Ms Siti Maisurah Mohd Hassan
TM Research & Development Sdn. Bhd.
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: RF characteristics of 0.13-μm NMOS transistors for millimeter-wave application, Microelectronics International, April 2014, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/mi-09-2013-0044.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
