• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 41, Issue 3, 032103 (2020)
S. J. Mukhopadhyay1, Prajukta Mukherjee2, Aritra Acharyya3, and Monojit Mitra1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, West Bengal – 711103, India
  • 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, West Bengal – 736170, India
  • 3Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, West Bengal – 736170, India
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/41/3/032103 Cite this Article
    S. J. Mukhopadhyay, Prajukta Mukherjee, Aritra Acharyya, Monojit Mitra. Influence of self-heating on the millimeter-wave and terahertz performance of MBE grown silicon IMPATT diodes[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(3): 032103 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The influence of self-heating on the millimeter-wave (mm-wave) and terahertz (THz) performance of double-drift region (DDR) impact avalanche transit time (IMPATT) sources based on silicon (Si) has been investigated in this paper. The dependences of static and large-signal parameters on junction temperature are estimated using a non-sinusoidal voltage excited (NSVE) large-signal simulation technique developed by the authors, which is based on the quantum-corrected drift-diffusion (QCDD) model. Linear variations of static parameters and non-linear variations of large-signal parameters with temperature have been observed. Analytical expressions representing the temperature dependences of static and large-signal parameters of the diodes are developed using linear and 2nd degree polynomial curve fitting techniques, which will be highly useful for optimizing the thermal design of the oscillators. Finally, the simulated results are found to be in close agreement with the experimentally measured data.
    $D\left( T \right) = {\beta _{\rm D}}\,T + {\gamma _{\rm D}},$(1)

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    $L\left( T \right) = {\alpha _{\rm L}}\,{T^2} + {\beta _{\rm L}}\,T + {\gamma _{\rm L}},$(2)

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    S. J. Mukhopadhyay, Prajukta Mukherjee, Aritra Acharyya, Monojit Mitra. Influence of self-heating on the millimeter-wave and terahertz performance of MBE grown silicon IMPATT diodes[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(3): 032103
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