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Modeling of 70nm GaAs mHEMT Process for MMIC Amplifier Design up to 220GHz YangTang*, HuabingZhu, HaikunYue, BoshenChen, BinbinCheng, XianjinDeng Microsystem and Terahertz Research Center, Chengdu, China *Email: [email protected] , [email protected]

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Modeling of 70nm GaAs mHEMT Process for MMIC Amplifier Design up to 220GHz

YangTang*, HuabingZhu, HaikunYue, BoshenChen, BinbinCheng, XianjinDeng

Microsystem and Terahertz Research Center, Chengdu, China

*Email: [email protected], [email protected]

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Yinhe596 S&T Campus

Location: Shuangliu District, Chengdu

Strategic new tech research centers: info tech, advanced manufacturing, new

materials,…

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Microsystem and Terahertz Research Center(MTRC)4 research labs

latest EDA platform for design, state of the art THz characterization & measurement equipment

in-house fabrication facility with 3000+m^2 cleanroom for III-V, MEMS & system integration

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MT03: THz Application Technology Research Laboratory

Yinhe596MTRC

MT03

Active in research fieldsTHz communications, radar,

imaging systemsTHz components, THz ICs,

THz microsystems integration

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Outline

Background & Motivation

Test chip & Characterization

Modeling Methodologies & Results

Summary

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Modeling of 70nm GaAs mHEMT Process for MMIC Amplifier Design up to 220GHz

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Background & MotivationTHz gap

huge bandwidth, high data rate, applications in high speed communication

III-V transistor speedInP HEMTs with fmax >1THz, amplifier even work at

1THz by NGCFew COTS modules available

Foundry process70nm GaAs mHEMTfmax>400GHzamplifiers beyond 100GHz

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1THz TMIC Amplifier by NGC

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Background & MotivationPDK model

only verified up to 50GHzunknown uncertainty for THzhigh risk and costly redesign

Evaluation of devices is necessaryfor beyond 100GHz design

small components value sensitive to variation and modeling error

passives and transistors passives: EM helps but need calibration and verification transistor modeling as an integral part of the amplifier

design flow

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Test Chip

Test structures for evaluation and modelingcompact design

1x3mm^2

CPW environmentG-G 40um, signal trace 20um for 50Ohm TXL

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Typical Test Structures

mHEMTs

Resistors

Capacitors

Inductors

TXLs…

GSG pads 75-100um

200um separation

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Devices CharacterizationOn-wafer banded s-parameters

measurements

100um GSG probes

10MHz~67GHz(x3)

VNA frequency extenders 75GHz~110GHz(x2) 10MHz~110GHzD:110GHz~170GHG:140GHz~220GHz

6 setups measurement systems in 5 labs

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Devices Characterization

Measured on probe station with:dies glued on

copper carrier by silver epoxyto mimic the

targeted working environment

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Devices Characterization

Calibration and De-embedding[1]1st tier calibration using LRRM with ISSOPEN/SHORT/PAD dummies for OS, POS de-

embeddingon-wafer multiline TRL calibration

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[1]P. Manuel, S. Fregonese, A. Curutchet, et al, EuMC, p.167(2015).

Comparison of calibration and de-embedding effect on transconductance

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Devices Characterization

Calibration and De-embeddingPOS up to 67GHzmTRL is used in other bands

generally effective

Some problems discontinuitiesunreal artifacts Incorrect signoriginate from data

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Adopted calibration and de-embedding applied on transconductance for reference

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Measurement Non-idealities

Raw S11 of PAD dummyespecially obvious

for magnitude of s-parameters

Ref[2]Parasitic scattering

and coupling

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[2]M. Seelmann-Eggebert, M. Ohlrogge, R Webber, et al, MTT, 63(7), p.2335(2015).

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Parasitic Scattering & Coupling E-Field distribution for a CPW transmission

line100GHz

200GHz

300GHz

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Parasitic Scattering & Couplingfull test chip EM

simulation

@200GHz

unwanted coupling to adjacent test structures

results in degraded data

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Parasitic Scattering & CouplingSome characteristics and test structures are

less sensitive Effective inductance, capacitance, phase of

transmission termslong transmission line

Effective L, Phase

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Modeling MethodologiesConsidering the data degradation up to

220GHzFollowing strategies are used:Systematic calibration of EM simulation

For parasitics extraction and measurement verification

Feeding network modeling replace de-embedding and on-wafer calibration

Recursive Modeling[3] of mHEMTpreviously extracted equivalent circuit model(ECM)

used recursively in later extractions

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[3]Babak Heydari, Dissertation, UCB/EECS (2008).

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Modeling MethodologiesModeling in flowchart

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EM Calibration

Systematic EM calibration[4]Simplified process cross-section profilebased on measurement data of SHORT, LINEs

and Caps structuresHFSS and Momentum

Materials parameters thickness

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[4]K. Takano, K. Katayama, S. Mizukusa, et al, ICMTS, p. 230 (2015).

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EM Calibration Results

100fF Cmim

Si3N4, SiO2 dielectric from 2 Capsverified up to 170GHz

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EM Calibration Results

Transmission linesConductivity from effective resistanceGaAs substrate dielectric from LINEsHFSS and ADS similar results

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EM Calibration Results

200Ohm ResistorThin film metal resistorverified up to 110GHz

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Feeding network modeling

2x20um mHMET with feeding parasiticsReference planes

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Feeding network modeling

Feeding network modelingbased on PAD, SHORT and OPEN dummy

structures

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Feeding network modeling

Extraction recursivelyEach extracted ECM is used as part of

the subsequent ECMPADSHORTOPEN

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Feeding Networks Results

PAD dummyEM vs. data Cpg, Cpd

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Feeding Networks Results

SHORT dummyEM vs. dataRg,Lg

Rg1,Lg1

Rd,Ld

Rd1,Ld1

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Feeding Networks Results

OPEN DummyEM vs. data Cpg1,Cpg2

Cdg,Cdg1

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Recursive Modeling

mHEMT modelPi-network embedded in the feeding ECMused raw measurement data as targets

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Extrinsic Elements Extraction

Cold-FET for terminal parasiticssource parasitics and res at G,D ignored

Lge, Lde

Recursive methods, fitting to raw data(>110GHz)

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Intrinsic ECM Extraction

Intrinsic elementsstarting value: extracted from low frequency de-

embedded data(<110GHz)then fitting together with feeding network ECM

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Meas vs. Sim ResultsmHEMT 2x20um Vg=0V Vd=1V(close to peak

transconductance)

gm, Cm

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Meas vs. Sim ResultsmHEMT 2x20um Vg=0V Vd=1V Cgs, re(Y11+Y12)

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Meas vs. Sim ResultsmHEMT 2x20um Vg=0V Vd=1VCds, 1/Rds

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Meas vs. Sim ResultsmHEMT 2x20um Vg=0V Vd=1VCgd, re(1/Y12)

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Meas vs. Sim Results

mHEMT 2x20um Vg=0V Vd=1VMAGS-parameters Smith plots

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Model Application

3-stage CS amplifierT-junction matchingGain>20dB@140GHz

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SummaryTest chip & CharacterizationCompact, CPW styleOn-wafer banded measurements with non-

idealities

Modeling Methodologies & ResultsEM calibration for parasitics extraction and

verification of measurementFeeding network modeling instead of de-

embedding and calibrationRecursive modeling of mHEMT up to 220GHz,

to be used in amplifier design

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Ref & AcknowledgementReferences

[1]P. Manuel, S. Fregonese, A. Curutchet, et al, EuMC, p.167(2015).

[2]M. Seelmann-Eggebert, M. Ohlrogge, R Webber, et al, MTT, 63(7), p.2335(2015).

[3]Babak Heydari, Dissertation, UCB/EECS (2008).

[4]K. Takano, K. Katayama, S. Mizukusa, et al, ICMTS, p. 230 (2015).

Acknowledgement This work was supported by Challenge Program under grant no. TZ2018003.

The authors would like to thank Prof. Yan Wang, Wenyuan Zhang of Tsinghua University, Miao Li, Haibin Zhao of Platform Design Automation Inc, Prof. Jun Liu of Zhangzhou Dianzi University, Zhifu Hu, Meilin He of CETC13 for their help and technical discussions.

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