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Compact RF Switch ICs Using Dielectric Overhang Gate Process and Stacked Inductor

Kyoungchul Jang, Juyoung Lee, Sungwon Kim and Kwangseok Seo

(Received September 14, 2005; revised November 14, 2005; accepted December 19, 2005; published online April 25, 2006)

In this paper, we present a compact quadrate-gate single-pole double-through RF switch. We could reduce the size of the multiple-gate high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) switch by reducing the length of the ohmic electrode and the distance between the source and drain electrodes without a severe degradation of switch performance. We developed the dielectric overhang gate process to reduce the distance between the source and drain electrodes of the multiple-gate HEMT switch. LC resonance using a stacked multilayer inductor was employed for the enhancement of isolation without extra area consumption.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/45/3401/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.45.3401

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