• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.52 no.5
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• pp.290-294
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• 2003

Using a backpropagation neural network (BPNN), a high power semiconductor device was empirically modeled. The device modeled is a n-LDMOSFET and its electrical characteristics were measured with a HP4156A and a Tektronix curve tracer 370A. The drain-source current $(I_{DS})$ was measured over the drain-source voltage $(V_{DS})$ ranging between 1 V to 200 V at each gate-source voltage $(V_{GS}).$ For each $V_{GS},$ the BPNN was trained with 100 training data, and the trained model was tested with another 100 test data not pertaining to the training data. The prediction accuracy of each $V_{GS}$ model was optimized as a function of training factors, including training tolerance, number of hidden neurons, initial weight distribution, and two gradients of activation functions. Predictions from optimized models were highly consistent with actual measurements.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07c
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• pp.1406-1407
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 기존의 250V급 트렌치 전극형 파워 MOSFET을 구조적으로 개선하여, 600V 이상의 순방향 항복 전압을 갖는 파워 MOSFET을 설계 하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 구조로 기존의 250V급 트렌치 전극형 파워 MOSFET에 비하여 더욱 높은 순방향 항복 전압을 얻었다. 또한, 기존의 LDMOS 구조로 500V 이상의 항복 전압을 얻기 위해서 $100{\mu}m$ 이상의 크기를 필요로 했던 반면에, 본 논문에서 제안한 소자의 크기(vertical 크기)는 $50{\mu}m$로서, 소자의 소형화 및 고효율화 측면에서 더욱 우수한 특성을 얻었다. 본 논문은 2-D 공정시뮬레이터 및 소자 시뮬레이터를 바탕으로, 트렌치 옥사이드의 두께 및 폭, 에피층의 두께 변화 등의 설계변수와 이온주입 도즈 및 열처리 시간에 따른 공정변수에 대한 시뮬레이션을 수행하여, 본 논문에서 제안한 구조가 타당함을 입증하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.880-886
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• 2007

We have proposed a new "hybrid" envelope elimination and restoration(EER) transmitter architecture using an efficiency optimized power amplifier(PA) and modified bias modulator. The efficiency of the PA at the average drain voltage is very important for the overall transmitter efficiency because the PA operates mostly at the average power region of the modulation signal. Accordingly, the efficiency of the PA has been optimized at the region. Besides, the bias modulator has been accompanied with the emitter follower for the minimization of memory effect. A saturation amplifier, class $F^{-1}$ is built using a 5-W PEP LDMOSFET for forward-link single-carrier wideband code-division multiple-access(WCDMA) at 1-GHz. For the interlock experiment, the bias modulator has been built with the efficiency of 64.16% and peak output voltage of 31.8 V. The transmitter with the proposed PA and bias modulator has been achieved an efficiency of 44.19%, an improvement of 8.11%. Besides, the output power is enhanced to 32.33 dBm due to the class F operation and the PAE is 38.28% with ACLRs of -35.9 dBc at 5-MHz offset. These results show that the proposed architecture is a very good candidate for the linear and efficient high power transmitter.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.20 no.8
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• pp.813-822
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• 2009

We have investigated operation of a 1:2:2 asymmetric 3-stage Doherty PA(Power Amplifier) and implemented using the Freescale's 4 W, 10 W PEP LDMOSFETS at 1 GHz. By employing the three peak efficiency characteristics, compared to the two peak N-way Doherty PA, the asymmetric 3-stage Doherty can overcome the serious efficiency degradation along the backed-off output power region and maximize the average efficiency for the modulation signal. To maximize the efficiency characteristic, the inverse class F PA has been designed as carrier and peaking amplifiers. Furthermore, to extract the proper load modulation operation, the adaptive gate bias control signal has been applied to the two peaking PAs based on the envelope tracking technique. For the 802.16e Mobile WiMAX(World Interoperability for Microwave Access) signal with 8.5 dB PAPR(Peak to Average Power Ratio), the proposed Doherty PA has shown 55.46 % of high efficiency at an average output power of 36.85 dBm while maintaining the -37.23 dB of excellent RCE(Relative Constellation Error) characteristic. This is the first time demonstration of applying the saturated PA and adaptive gate bias control technique to the asymmetric 3-stage Doherty PA for the highly efficient transmitter of the base-station application.