基于Pspice的RTD等效模型及其应用电路研究

简要介绍了RTD(共振隧穿二极管)的微分负阻特性及其等效电路,通过对实际AlAs/InxGa1-xAs/GaAs双势垒共振隧穿结构I-V曲线拟合,得出RTD的Pspice等效电路模型参数。采用Pspice软件建立了RTD的等效电路模型,并对其微分负阻特性进行了仿真,仿真结果与测试结果基本吻合。利用所建立的模型,对RTD的基本应用电路:反相器、非门、与非门和或非门进行了仿真模拟。结果表明,该类电路能够正确实现其逻辑功能。最后,对基于RTD的振荡电路进行了仿真,仿真频率与实际测试频率处于同一数量级。由于实测电路寄生参数如串联电阻、电容等的影响,仿真结果与测试结果稍有出入。     

RTD在压力下的弛豫振荡特性

报道了共振隧穿二极管(RTD)在压力下的弛豫振荡特性.采用Pspice 8.0软件仿真并设计了振荡电路,测得其振荡频率达200kHz.在(100)半绝缘(SI)GaAs衬底上利用分子束外延(MBE)技术生长了AlAs/InxGa1-xAs/GaAs双势垒共振隧穿结构(DBRTS),并采用Au/Ge/Ni/Au金属化和空气桥结构成功加工出了RTD.由于RTD的压阻效应,采用显微喇曼光谱仪标定所加应力大小,对RTD在加压条件下的振荡特性进行了研究,结果表明其弛豫振荡频率大致有-17.9kHz/MPa的改变量.     

RTD在压力下的弛豫振荡特性

报道了共振隧穿二极管(RTD)在压力下的弛豫振荡特性.采用Pspice 8.0软件仿真并设计了振荡电路,测得其振荡频率达200kHz.在(100)半绝缘(SI)GaAs衬底上利用分子束外延(MBE)技术生长了AlAs/InxGa1-xAs/GaAs双势垒共振隧穿结构(DBRTS),并采用Au/Ge/Ni/Au金属化和空气桥结构成功加工出了RTD.由于RTD的压阻效应,采用显微喇曼光谱仪标定所加应力大小,对RTD在加压条件下的振荡特性进行了研究,结果表明其弛豫振荡频率大致有-17.9kHz/MPa的改变量.     

Equivalent circuit parameters of resonant tunneling diodesextracted from self-consistent Wigner-Poisson simulation

The equivalent circuit parameters of resonant tunneling diodes (RTD) are extracted from numerical simulation results for RTDs. The RTD models used in this paper are double barrier structures. The influence of the resonant tunneling structure (RTS) parameters, such as the height of barriers, the width of the quantum well, the width of the spacers, and the width of the barriers, on the device parameters are systematically discussed. The effects of device temperature on device parameters are also discussed. Scattering between electrons and phonons greatly affects device parameters and thereby the function of the RTDs. Physical explanations about how the structure parameters and device temperature influence the device parameters are provided. Based on the analysis results, a general way to get an RTD oscillator with a higher maximum frequency is suggested     

一种基于RTD和HEMT的单片集成逻辑电路

介绍了一种基于共振隧穿二极管(RTD)和高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)的单片集成电路.采用分子束外延技术在GaAs底层上重叠生长了RTD和HEMT结构.RTD室温下的峰谷电流比为5.2∶1,峰值电流密度为22.5kA/cm2.HEMT采用1μm栅长,阈值电压为-1V.设计电路称为单稳态-双稳态转换逻辑单元(MOBILE).实验结果显示了该电路逻辑运行成功,运行频率可达2GHz以上.     

Proposal of low-noise amplifier utilizing resonant tunnelingtransistors

A low-noise amplifier utilizing the negative input resistance of resonant tunneling transistors (RTT's) is proposed. Expected features of the RTT amplifiers are: 1) negligible effect of noise sources at the output, owing to their large power gain; 2) flat variation of noise figure (NF) versus frequency, due to white spectra of noise sources at the input; and 3) a high maximum oscillation frequency (f_max) (over several 100 GHz), Based on simulated DC characteristics, over 500 GHz f_max and 0.3 dB NF at 100 GHz are predicted for optimized AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs resonant tunneling diodes (RTD's). In an RTT formed by coupling an FET to an optimized RTD, 0.55 dB minimum noise figure and 26 dB associated gain are predicted at 100 GHz. Also, a 1/w² spectrum of the input noise resistance is predicted at low frequencies     

110-GHz monolithic resonant-tunneling-diode trigger circuit

The design and fabrication of a novel resonant tunneling diode (RTD) structure to be used in a monolithically integrated trigger circuit are reported. The structure has been designed to have high peak current densities with relatively low resonant voltages. These devices have been monolithically integrated with resistors to build a high-frequency trigger circuit. Experiments demonstrated triggering performance up to 110 GHz with subpicosecond timing jitter     

A physics based model for the RTD quantum capacitance

A simple derivation of the form for the compact model of the quantum capacitance in a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) is presented. The quantum capacitance is shown to reduce the resistive cutoff frequency. The implementation of the model into SPICE is described. The distorting effect of the strongly nonlinear quantum capacitance on an oscillator circuit is demonstrated in a SPICE simulation. The nonlinearity becomes important for the highest frequency applications when the RTD capacitance is comparable to the capacitance in the rest of the circuit.     

RTD 高频等效电路的① 研究及应用现状

详述了RTD器件各高频等效电路模型及其各模型的应用与适用条件。并在40GHz以下的频率范围内，用CECM描述RTD器件的高频特性也较成功。     

三稳态共振隧穿器件的研制

在I-V特性曲线上具有双微分负阻的三稳态共振隧穿器件,室温下可以达到较高的电流峰谷比5.2∶1。器件采用两个隧穿二极管背靠背串联的结构,能更大程度提高集成度,可以在多值逻辑或其他有关降低电路复杂性方面获得较为广泛的应用。     

共振隧穿二极管型光探测器和光调制器

将共振隧穿二极管(RTD)的核心结构——双势垒系统与光探测器和调制器的原理相结合可构成共振隧穿光探测器和共振隧穿光调制器。这些器件既保持了RTD高频、高速的特点,同时又具备了光探测器和光调制器原有的功能,可用于光电集成电路。介绍了这种具有代表性的RTD型光电器件的工作原理、器件结构、制造工艺、器件参数测试等,为此类器件在国内的设计和研制奠定基础。     

Unified AC model for the resonant tunneling diode

A physics-based model is shown to yield the small-signal equivalent circuit of the resonant tunneling diode (RTD) including an analytic expression for both the quantum inductance and capacitance. This model unifies previous models by Brown et al. for quantum inductance and by Lake and Yang for quantum capacitance, and extends the RTD SPICE model of Broekaert. The equivalent circuit has been fit to both current-voltage and microwave S-parameter measurements of AlAs-InGaAs-InAs-InGaAs-AlAs RTDs from 45 MHz to 30 GHz and over biases from 0 to 0.81 V. Good agreement between the model and measurement is shown.     

量子共振隧穿二极管的频率特性与分析

用HP8510C网络分析仪测量了AlAs/InGaAs/AlAs共振隧穿二极管的S参数,通过实测曲线拟合提取器件等效电路参数,计算出所研制器件的阻性截止频率为54GHz,并分析了影响器件工作频率的因素.     

RTD/HEMT多值逻辑(MVL)电路的PSPICE模拟

由共振隧穿二极管(RTD)与高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)相并联组成的结构是构成当前RTD高速数字电路常用的基本单元。由于RTD的负阻、双稳和自锁特性,由RTD/HEMT组成的逻辑电路可以大大减少器件的数目,用最少的器件完成一定的逻辑功能。本文对多值逻辑(MVL)中的文字逻辑门用PSPICE模拟软件进行了电路模拟,模拟结果与预期结果一致,并有助于指导该电路的设计。     

一种利用共振隧穿二极管简化电路的分频器设计

提出了一种基于共振隧穿二级管的新型边沿触发D触发器并将之用于构成二进制分频器.详细讨论了设计过程,用SPICE验证了电路的功能,并和已有的设计进行了比较.由于利用了共振隧穿二极管高度的非线性,同CMOS分频器相比,电路中元件的数量可以减少一半.     

一种利用共振隧穿二极管简化电路的分频器设计

提出了一种基于共振隧穿二级管的新型边沿触发D触发器并将之用于构成二进制分频器.详细讨论了设计过程,用SPICE验证了电路的功能,并和已有的设计进行了比较.由于利用了共振隧穿二极管高度的非线性,同CMOS分频器相比,电路中元件的数量可以减少一半.     

基于共振隧穿二极管的蔡氏电路设计研究

首次提出一种基于共振隧穿二极管的蔡氏电路.利用共振隧穿二极管(RTD)的负微分电阻特性,采用驱动点特性合成的方法,实现了蔡氏电路中的分段线性电阻,通过一组参数的选取,进而实现了蔡氏电路,并用PSpice模拟软件进行了仿真验证.相对于用传统方法实现的蔡氏电路,基于RTD的蔡氏电路具有电路结构更加简洁、便于集成的特点.     

Two-port noise and impedance measurements for two-terminal deviceswith a resonant tunneling diode example

A two-port technique is presented for determining the circuit elements and noise sources of the equivalent circuit of a two-terminal device at microwave frequencies. The two-terminal device is connected as a two-port so that intrinsic and parasitic circuit elements can be obtained from full two-port S-parameter measurements. This measurement does not require one of the two contacts to be grounded, which makes it particularly well suited for the characterization of integrated devices where parasitic elements become important and cannot be easily calculated. The noise of the device is measured by employing a noise-figure meter and the intrinsic noise is computed from the measured terminal noise. As an example, the impedance and noise elements of a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) are measured over frequency ranges of 2-8 and 2-4 GHz, respectively     

InP衬底AlAs/In0.53Ga0.47As RTD的研制

报道了InP衬底AlAs/In0.53Ga0.47As/AlAs两垒一阱结构共振隧穿二极管(RTD)器件的研制.结构材料由分子束外延制备,衬底片为(001)半绝缘InP单晶片,器件制作选用台面结构.测得室温下的峰值电流密度为1.06×105 A/cm2,峰-谷电流比为7.4,是国内报道的首例InP材料体系RTD器件.     

Wide-Range Varactor-Tuned Terahertz Oscillator Using Resonant Tunneling Diode

We propose a wide-range varactor-tuned terahertz oscillator using a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) and estimate the tuning range. In a slot antenna, a varactor diode is placed in parallel with an RTD and can be operated with different bias voltages. Frequency tuning is possible by changing the varactor-diode capacitance with the bias voltage. A wide frequency tuning range >200 GHz (500 to 740 GHz) is obtained with an oscillator with a 20-μm-long antenna, 1.3-μm² RTD mesa, and 16-μm² varactor-diode mesa by electromagnetic-field analysis including a varactor-diode model.