RF circuits including transistors having strained material...

Details RF circuits including transistors having strained material... RF circuits including transistors having strained material...

2011-03-15

2011-03-15

Sandvik, Benjamin P (Department: 2826)

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Thin active physical layer which is

Heterojunction

C257S219000, C257SE29012

Reexamination Certificate

active

07906776

ABSTRACT:
Circuits for processing radio frequency (“RF”) and microwave signals are fabricated using field effect transistors (“FETs”) that have one or more strained channel layers disposed on one or more planarized substrate layers. FETs having such a configuration exhibit improved values for, for example, transconductance and noise figure. RF circuits such as, for example, voltage controlled oscillators (“VCOs”), low noise amplifiers (“LNAs”), and phase locked loops (“PLLs”) built using these FETs also exhibit enhanced performance.

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