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With the further development of the complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology and the silicon-germanium (SiGe) epitaxy technology, SiGe bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS) low noise amplifiers (LNAs) are widely used in the first level of radio frequency (RF) transceiver system in space. The core part of SiGe BiCMOS LNA is SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor (SiGe HBT) which naturally possesses excellent temperature characteristic and favorable build-in total ionizing dose and displacement damage resistance without any radiation hardening. However, the single event effect caused by the transient charge collection is the bottleneck problem, restricting its application in space. In this work, laser microbeam experiments were carried out on a SiGe BiCMOS LNA in which the sensitive region of single event effect was located. The experimental results indicate that the transient charge collection of SiGe HBT is the main reason of the single event effect of SiGe BiCMOS LNA. TCAD simulations show that the ionization track caused by ion incident in CMOS region will cross the deep trench isolation (DTI) structure, generate electron-hole pairs in SiGe HBT region and cause transient charge collection. The circuit simulations by ADS show that the peak value of the transient voltage will drop sharply when the SEE pulse transient voltage crosses the capacitor between the first stage and the second stage, which indicates that the capacitor plays an important role in transmitting the transient pulses caused by single event effect. The experimental and simulation results in this work provide technical support for radiation hardening by design (RHBD) of the single event effect of SiGe BiCMOS LNA.
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Keywords:
- SiGe BiCMOS /
- low noise amplifiers /
- single event effect /
- laser-simulated experiment /
- TCAD numerical simulations /
- ADS circuit simulations
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Liu S 2019 M. S. Thesis (Xi’an: Xidian University
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Wei J N 2017 M. S. Thesis (Wuhan: Xiangtan University
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Wang J A, Xie J Z, Lai F 2014 Microelectronics 44 225
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[1] Chevalier P, Avenier G, Canderle E, Montagné A, Ribes G, Vu V T 2015 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting Boston, MA, October 26–28, 2015 p80
[2] Chevalier P, Liebl W, Rücker H, Gauthier A, Manger D, Heinemann B, Avenier G, Böck J 2018 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium San Diego, CA, October 15–17, 2018 p64
[3] Rücker H, Heinemann B 2012 International SoC Design Conference Jeju Island, November 4–7, 2012 p266
[4] Mai A, Kaynak M 2016 21st International Conference on Microwave, Radar and Wireless Communications Krakow, Poland, May 9–11, 2016 p1
[5] Lie D Y C, Tsay J, Hall T, Nukala T, Lopez J, Li Y 2016 IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications Austin, TX, January 24–27, 2016 p15
[6] Pekarik J J, Adkisson J, Gray P, Liu Q, Camillo-Castillo R, Khater M, Jain V, Zetterlund B, Divergilio A, Tian X, Vallett A, Ellis-Monaghan J, Gross B J, Cheng P, Kaushal V, He Z, Lukaitis J, Newton K, Kerbaugh M, Cahoon N, Vera L, Zhao Y, Long J R, Valdes-Garcia A, Reynolds S, Lee W, Sadhu B, Harame D 2014 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting Coronado, CA, September 28– October 1, 2014 p92
[7] Dunn J S, Ahlgren D C, Coolbaugh D D, Feilchenfeld N B, Freeman G, Greenberg D R, Groves R A, Guarin F J, Hammad Y, Joseph A J, Lanzerotti L D, St. Onge S A, Orner B A, Rieh J S, Stein K J, Voldman S H, Wang P C, Zierak M J, Subbanna S, Harame D L, Herman D A, Meyerson B S 2003 IBM J. Res. Dev. 47 101Google Scholar
[8] Najafizadeh L, Sutton A K, Jun B, Cressler J D, Vo T, Momeni O, Mojarradi M, Ulaganathan C, Chen S, Blalock B J, Yao Y, Yu X, Dai F, Marshall P W, Marshall C J 2007 9th European Conference on Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems Deauville, France, September 10–14, 2007 p1
[9] England T D 2011 M. S. Thesis (Atlanta: Georgia Institute of Technology
[10] Sissons B, Mantooth A, Di J, Holmes J A, Francis A M 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference Big Sky, MT, March 7–14, 2015 p1
[11] Cressler J D 2006 Digest of Papers. 2006 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems San Diego, CA, January 18–20, 2006 p5
[12] Weinreb S, Bardin J C, Mani H 2007 IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 55 2306Google Scholar
[13] Krithivasan R, Lu Y, Najafizadeh L, Zh C D, Cressler J D, Chen S, Ulaganathan C, Blalock B J 2006 Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting Maastricht, Netherlands, October 8–10, 2006 p1
[14] Pruvost S, Delcourt S, Telliez I, Laurens M, Bourzgui N E, Danneville F, Monroy A, Dambrine G 2005 IEEE Electr. Device Lett. 26 105Google Scholar
[15] Chen D, Pellish J, Phan A, Kim H, Burns S, Albarian R, Holcombe B, Little B, Salzman J, Marshall P, LaBel K 2010 IEEE Radiation Effects Data Workshop Las Vegas, NV, July 20–23, 2010 p5
[16] Cressler J D 2007 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings. 45th Annual Phoenix AZ, April 15–19, 2007 p141
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[21] Inanlou F, Lourenco N E, Fleetwood Z E, Song I, Howard D C, Cardoso A, Zeinolabedinzadeh S, Zhang E, Zhang C X, Paki-Amouzou P, Cressler J D 2014 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 61 3050Google Scholar
[22] Cressler J D 2013 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 60 1992Google Scholar
[23] Van Vonno N W, Lucas R, Thornberry D 1999 Fifth European Conference on Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems. RADECS 99 Fontevraud, France, September 13–17, 1999 p414
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Xu W J, Zhu K F, Yang Y H, Ren F, Huang D, Liang L H, Zhang X, Wang L, Cui W, Tan K Z, Qian C 2016 Microelectronics 46 407Google Scholar
[29] Gan D, Hu C, Parker G E, Pao H H, Jolly G 2012 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 59 590Google Scholar
[30] 钟怡 2014 硕士学位论文 (成都: 电子科技大学)
Zhong Y 2014 M. S. Thesis (Chengdu: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
[31] Wei J N, He C H, Li P, Li Y H, Guo H X 2019 Chin. Phy. B 28 076106Google Scholar
[32] Sun Y B, Fu J, Wang Y D, Zhou W, Liu Z H, Li X J, Shi Y L 2016 Microelectron. Reliab. 65 41Google Scholar
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Zhang J X, Guo H X, Guo Q, Wen L, Cui J W, Xi S B, Wang X, Deng W 2013 Acta Phys. Sin. 62 048501Google Scholar
[35] Zhang J X, Guo H X, Wen L, Guo Q, Cui J W, Wang X, Deng W, Zheng Q W, Fan X, Xiao R 2014 J. Semicond. 35 60Google Scholar
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Li P, He C H, Guo H X, Zhang J X, Wei J N, Liu M H 2022 J. Terahertz Sci. Electron. Inf. Technol. 20 523Google Scholar
[37] Wang Q H, Liu H X, Wang S L, Chen S P 2018 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 65 2250Google Scholar
[38] 张晋新, 贺朝会, 郭红霞, 唐杜, 熊涔, 李培, 王信 2014 63 248503Google Scholar
Zhang J X, He C H, Guo H X, Tang D, Xiong C, Li P, Wang X 2014 Acta Phys. Sin. 63 248503Google Scholar
[39] Ball D R, Sheets C B, Xu L, Cao J, Wen S J, Fung R, Cazzaniga C, Kauppila J S, Massengill L W, Bhuva B L 2021 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 68 830Google Scholar
[40] Guagliardo S, Wrobel F, Aguiar Y Q, Autran J L, Leroux P, Saigne F, Pouget V, Touboul A D 2019 19th European Conference on Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems Montpellier, France, September 16–20, 2019 p1
[41] 刘爽 2019 硕士学位论文 (西安: 西安电子科技大学)
Liu S 2019 M. S. Thesis (Xi’an: Xidian University
[42] Chongqing Acoustic-Optic-Electric Corp. 2022 XND1108IE Datasheet (Rev 0.3 Ed.) http://www.sisc.com.cn [2023-11-13
[43] 魏佳男 2017 硕士学位论文 (武汉: 湘潭大学)
Wei J N 2017 M. S. Thesis (Wuhan: Xiangtan University
[44] Appaswamy A, Phillips S, Cressler J D 2009 IEEE Electron. Device Lett. 30 511Google Scholar
[45] 赖凡, 胡刚毅 2013 微电子学 43 94
Lai F, Hu G Y 2013 Microelectronics 43 94
[46] 王健安, 谢家志, 赖凡 2014 微电子学 44 225
Wang J A, Xie J Z, Lai F 2014 Microelectronics 44 225
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