Modelling of RF High Power Bipolar Transistors

Koen Mouthaan

SEM photo of BLV 910 RF power transistor die after thermal runaway.

• Preface to the thesis
• Summary of the thesis
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Statement of the problem
• Chapter 3: Electrical Modelling of bondwires, matching capacitors and packages
• Chapter 4: Electro-thermal modelling and measurement
• Chapter 5: Modelling and Measurement of RF high power bipolar transistors
• Chapter 6: Conclusions and recommendations

Downloadable publications

• Thermal resistance modelling of RF high power bipolar transistors
  Essderc - 27th European Solid-State Device Research Conference - Stuttgart, Germany - 1997.
• Microwave modelling and measurement of the self- and mutual inductance of coupled bondwires
  Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting - Minneapolis, USA - 1997.
• Microwave modelling and measurement of prematch circuitry for RF power transistors
  European Microwave Conference - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 1998.
• Modelling and measurement of electro-thermal interaction in RF bipolar power transistors
  IEEE Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems Meeting - Ann Arbor, USA - 1998