Abstract:
Provided herein is a semiconductor device including a substrate; an active layer formed on top of the substrate; a protective layer formed on top of the active layer and having a first aperture; a source electrode, driving gate electrode and drain electrode formed on top of the protective layer; and a first additional gate electrode formed on top of the first aperture, wherein an electric field is applied to the active layer, protective layer and driving gate electrode due to a voltage applied to each of the source electrode, drain electrode and driving gate electrode, and the first additional gate electrode is configured to attenuate a size of the electric field applied to at least a portion of the active layer, protective layer and driving gate electrode.
Abstract:
A field effect transistor is provided. The transistor may include a source electrode and a drain electrode provided spaced apart from each other on a substrate and a ‘+’-shaped gate electrode provided on a portion of the substrate located between the source and drain electrodes.
Abstract:
A high electron mobility transistor includes a T-type gate electrode disposed on a substrate between source and drain electrodes and insulating layers disposed between the substrate and the T-type gate electrode. The insulating layers include first, second, and third insulating layers. The third insulating layer is disposed between the substrate and a head portion of the T-type gate electrode such that a portion of the third insulating layer is in contact with a foot portion of the T-type gate electrode. The second insulating layer is disposed between the substrate and the head portion of the T-type gate electrode to be in contact with the third insulating layer. The first insulating layer and another portion of the third insulating layer are sequentially stacked between the substrate and the head portion of the T-type gate electrode to be in contact with the second insulating layer.
Abstract:
Provided herein is a patch antenna including a multilayered substrate on which a plurality of dielectric layers are laminated; at least one metal pattern layer disposed between the plurality of dielectric layers outside a central area of the multilayered substrate; an antenna patch disposed on an upper surface of the multilayered substrate and within the central area; a ground layer disposed on a lower surface of the multilayered substrate; a plurality of connection via patterns penetrating the plurality of dielectric layers to connect the metal pattern layer and the ground layer, and surrounding the central area; a transmission line comprising a first transmission line unit disposed on the upper surface of the multilayered substrate and located outside the central area, and a second transmission line unit disposed on the upper surface of the multilayered substrate and located within the central area; and an impedance transformer located below the second transmission line unit within the central area of the multilayered substrate.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a field effect type compound semiconductor device in which leakage current of a device is decreased and breakdown voltage is enhanced. The method of manufacturing a field effect type compound semiconductor device includes: stacking an active layer and an ohmic layer on a substrate and forming a first oxide layer on the ohmic layer; forming a mesa region in predetermined regions of the first oxide layer, the ohmic layer, and the active layer; planarizing the mesa region after forming a nitride layer by evaporating a nitride on the mesa region; forming an ohmic electrode on the first oxide layer; forming a minute gate resist pattern after forming a second oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate in which the ohmic electrode is formed and forming a minute gate pattern having a under-cut shaped profile by dry-etching the first oxide layer, the nitride layer, and the second oxide layer; forming a gate recess region by forming a head pattern of a gamma gate electrode on the semiconductor substrate; and forming the gamma gate electrode by evaporating refractory metal on the semiconductor substrate in which the gate recess region is formed.
Abstract:
Provided is a semiconductor device testing apparatus including a first socket configured to load a package, on which a semiconductor device to be tested may be mounted, and a second socket coupled to the first socket. The first socket may include an upper part including a hole configured to accommodate the package and a terminal pad provided at both side edges of the hole to hold input and output terminals of the package, and a lower part including a heating room, in which a heater and a temperature sensing part may be provided, the heater being configured to heat the semiconductor device and the temperature sensing part being configured to measure temperature of the semiconductor device. The second socket may include a probe card with a pattern that may be configured to receive test signals from an external power source.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an automatic gain control feedback amplifier that can arbitrarily control a gain even when a difference in input signal is large. The automatic gain control feedback amplifier includes: an amplification circuit unit configured to amplify voltage input from an input terminal and output the amplified voltage to an output terminal; a feedback circuit unit connected between the input terminal and the output terminal and including a feedback resistor unit of which a total resistance value is determined by one or more control signals and a feedback transistor connected to the feedback resistor unit in parallel; and a bias circuit unit configured to supply predetermined bias voltage to the feedback transistor.
Abstract:
A high electron mobility transistor includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface facing each other and having a via hole passing through the first surface and the second surface, an active layer on the first surface, a cap layer on the active layer and including a gate recess region exposing a portion of the active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode on one of the cap layer and the active layer, an insulating layer on the source electrode and the drain electrode and having on opening corresponding to the gate recess region to expose the gate recess region, a first field electrode on the insulating layer, a gate electrode electrically connected to the first field electrode on the insulating layer, and a second field electrode on the second surface and contacting the active layer through the via hole.
Abstract:
A field effect transistor is provided. The field effect transistor may include a capping layer on a substrate, a source ohmic electrode and a drain ohmic electrode on the capping layer, a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer stacked on the capping layer to cover the source and drain ohmic electrodes, a Γ-shaped gate electrode including a leg portion and a head portion, the leg portion being connected to the substrate between the source ohmic electrode and the drain ohmic electrode, and the head portion extending from the leg portion to cover a top surface of the second insulating layer, a first planarization layer on the second insulating layer to cover the Γ-shaped gate electrode, and a first electrode on the first planarization layer, the first electrode being connected to the source ohmic electrode or the drain ohmic electrode.
Abstract:
Provided herein is a feedback amplifier including an amplifier circuit configured to amplify an input signal input from an input terminal and output the amplified input signal to an output terminal; a feedback circuit configured to apply a feedback resistance value to a signal output to the output terminal, and to control a gain of the amplifier circuit by adjusting the input signal by a bias voltage applied with a feedback resistance value determined; a packet signal sensor configured to generate a fixed resistance control signal for controlling a fixed resistance value included in the feedback resistance value through a comparison between the output from the output terminal with a minimum signal level; and a fixed resistance controller configured to control the fixed resistance value included in the feedback resistance value in response to the fixed resistance control signal.