• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2019

Gallium nitride (GaN) can be used in high-voltage, high-power-density/-power, and high-speed devices owing to its characteristics of wide bandgap, high carrier concentration, and high electron mobility/saturation velocity. In this study, we investigate the technology trends for X-/Ku-band GaN RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers, focusing on gate-length scaling, channel structure, and power density for GaN RF power devices and output power level and output power density for GaN MMIC power amplifiers. Additionally, we review the technology trends in gallium arsenide (GaAs) RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers and analyze the technology trends in RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers based on both GaAs and GaN. Furthermore, we discuss the current direction of national research by examining the national and international technology trends with respect to X-/Ku-band power devices and MMIC power amplifiers.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.122-127
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• 2021

본 논문은 ITO 유리를 기판으로 사용하여 CdS 박막을 제작하였다. MDS (Multiplex Deposition Sputter System)을 이용하여 RF power와 증착시간을 변화시키면서 소자를 제작하였다. 제작된 시편은 광학적 특성에 대해 분석을 하였다. 본 논문의 목적은 태양전지의 광흡수층에 적용될 수 있는 제작조건을 찾는 것이다. RF power가 50W이고 증착 시간이 10분 일 때, 두께는 64Å로 측정되었다. 100W일?, 두께는 406Å로 측정되었고, 150W일 때는 두꼐는 889Å로 측정되었다. 박막은 RF power가 증가할수록 두께가 증가되는 것을 확인하였다. 광투과율 측정한 결과, 550~850nm는 RF power가 50W, 100W, 150W일 때 모두 투과율이 대략 70% 이상으로 관찰되었다. RF power가 증가되면 두께가 증가되고 입자 크기가 커지므로 박막의 밀도가 증가되어 광투과율이 감소되었다. RF power를 100W로 하고 증착시간을 15분 일 때, 밴드갭은 3.998eV로 계산되었다. 증착시간을 20분일 때, 3.987eV이고 150W는 15분에서는 3.965eV이며 20분에서는 3.831eV이다. RF power가 증가하면 밴드갭이 증가하는 것으로 측정되었다. XRD 분석에서 RF power와 증착시간의 변화에 관계없이 2Θ=26.44에서의 회절 피크를 관찰할 수가 있었다. 반치폭은 증착시간이 증가하면 감소되는 것을 알 수가 있었다. 그리고 RF power를 일정하게 하고 증착시간을 증가하면 입자크기는 증가되는 것으로 측정되었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.435-443
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• 2001

As power durable RF SAW filters, AL-(0∼2wt%)Cu alloy multi-layered thin electrodes were deposited on 42° LiTaO$_3$ piezoelectric substrates by magnetron sputtering process, and then ladder-type RF SAW filters, satisfying the electrical specification of CDMA transmission band, were fabricated through optimizing SAW resonator structures. The temperature of film electrodes in SAW filter was increased with RF power, and reached the maxima to cause a failure of SAW filters at the cut-off frequencies of the RF filter band. As RF power increases, the electrodes of Al-Cu alloy showed higher power durability than that of pure Al. The multi-layer laminated film of Al-1wt.% Cu/Cu/Al-1wt%Cu resulted in the best power durability up to 4W of RF power. Every film electrode, however, was destroyed within seconds whenever applying a critical RF power to SAW filters, regardless of the composition and structure of film electrodes. The breakdown of film electrodes under FR power seems to believe due to the fatigue of electrodes caused by repetitive cyclic stress of surface acoustic wave, which is amplified as RF power increases.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2003

감광성 폴리이미드 위에 Cr을 RF 바이어스 스퍼터링 및 RF클리닝 후 DC 스퍼터링한 Cr/폴리이미드의 계면을 TEM으로 관찰하였다. RF power 밀도를 $0.13W/cm^2$에서 $2.12W/cm^2$로 증가시키면서 RF클리닝을 실시한 결과 폴리이미드의 에칭 양상이 둥근 모양에서 뾰족한 모양으로 변하였고 이방성 에칭으로 인해 거칠기가 크게 증가하였다. RF 바이어스 스퍼터링의 경우 RF power를 올리는 동안 RF 클리닝에 의해 폴리이미드가 에칭되었고, 에칭된 부분에 Cr이 증착된 계면을 단면으로 관찰한 결과 Cr과 폴리이미드가 겹쳐져서 혼합된 것처럼 보였다. 그러나 RF power를 올리는 시간을 단축시켜 Cr을 바이어스 스퍼터링했을 때에는 계면이 분명하게 관찰되어 Cr의 implantation이 일어나지 않았음을 알 수 있었다. RF 클리닝한 Cu/Cr/Polyimide를 필 테스트한 결과 짧은 시간의 RF 클리닝으로도 접착력이 크게 증가하였다. 그러므로 RF power를 올리는 동안 실시되었던 RF 클리닝이 RF 바이어스 스퍼터링한 Cr/Polyimide의 접착력 향상에 영향을 주었을 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.197-201
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• 2004

플라즈마 화학기상증착(PECVD)법을 이용하여 Si(100) 웨이퍼에 silicon oxide(SiO$_2$)와 silicon oxynitride(SiON) 후막을 SiH$_4$, $N_2$O, $N_2$가스를 혼합하여 증착하였다. RF power와 rf bias power의 변화에 따른 SiO$_2$ 막과 SiON 막의 특성변화에 대하여 고찰하였다. RF power와 rf bias power가 증가함에 따라 굴절률은 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으며, 막의 굴절률은 1552 nm에서 1.4493-1.4952까지 변화하였다. 이와 같이 rf power가 증가함에 따라 굴절률이 감소하는 이유는 oxygen의 량이 증가하고 nitrogen의 량이 감소하여 즉, O/N 비가 증가하여 굴절률이 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.154-157
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• 2008

A class-E RF(Radio Frequency) power amplifier for wireless application is designed using standard CMOS technology. To drive the class-E power amplifier, a class-F RF power amplifier is used and the reliability characteristics are studied with a class-E load network. The reliability characteristic is improved when a finite-DC feed inductor is used instead of an RF choke with the load. After one year of operating, when the load is an RF choke the output current and voltage of the power amplifier decrease about 17% compared to initial values. But when the load is a finite DC-feed inductor the output current and voltage decrease 9.7%. The S-parameter such as input reflection coefficient(S11) and the forward transmission scattering parameter(S21) is simulated with the stress time. In a finite DC-feed inductor the characteristics of S-parameter are changed slightly compared to an RF-choke inductor. From the simulation results, the class-E power amplifier with a finite DC-feed inductor shows superior reliability characteristics compared to power amplifier using an RF choke.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2009

To investigate the effect of RF power on the structural, optical and electrical properties of amorphous InGaZnO (a-IGZO), its thin films and TFTs were prepared by RF magnetron sputtering method with different RF power conditions of 40, 80 and 120 W at room temperature. In this study, as RF power during the deposition process increases, the RMS roughness of a-IGZO films increased from 0.26 nm to 1.09 nm, while the optical band-gap decreased from 3.28 eV to 3.04 eV. In the case of the electrical characteristics of a-IGZO TFTs, the saturation mobility increased from $7.3cm^2/Vs$ to $17.0cm^2/Vs$, but the threshold voltage decreased from 5.9 V to 3.9 V with increasing RF power. It is regarded that the increment of RF power increases the carrier concentration of the a-IGZO semiconductor layer due to the higher generation of oxygen vacancies.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.242-244
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• 2015

ZnO:Ga thin films were deposited by RF magnetron sputtering technique from ZnO (3 wt.% $Ga_2O_3$) target onto glass substrates under various RF power. The influence of RF power on the structural, electrical, and optical properties of ZnO:Ga thin films was investigated by X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, Hall method and optical transmission spectroscopy. As the RF power increases from 50 to 110W, the crystallinity is deteriorated, the root main square surface roughness is decreased and the sheet resistance is increased. The increase of sheet resistance is caused by decreasing carrier concentration due to interstitial Ga ion. All films are transparent up to 80% in the visible wavelength range and the adsorption edge is a red-shift with increasing RF power.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.202-206
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• 2011

We have investigated the structural and electrical properties of Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) thin films deposited by an RF magnetron sputtering at various RF powers from 50 to 90W. All the GZO thin films are grown as a hexagonal wurtzite phase with highly c-axis preferred parameters. The structural and electrical properties are strongly related to the RF power. The grain size increases as the RF power increases since the columnar growth of GZO thin film is enhanced at an elevated RF power. This result means that the crystallinity of GZO is improved as the RF power increases. The resistivity of GZO rapidly decreases as the RF power increases up to 70 W and saturates to 90W. In contrast, the electron concentration of GZO increases as the RF power increases up to 70 W and saturates to 90W. GZO thin film shows the lowest resistivity of $2.2{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}cm$ and the highest electron concentration of $1.7{\times}10^{21}cm^{-3}$ at 90W. The mobility of GZO increases as the RF power increases since the grain boundary scattering decreases due to the reduced density of the grain boundary at a high RF power. The transmittance of GZO thin films in the visible range is above 90%. GZO is a feasible transparent electrode for application as a transparent electrode for thin film solar cells.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.53-64
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• 2021

As the 5G service market is expected to grow rapidly, the development of high-power, high-efficiency power amplifiers for the 5G communication infrastructure is indispensable. Gallium nitride (GaN) is attracting great interest as a key device in power devices and integrated circuits due to its wide bandgap, high carrier concentration, high electron mobility, and high-power saturation characteristics. In this study, we investigate the technology trends of Ka-band GaN radio frequency (RF) power devices and integrated circuits for operation in the millimeter-wave band of recent 5G mobile communication services. We review the characteristics of GaN RF high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) devices to implement power amplifiers operating at frequencies around 28 GHz and compare the technology of foreign companies with the device characteristics currently developed by the Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI). In addition, the characteristics of Ka-band GaN monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers manufactured using various GaN HEMT device technologies are reviewed by comparing characteristics such as frequency band, output power, and output power density of integrated circuits. In addition, by comparing the performance of the power amplifier developed by ETRI, the current status and future direction of domestic GaN power devices and integrated circuit technology will be discussed.