{"id":25123,"date":"2025-05-09T18:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/?page_id=25123"},"modified":"2026-05-02T13:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:41:02","slug":"devices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/devices\/","title":{"rendered":"devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Devices<\/h2>\n<p>UCLouvain&#8217;s RF-SOI team has over 30 years of experience in characterizing, extracting and modelling semiconductor transistor devices. Our expertise include small-signal modelling, extraction of intrinsic device parameters as well as extrinsic parasitics (BEOL parasitics, substrate network, etc.), large-signal behavior, device self-heating, RF and mm-wave FoMs, high-temperature and cryogenic models, and more.<\/p>\n<h3>Device Characterization and Parameter Extraction<\/h3>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h5><em>Small Signal Equivalent Circuit Parameters<\/em><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Wideband device model extraction [<a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/0268-1242\/20\/5\/025\">DL05b<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/4117322\">DL07<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/4160026\">VK07<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9440125\">LN21b<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9349757\">VK21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9373427\">AM21<\/a>].<\/li>\n<li>Separation of intrincis anc extrinsic device parameters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><em>Thermal Parameters<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Thermal resistance and capacitance.<\/p>\n<p>Static and dynamic self-heating.<\/p>\n<p>Electrical characterization techniques and effects to account for.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Device self-heating extractions [<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/6515360\">SM13<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0038110115002506?via%3Dihub\">SM16<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9395481\">LN21h<\/a>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><em>Extreme Conditions<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Sub-THz substrate characterization [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/international-journal-of-microwave-and-wireless-technologies\/article\/abs\/effective-resistivity-extraction-of-lowloss-silicon-substrates-at-millimeterwave-frequencies\/28204EE93E1BE53698D7071070E366D6\">LN19<\/a>].<\/li>\n<li>High-Temperature device performance <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9720052\">[AHT22]<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/10219437\">[AHT23]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cryogenic device behavior, extraction and modelling <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8672466\">[BKE19]<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9320656\">[LN19c]<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9107227\">[LN20c]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-Logo_RFSOI_HQ_chiponly.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-Logo_RFSOI_HQ_chiponly.png 512w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-Logo_RFSOI_HQ_chiponly-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-Logo_RFSOI_HQ_chiponly-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-Logo_RFSOI_HQ_chiponly-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-Logo_RFSOI_HQ_chiponly-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-Logo_RFSOI_HQ_chiponly-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/RF-SOI-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-Logo_RFSOI_HQ_chiponly-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devices UCLouvain&#8217;s RF-SOI team has over 30 years of experience in characterizing, extracting and modelling semiconductor transistor devices. Our expertise include small-signal modelling, extraction of intrinsic device parameters as well as extrinsic parasitics (BEOL parasitics, substrate network, etc.), large-signal behavior, device self-heating, RF and mm-wave FoMs, high-temperature and cryogenic models, and more. 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