In this paper, a rugged bipolar transistor has been designed to withstand high levels of ESD making it well suited for UHF automotive electronics applications. The BFP460 from Infineon Technologies is a general-purpose transistor that is electrostatic-discharge (ESD)-hardened for such applications. It benefits from a silicon-bipolar process technology with 23-GHz transition frequency and can safely withstand ESD pulses of 1500 W between any pair of terminals. The effectiveness of this device is demonstrated in a UHF low-noise amplifier (LNA) that is ideal for automotive use.
ESD-hardened device fuels UHF amplifiers
Microwaves & RF ; 43 , 7 ; 57-64
2004
8 Seiten, 5 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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