Nonlinear modeling of low-to-high-frequency noise up-conversion in microwave electron devices

Fabio Filicori; Pier Andrea Traverso; Corrado Florian

doi:10.1117/12.497568

12 May 2003 Nonlinear modeling of low-to-high-frequency noise up-conversion in microwave electron devices

Fabio Filicori, Pier Andrea Traverso, Corrado Florian

Proceedings Volume 5113, Noise in Devices and Circuits; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.497568
Event: SPIE's First International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise, 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Abstract

Measurement-based, circuit-oriented non-linear noise modeling of microwave electron devices is still an open field of research, since existing approaches are not always suitable for the accurate prediction of low-frequency noise up-conversion to RF, which represents an essential information for the non-linear circuit analyses performed in the CAD of low phase-noise oscillators. In this paper a technology-independent, empirical approach to the modeling of noise contributions at the ports of electron devices, operating under strongly non-linear conditions, is proposed. Details concerning the analytical formulation of the model, which is derived by considering randomly time-varying perturbations in the basic equations of an otherwise conventional charge-controlled non-linear model, are presented, along with a discussion about the measurement techniques devoted to its experimental characterization. An example of application of the proposed Charge-Controlled Non-linear Noise (CCNN) model is considered in the case of a HBT transistor. Techniques devoted to the implementation of the obtained model in the framework of commercial CAD tools for circuit analysis and design are provided as well.

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Fabio Filicori, Pier Andrea Traverso, and Corrado Florian "Nonlinear modeling of low-to-high-frequency noise up-conversion in microwave electron devices", Proc. SPIE 5113, Noise in Devices and Circuits, (12 May 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.497568

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