Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Sang-Heung Lee

Jong-Won Lim

Hyung Sup Yoon

Hae Cheon Kim

Dong Min Kang

Eun Soo Nam

Seong-Il Kim

Byoung-Gue Min

Chull Won Ju

Dong-Young Kim

Jae Kyoung Mun

Hokyun Ahn

Ho Kyun Ahn

Jongmin Lee

Kyu Jun Cho

Jae Won Do

Jong Min Lee

Woojin Chang

Hong Gu Ji

Woo Jin Chang

Hyun Wook Jung

Sungjae Chang

Hyunwook Jung

Yoo Jin Jang

Min Jeong Shin

Young-Ho Kim

Yong-Hwan Kwon

Young Rak Park

Hyung Seok Lee

Jin-Yeong Kang

Seong Il Kim

Sung Bum Bae

Jeong Jin Kim

Heung-Soo Rhee

Provided is an amplification circuit for amplifying an input signal. The amplification circuit includes an input stage including an input matching circuit that receives the input signal and an input attenuation circuit that attenuates a gain for the input signal outside an operating frequency band of the amplification circuit, a transistor that amplifies the input signal provided from the input stage, and an output stage including an output matching circuit that receives a signal amplified by the transistor and an output attenuation circuit that attenuates the gain for the input signal outside the operating frequency band of the amplification circuit, and the input attenuation circuit includes a first resistor and a second resistor that are connected to a ground voltage, a first passive element connected between the input matching circuit and the second resistor, and a second passive element connected between the first passive element and the first resistor.

Microwave amplification circuit

Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate in which an insulation layer is disposed between a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, a through-hole penetrating through the substrate, the through-hole having a first hole penetrating through the first semiconductor layer and a second hole penetrating through the insulation layer and the second semiconductor layer from a bottom surface of the first hole, an epi-layer disposed inside the through-hole, a drain electrode disposed inside the second hole and contacting one surface of the epi-layer, and a source electrode and a gate electrode which are disposed on the other surface of the epi-layer.

Semiconductor device having a drain electrode contacting an epi material inside a through-hole and method of manufacturing the same

Provided is a cascode circuit including first and second transistors connected between a drain terminal and a source terminal in cascode form, a level sifter configured to change a voltage level of a switching control signal applied to a gate terminal and provide the changed switching control signal to a gate of the first transistor, a buffer configured to delay the switching control signal and provide the delayed switching control signal to a gate of the second transistor, and a first resistor connected between the level shifter and the gate of the first transistor.

Cascode switch circuit including level shifter

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.

High electron mobility transistor and fabrication method thereof

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.

Patch antenna

The present invention relates to a high reliability field effect power device and a manufacturing method thereof. A method of manufacturing a field effect power device includes sequentially forming a transfer layer, a buffer layer, a barrier layer and a passivation layer on a substrate, patterning the passivation layer by etching a first region of the passivation layer, and forming at least one electrode on the first region of the barrier layer exposed by patterning the passivation layer, wherein the first region is provided to form the at least one electrode, and the passivation layer may include a material having a wider bandgap than the barrier layer to prevent a trapping effect and a leakage current of the field effect power device.

High reliability field effect power device and manufacturing method thereof

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.

Transistor and method of fabricating the same

Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a high electron mobility transistor. The method includes: forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on a substrate; forming a first insulating film having a first opening on an entire surface of the substrate, the first opening exposing a part of the substrate; forming a second insulating film having a second opening within the first opening, the second opening exposing a part of the substrate; forming a third insulating film having a third opening within the second opening, the third opening exposing a part of the substrate; etching a part of the first insulating film, the second insulating film and the third insulating film so as to expose the source electrode and the drain electrode; and forming a T-gate electrode on a support structure including the first insulating film, the second insulating film and the third insulating film.

High electron mobility transistor and manufacturing method thereof

Provided is a feedback amplifier. The feedback amplifier includes: an amplification circuit unit amplifying a burst packet signal inputted from an input terminal and outputting the amplified voltage to an output terminal; a feedback circuit unit disposed between the input terminal and the output terminal and controlling whether to apply a fixed resistance value to a signal outputted to the output terminal; a packet signal detection unit detecting a peak value of a burst packet signal from the output terminal and controlling whether to apply the fixed resistance value; and a bias circuit unit generating a bias voltage, wherein the feedback circuit unit determines a feedback resistance value to change the fixed resistance value in response to at least one control signal and adjusts a gain by receiving the bias voltage.

Feedback amplifier

Disclosed are a GaN (gallium nitride) compound power semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The gallium nitride compound power semiconductor device includes: a gallium nitride compound element formed by being grown on a wafer; a contact pad including a source, a drain, and a gate connecting with the gallium nitride compound element; a module substrate to which the nitride gallium compound element is flip-chip bonded; a bonding pad formed on the module substrate; and a bump formed on the bonding pad of the module substrate so that the contact pad and the bonding pad are flip-chip bonded. By this configuration, it is possible to reduce the process costs by forming the bump on the substrate based on the wafer level, rapidly emit the heat generated from an AlGaN HEMT device by forming the sub source contact pad and the sub drain contact pad of the substrate in the active region, and efficiently emit the heat generated from the AlGaN HEMT device by forming a via hole on the substrate and filling the via hole with the conductive metal.

Wafer level packaged GaN power semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof

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.

Provided are vertical capacitors and methods of forming the same. The formation of the vertical capacitor may include forming input and output electrodes on a top surface of a substrate, etching a bottom surface of the substrate to form via electrodes, and then, forming a dielectric layer between the via electrodes. As a result, a vertical capacitor with high capacitance can be provided in a small region of the substrate.

Vertical capacitors and methods of forming the same

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.

Automatic gain control feedback amplifier

Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a field-effect transistor. The disclosed method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a source ohmic metal layer on one side of the semiconductor substrate; forming a drain ohmic metal layer on another side of the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate electrode between the source ohmic metal layer and the drain ohmic metal layer, on an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate; forming an insulating film on the semiconductor substrate's upper portion including the source ohmic metal layer, the drain ohmic metal layer and the gate electrode; and forming a plurality of field electrodes on an upper portion of the insulating film, wherein the insulating film below the respective field electrodes has different thicknesses.

Method of manufacturing a field-effect transistor

Provided is a feedback amplifier including: an amplification circuit unit to generate an output voltage by amplifying an input voltage inputted through an input terminal; an output circuit unit to output the generated output voltage through an output terminal; a feedback circuit unit to control the gain of the amplification circuit unit by determining a total feedback resistance value using an external control signal and controlling an input current while the total feedback resistance value is determined; and a bias circuit unit to apply a bias voltage to the feedback circuit unit.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Sang-Heung Lee