Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Seong-Il Kim

Hyung Sup Yoon

Jong-Won Lim

Byoung-Gue Min

Dong Min Kang

Sang-Heung Lee

Eun Soo Nam

Jae Kyoung Mun

Chull Won Ju

Jongmin Lee

Hae Cheon Kim

Ho Kyun Ahn

Jong Min Lee

Hokyun Ahn

Dong-Young Kim

Kyu Jun Cho

Jae Won Do

Woojin Chang

Hong Gu Ji

Hyun Wook Jung

Sungjae Chang

Hyunwook Jung

Yoo Jin Jang

Min Jeong Shin

Sang Heung Lee

Kyung-Ho Lee

Woo Jin Chang

Young Rak Park

Hyung Seok Lee

Jong-Min Lee

Sung Bum Bae

Jeong Jin Kim

Chul-Won Ju

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

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 field effect transistor may include a capping layer on a substrate, a source ohmic electrode and a drain ohmic electrode on the capping layer, a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer stacked on the capping layer to cover the source and drain ohmic electrodes, a &#x393;-shaped gate electrode including a leg portion and a head portion, the leg portion being connected to the substrate between the source ohmic electrode and the drain ohmic electrode, and the head portion extending from the leg portion to cover a top surface of the second insulating layer, a first planarization layer on the second insulating layer to cover the &#x393;-shaped gate electrode, and a first electrode on the first planarization layer, the first electrode being connected to the source ohmic electrode or the drain ohmic electrode.

Field effect transistor and method of fabricating the same

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

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 is a method of manufacturing a field effect type compound semiconductor device in which leakage current of a device is decreased and breakdown voltage is enhanced. The method of manufacturing a field effect type compound semiconductor device includes: stacking an active layer and an ohmic layer on a substrate and forming a first oxide layer on the ohmic layer; forming a mesa region in predetermined regions of the first oxide layer, the ohmic layer, and the active layer; planarizing the mesa region after forming a nitride layer by evaporating a nitride on the mesa region; forming an ohmic electrode on the first oxide layer; forming a minute gate resist pattern after forming a second oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate in which the ohmic electrode is formed and forming a minute gate pattern having a under-cut shaped profile by dry-etching the first oxide layer, the nitride layer, and the second oxide layer; forming a gate recess region by forming a head pattern of a gamma gate electrode on the semiconductor substrate; and forming the gamma gate electrode by evaporating refractory metal on the semiconductor substrate in which the gate recess region is formed.

Method of manufacturing field effect type compound semiconductor device

Disclosed are a semiconductor device including a stepped gate electrode and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a semiconductor substrate having a structure including a plurality of epitaxial layers and including an under-cut region formed in a part of a Schottky layer in an upper most part thereof; a cap layer, a first nitride layer and a second nitride layer sequentially formed on the semiconductor substrate to form a stepped gate insulating layer pattern; and a stepped gate electrode formed by depositing a heat-resistant metal through the gate insulating layer pattern, wherein the under-cut region includes an air-cavity formed between the gate electrode and the Schottky layer.

Semiconductor device including stepped gate electrode and fabrication method thereof

Provided is a power amplifier device. The power amplifier device includes: a cutoff unit cutting off a direct current (DC) component of a signal delivered from a signal input terminal; a circuit protecting unit connected to the cutoff unit and stabilizing a signal delivered from the cutoff unit; and an amplification unit connected to the circuit protecting unit and amplifying a signal delivered from the circuit protecting unit, wherein the amplification unit comprises a plurality of transistors connected in parallel to the circuit protecting unit and the circuit protecting unit comprises resistors connected to between bases of the plurality of transistors.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Seong-Il Kim