{"id":55331,"date":"2023-02-03T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T13:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/?p=55331"},"modified":"2023-02-03T15:54:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T13:54:14","slug":"these-caroline-maye-developpement-dun-banc-de-caracterisation-en-puissance-avec-tuner-integre-en-bande-de-frequence-140-220-ghz-pour-la-caracterisation-load-pull-des-transistors-hbts-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/these\/these-2021\/these-caroline-maye-developpement-dun-banc-de-caracterisation-en-puissance-avec-tuner-integre-en-bande-de-frequence-140-220-ghz-pour-la-caracterisation-load-pull-des-transistors-hbts-en.html","title":{"rendered":"THESE : Caroline MAYE &#8211; D\u00e9veloppement d\u2019un banc de caract\u00e9risation en puissance avec tuner int\u00e9gr\u00e9 en bande de fr\u00e9quence [140-220] GHz pour la caract\u00e9risation load-pull des transistors HBTs en technologie BiCMOS 55 nm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div 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class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-55331'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-18u73nj-dad6a947580930e400fc42ba200e80f1\">\n#top .hr.av-18u73nj-dad6a947580930e400fc42ba200e80f1{\nmargin-top:5px;\nmargin-bottom:5px;\n}\n.hr.av-18u73nj-dad6a947580930e400fc42ba200e80f1 .hr-inner{\nwidth:100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-18u73nj-dad6a947580930e400fc42ba200e80f1 hr-custom  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock  hr-left hr-icon-no'><span class='hr-inner inner-border-av-border-thin'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jriy64i8-2f4600354c0449b610997916bbd9b6bc'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" >\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-13ewzjw-68e036126b913e5028f77311dc66b825\">\n.av_font_icon.av-13ewzjw-68e036126b913e5028f77311dc66b825{\ncolor:#bfbfbf;\nborder-color:#bfbfbf;\n}\n.av_font_icon.av-13ewzjw-68e036126b913e5028f77311dc66b825 .av-icon-char{\nfont-size:60px;\nline-height:60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<span  class='av_font_icon av-13ewzjw-68e036126b913e5028f77311dc66b825 avia_animate_when_visible av-icon-style- avia-icon-pos-left avia-icon-animate'><span class='av-icon-char' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8c9' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/span><\/span>\n<p><strong>Caroline MAYE<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soutenance : 21 septembre septembre 2021<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Th\u00e8se de doctorat en Electronique, micro\u00e9lectronique, nano\u00e9lectronique et micro-ondes, Universit\u00e9 de Lille, ED-ENGSYS Sciences de l\u2019ing\u00e9nierie et des syst\u00e8mes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jtefqx33-628129dba2299b2ecd65ebfc92eac29d'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div  class='hr av-kjh3zw-4dff888f744b728a1aca9b3a0971493a hr-default  avia-builder-el-6  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h5>Summary:<\/h5>\n<p>Les gammes de fr\u00e9quences millim\u00e9triques et T\u00e9rahertz pr\u00e9sentent des avantages pour de nombreuses applications tels que les syst\u00e8mes de communication, les \u00e9quipements m\u00e9dicaux ou les syst\u00e8mes radars. Le d\u00e9veloppement de nouvelles technologies engage des processus longs de fabrication et de validation. Cette validation passe par la caract\u00e9risation hyperfr\u00e9quence des composants en cours de d\u00e9veloppement. Ainsi, ces travaux de th\u00e8se ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9s pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 un besoin de caract\u00e9risation en puissance au-del\u00e0 110 GHz. De nombreux challenges sont \u00e0 relev\u00e9s, en particulier la g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de puissance, la d\u00e9tection de puissance sur une plage \u00e9tendue ainsi que la synth\u00e8se d\u2019imp\u00e9dances. De ce fait, une source de puissance semblable \u00e0 l\u2019architecture d\u2019une t\u00eate d\u2019extension d\u2019un VNA est constitu\u00e9e off-wafer pour une utilisation p\u00e9renne et accessible \u00e0 diff\u00e9rentes technologies. Cette source est construite \u00e0 partir de dispositifs commerciaux et offre jusque 22 dBm de puissance. Ensuite, des d\u00e9tecteurs sont utilis\u00e9s pour mesurer l\u2019amplitude des ondes de puissance incidentes, r\u00e9fl\u00e9chies et d\u00e9livr\u00e9es par le DUT. Une attention particuli\u00e8re est donn\u00e9e aux \u00e9tapes de calibrage au cours desquelles est mise en \u00e9vidence la difficult\u00e9 de la mesure scalaire aux fr\u00e9quences millim\u00e9triques. La source de puissance et le syst\u00e8me de d\u00e9tection sont compl\u00e9t\u00e9s par un tuner d\u2019imp\u00e9dance pour la r\u00e9alisation des mesures load-pull. En pratique le tuner est plac\u00e9 \u00e0 la sortie de la sonde RF de sortie mais les pertes de celle-ci augmentent avec la fr\u00e9quence ce qui r\u00e9duit consid\u00e9rablement le coefficient de r\u00e9flexion du tuner. Pour cette raison, le tuner est int\u00e9gr\u00e9 sur puce avec le DUT. Il est design\u00e9 en technologie BiCMOS 55 nm laquelle est produite par STMicroelectronics. Contrairement aux tuners int\u00e9gr\u00e9s pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s dans la litt\u00e9rature, le nombre de tensions de control est volontaire minimis\u00e9 afin d\u2019envisager une mise en boitier pour une utilisation \u00e0 long terme. En parall\u00e8le, un programme d\u2019automatisation est mis en place pour am\u00e9liorer la pr\u00e9cision de mesure, effectuer le calcul des param\u00e8tres du composant et r\u00e9duire le temps de mesure. Finalement, des mesures load-pull sont r\u00e9alis\u00e9es \u00e0 185 GHz sur un transistor bipolaire \u00e0 h\u00e9t\u00e9rojonction en technologie BiCMOS 55 nm.<\/p>\n<h5>Abstract:<\/h5>\n<p>The millimeter and terahertz frequency ranges offer advantages for many applications such as communication systems, medical equipment or radar systems. The development of new technologies involves long manufacturing and validation processes. This validation requires the microwave characterization of the components under development. Thus, this thesis work was carried out to meet a need for characterization in power beyond 110 GHz. Many challenges are to be met, in particular power generation, power detection over an extended range and impedance synthesis. Therefore, a power source similar to the architecture of a VNA extension head is built off-wafer for a perennial use and accessible to different technologies. This source is built from commercial devices and offers up to 22 dBm of power. Then, detectors are used to measure the amplitude of the power waves incident, reflected and delivered by the DUT. Particular attention is given to the calibration steps during which the difficulty of scalar measurement at millimeter frequencies is highlighted. The power source and the detection system are completed by an impedance tuner for load-pull measurements. In practice, the tuner is placed at the output of the RF output probe but the losses of this one increase with the frequency which reduces considerably the reflection coefficient of the tuner. For this reason, the tuner is integrated on chip with the DUT. It is designed in 55 nm BiCMOS technology which is produced by STMicroelectronics. Contrary to the integrated tuners presented in the literature, the number of control voltages is voluntarily minimized in order to consider a long term use in a box. In parallel, an automation program is implemented to improve the measurement accuracy, to perform the calculation of the component parameters and to reduce the measurement time. Finally, load-pull measurements are performed at 185 GHz on a heterojunction bipolar transistor in 55 nm BiCMOS technology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[317],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-these-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}