Title
Schottky diodes in CMOS for terahertz circuits and systems
Abstract
Using Polysilicon Gate Separated Schottky Diode structures that can be fabricated without any process modifications in a foundry digital 130-nm CMOS process, cut-off frequency of ~2 THz has been measured. In addition, exploiting the complementary of CMOS technology, an anti-parallel diode pair with cut-off frequency of ~660 GHz consisting of an n-type and a p-type Schottky diode has been demonstrated in the same 130-nm CMOS process. Using the diodes, a frequency doubler and a tripler have been demonstrated. Additionally, the diodes have been utilized to implement 280-GHz and 860-GHz detectors for imaging. A fully-integrated 280-GHz 4×4 imager array exhibits measured NEP of 29pW/Hz½ and responsivity of 5.1kV/W (323V/W without the amplifier). The 860-GHz detector without an amplifier achieves responsivity of 355V/W and NEP of 32pW/Hz½. The NEP at 860GHz is 2X better than the best reported performance of MOSFET-based imagers without a silicon lens attached to the chip.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/SiRF.2013.6489420
RWS
Keywords
Field
DocType
cmos process,cmos integrated circuits,frequency multiplication,digital cmos process,cmos,frequency doubler,terahertz circuits,antiparallel diode pair,millimeter wave,n-type schottky diode,frequency 860 ghz,submillimetre wave detectors,detectors,frequency 2 thz,frequency tripler,size 130 nm,schottky diodes,schottky barrier diode,submillimetre wave circuits,millimetre wave detectors,sub-millimeter wave,mosfet-based imagers,terahertz wave detectors,anti- parallel diode pair,p-type schottky diode,imager,process modifications,terahertz,wavelength 130 nm,polysilicon gate separated schottky diode structure,frequency 660 ghz,frequency 280 ghz,terahertz wave imaging,polysilicon gate separated schottky diode structures,mosfet
Responsivity,Diode,CMOS,Frequency multiplier,Schottky diode,MOSFET,Electronic circuit,Optoelectronics,Materials science,Amplifier
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2164-2958 E-ISBN : 978-1-4673-2931-6
978-1-4673-1551-7
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
10
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yaming Zhang1499.92
Ruonan Han215227.20
Young-Wan Kim3345.86
Dae Yeon Kim4325.11
Hisashi Shichijo5283.96
Swaminathan Sankaran6327.79
Chuying Mao7204.35
Eunyoung Seok85810.30
Dongha Shim9277.01
K. O. Kenneth10103.54