WO2004013928A1 - 伝送線路及び半導体集積回路装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a transmission line that handles high-frequency signals in a microwave band, a millimeter wave band, and the like, and a semiconductor integrated circuit device including the transmission line.
- a transmission line such as a microstrip line or a coplanar line is used as a bias supply circuit for supplying power to an active device. It is common to use.
- FIGS. 22 (a) and (b) are cross-sectional views schematically showing structures of a general microstrip line and a coplanar line, respectively.
- the microstrip line includes a dielectric substrate 101, a signal wiring 102 provided on the upper surface of the dielectric substrate 101, and a dielectric substrate 10 And a ground conductor layer 103 opposed to the signal wiring with the dielectric substrate 101 interposed therebetween.
- the coplanar line includes a dielectric substrate 101, a signal wiring 102 provided on the upper surface of the dielectric substrate 101, and a dielectric substrate 101. And a pair of ground conductor layers 104 opposed to each other in the width direction at a predetermined interval from the signal wiring 102.
- the main signal circuit of the communication device has an arbitrary number of bias terminals for supplying a common voltage to the main signal circuit, and a transmission line as shown in FIGS. 22 (a) and (b). Are electrically connected via a bias supply circuit.
- This communication device consists of a microphone mouth-wave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC), which is a semiconductor integrated circuit device in which transmission lines, active elements, passive elements, etc. are provided on a common dielectric substrate, and its peripheral components. Often configured with circuits.
- MMIC microphone mouth-wave monolithic integrated circuit
- a carrier must be transmitted efficiently within a module that is a communication device.
- the dielectric substrate that constitutes those circuits is made of a low-loss material at locations where carrier waves are transmitted in MMICs and peripheral circuits, and signal wiring has high conductivity (low resistance). It must be made of a material.
- an MMIC which uses gallium arsenide, which is a low-loss material, as a dielectric substrate material, and has a transmission line, an active element, a passive element, and the like on a common dielectric substrate.
- FIG. 23 is a circuit diagram showing a circuit configuration of an output side in a module functioning as a high-frequency amplifier, which is a first conventional example.
- the MM IC includes an active element 111, an output terminal Tout, and a main signal line 1 for electrically connecting the active element 111 and the output terminal Tout to each other. It has a main signal circuit 110 having 12 a, 112 b and a DC blocking capacitor 118.
- the input signal received at the input unit (not shown) is amplified by the active element 111, and then the output signal of the active element 111 is output. Through the main signal lines 1 1 2a and 1 1 2b and output from the output terminal T out.
- the MM IC includes a short-circuit stub 113 branching from an intermediate portion of the main signal lines 112a and 112b, and a first short-circuit stub 113 interposed between the short-circuit stub 113 and the ground conductor. And a bypass capacitor 1 14.
- the entire module is provided with a bias supply circuit 120 A for supplying a power supply voltage to the MM IC, and the bias supply circuit 120 A is provided for supplying a DC power supply voltage. Interposed between the bias terminal T vd, two series-connected transmission lines 1 15 and 1 16, and the connection point between the transmission lines 1 15 and 1 16 and the ground conductor And a second bypass capacitor 1 17.
- the short-circuit stub 1 1 3 is the main signal in the RF (radio frequency) band. In addition to functioning as a matching circuit for the signal circuit 110, it also functions as part of the bias supply circuit 120A.
- the capacitance value C 1 of the first bypass capacitor 114 is set such that a high-frequency signal included in the design frequency band is short-circuited.
- the capacitance value C 2 of the second bypass capacitor 1 17 is set to a large value so that a high-frequency signal included in a low-frequency band is short-circuited.
- the capacitance value is externally provided as a chip capacitor.
- the bias supply circuit 1 2 High frequency signals may leak to OA.
- parasitic oscillation may occur if the transmission line that constitutes the pass supply circuit is connected in a state that causes positive feedback from the subsequent amplifier to the previous amplifier. Therefore, in the module shown in FIG. 23, bypass capacitors are arranged between both ends of the transmission line 115, which is a part of the transmission line constituting the bias supply line, and the ground conductor so that a shunt is arranged.
- the circuits 114 and 117 are provided so that high-frequency signals of any frequency components that the active element 111 may amplify are short-circuited.
- any frequency components that the active element 111 may amplify may be used.
- the conditions under which the high-frequency signal of this type is sufficiently short-circuited are not satisfied.
- a high-capacity chip capacitor for example, the second bypass capacitor 1 17 shown in Fig. 23
- a high-capacity chip capacitor designed to short-circuit a low frequency band of about several tens of MHz It is difficult to short-circuit high-frequency bands of about several GHz or more due to the presence of such parasitic components.
- resonance may occur due to the capacitance of the first bypass capacitor 114 and the inductance of the transmission lines 115 and 116 of the bias supply circuit. At that time, a standing wave rises in the transmission line 115, and radiation occurs. Therefore, unintended coupling with peripheral circuits may occur at the resonance frequency.
- the signal passing characteristics of the main signal circuit 110 connected to the short-circuit stub 113 are unintentionally improved at the resonance frequency. As a result, an unnecessary gain peak occurs at the resonance frequency in the characteristics of the entire amplifier.
- FIG. 24 is a circuit diagram showing a circuit configuration on the output side in a high-frequency amplifier (module) to which a structure for reducing the Q value of the resonance is added, which is a second conventional example.
- this MMIC has a resistor 1 19 having a resistance value R 1 between a transmission line 1 15 a and a transmission line 1 15 b of a bias supply circuit 120 B. By intervening, low frequency components are attenuated to improve instability.
- Fig. 25 is a block circuit diagram showing a circuit configuration on the output side in a high-frequency amplifier (module) to which another structure for reducing the Q value of resonance is added, which is a third conventional example.
- This high-frequency amplifier has been disclosed in the literature (see Chen et al .: "One Watt Q-Band Class A Pseudomorphic HEMT MMIC Amplifier", 1974 IEEE MTT-S Digest, p. 805-808).
- a method is employed in which the bias supply circuit 120 C is short-circuited in parallel with the bias supply circuit 120 C by the RC series circuit 123.
- the capacitance value C 3 of the third bypass capacitor 122 is set so that a high-frequency signal in an intermediate frequency band that is not short-circuited by the first and second bypass capacitors 114, 117 is short-circuited.
- the provision of the resistor 122 is to reduce the unnecessary gain in the high frequency signal in the low frequency band lower than the design frequency band and to improve the stability of the high frequency amplifier. In order to cause short circuit processing by giving a loss to.
- a bypass capacitor 122 having a sufficient capacitance value for short-circuiting a high-frequency signal in the intermediate frequency band and a resistor 122 are shown in FIG. It is necessary to additionally arrange the high-frequency amplifier shown in the figure, which is not preferable because it increases the circuit area of the entire module.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a transmission line and a semiconductor integrated circuit device capable of improving the high-frequency separation characteristics between terminals connected to the transmission line.
- the transmission line according to the present invention comprises: a signal wiring; a resistance layer facing the signal wiring with a dielectric layer interposed; and a grounding conductor electrically connected to the resistance layer.
- the resistance per unit length generated when the high frequency current flows through the grounding conductor is defined as the additional resistance
- the resistance per unit length generated when the high-frequency current flows through the grounding conductor is defined as the ground resistance.
- the additional resistance is larger than the ground resistance.
- the length direction of the unit length means the signal transmission direction.
- the length of the resistance layer may be 1/16 or more of the effective wavelength ⁇ of the signal having the upper limit frequency of the high frequency signal.
- the conductivity of the material forming the resistance layer may be smaller than the conductivity of the grounding conductor.
- It is preferred conductivity of the material constituting the resistance layer is not more than 1 X 1 0 3 SZ m above 1 X 1 0 7 S / m .
- the conductivity of the material constituting the resistance layer is more preferably not more than 1 X 1 0 3 SZ m above 1 X 1 0 5 S / m .
- the resistive layer is made of chromium, nickel chromium alloy, iron-chromium alloy, titanium, chromium silicon monoxide composite, titanium, impurity-containing semiconductor, and poly. It may be made of at least one material selected from polycrystalline or amorphous semiconductors of silicon. With such a configuration, the value of the additional resistance generated in the resistance layer can be set high.
- the width of the resistance layer may be larger than the width of the signal wiring.
- the resistance layer may be formed so as to face the signal wiring over the entire width.
- the signal wiring is formed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer; the resistance layer is formed between the substrate and the dielectric layer; the grounding conductor is formed on a lower surface of the substrate; It may be connected to the grounding conductor by a through conductor penetrating the substrate.
- the through conductor may be formed at an edge of the resistance layer.
- a plurality of the through conductors may be formed at intervals in a length direction of the resistance layer.
- the capacitance and the additional resistance formed between the signal wiring and the resistance layer can be arranged with more distributed constant.
- the signal wiring is formed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer; the resistance layer is formed between the substrate and the dielectric layer; the grounding conductor is formed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer; May be connected to the grounding conductor by a through conductor penetrating the dielectric layer.
- the signal wiring is formed between the substrate and the dielectric layer, the resistance layer is formed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer, and the grounding conductor is connected to the resistance layer on an upper surface of the dielectric layer. It may be formed as follows. With such a configuration, the through conductor can be omitted.
- a semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a main signal circuit in which at least one active element is arranged, a bias supply circuit having a transmission line, and supplying a bias to the main signal circuit through the transmission line.
- the transmission line according to claim 8 wherein at least a part of said transmission line is constituted by the transmission line according to claim 8.
- the transmission line has a first transmission line connected to the main signal circuit and a second transmission line connected to the first transmission line, and the first transmission line is a coplanar line or
- the first transmission line is constituted by at least a part of the transmission line, and the main signal circuit side end of the first transmission line is connected to a ground terminal via a bypass capacitor. It may be. With such a configuration, unnecessary (high frequency band) high-frequency power leaking from the main signal circuit to the bias supply circuit can be more efficiently reduced while suppressing an increase in circuit area.
- the semiconductor integrated circuit device is a one-stage high-frequency amplifier having one amplifying transistor as the one or more active elements, and the bias supply circuit is an input of the main signal circuit that is a stage preceding the active element.
- the bias supply circuit may be at least one of a side circuit and an output side circuit that is a stage subsequent to the active element of the main signal circuit. With such a configuration, unnecessary frequency leakage from the main signal circuit to the bias supply circuit is achieved. Stable operation can be achieved by reducing high frequency power in several bands.
- the semiconductor integrated circuit device is a multi-stage high-frequency amplifier having a plurality of amplifying transistors as the one or more active elements, and the bias supply circuit is a stage preceding the active element of the main signal circuit.
- the active element is limited to an amplifying transistor.However, it is not limited to the amplifying, but also applies to all the transistors used for controlling the amplitude and phase of a high-frequency signal. Not even.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a structure of a transmission line according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a planar structure of the transmission line in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line of Example 1 in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 (a) is an equivalent circuit diagram of a conventional transmission line
- FIG. 4 (b) is an equivalent circuit diagram of the transmission line of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a sectional view schematically showing a configuration of a transmission line according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a planar structure of the transmission line in FIG.
- FIG. 7 shows the transmission line of Example 2 in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- 5 is a graph illustrating frequency dependence of a transmission loss.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line of Example 3 in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line of Example 4 in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line in Example 5 in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a sectional view schematically showing a configuration of a transmission line according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line of Example 6 in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 13 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of an output circuit and a bias circuit in a semiconductor integrated circuit functioning as a high-frequency amplifier according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of the planar structure of the entire one-stage amplifier that is the GaAs-based MMIC according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of the planar structure of the whole conventional MMIC shown in FIG.
- FIG. 16 is a graph comparing the high-frequency amplifier of Example 7 and the high-frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 2 in the fourth embodiment of the present invention with respect to the frequency dependence of the stability coefficient K.
- FIG. 17 is a graph comparing the high-frequency amplifier of Example 7 and the high-frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 2 in the fourth embodiment of the present invention with respect to the frequency dependence of the small signal gain.
- FIG. 18 is a graph comparing the high-frequency amplifier of Example 7 and the high-frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 3 in the fourth embodiment of the present invention with respect to the frequency dependence of the stability coefficient K.
- FIG. 19 is a graph comparing the high-frequency amplifier of Example 7 and the high-frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 3 in the fourth embodiment of the present invention with respect to the frequency dependence of the small signal gain.
- FIG. 20 is a graph comparing the high frequency amplifier of Example 7 and the high frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 4 in the fourth embodiment of the present invention with respect to the frequency dependence of the stability coefficient K.
- FIG. 21 is a graph comparing the high-frequency amplifier of Example 7 and the high-frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 4 in the fourth embodiment of the present invention with respect to the frequency dependence of the small signal gain.
- FIG. 22 (a) is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the structure of a conventional microstrip line
- FIG. 22 (b) is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the structure of a conventional coplanar line. It is.
- FIG. 23 is a circuit diagram showing a circuit configuration of an output side in a module functioning as a high-frequency amplifier, which is a first conventional example.
- FIG. 24 is a circuit diagram showing a circuit configuration on the output side in a high-frequency amplifier having a structure for reducing the Q value of resonance according to a second conventional example.
- FIG. 25 is a block circuit diagram showing an output-side circuit configuration in a high-frequency amplifier to which another structure for reducing the Q value of resonance is added, which is a third conventional example.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a structure of a transmission line according to a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a planar structure of the transmission line in FIG.
- the transmission line of the present embodiment includes a dielectric substrate 1, a dielectric film 2 provided on an upper surface of the dielectric substrate 1, and an upper surface of the dielectric film 2.
- a ground conductor layer provided on the surface; and a through conductor that penetrates through the dielectric film and connects the resistance layer and the ground conductor layer to each other.
- the signal line 3 and the resistance layer 4 are both formed in a band shape, and are formed such that the signal line 3 is located within the width of the resistance layer 4 in a plan view.
- the through conductor 6 has a columnar shape, and is formed at a predetermined pitch on the edge of the resistance layer 4 in the length direction of the resistance layer 4.
- the signal wiring 3 is connected to an external circuit.
- the grounding conductor layer 11 is connected to the external high-frequency ground 13 via solder 12 on the entire surface thereof, and the high-frequency grounding function of the grounding conductor layer 11 is strengthened.
- the characteristic resistance layer 4 and through conductor 6 will be described in detail.
- the value of the capacitance formed between the resistance layer 4 and the signal wiring 3 hereinafter referred to as a value per unit length of the transmission line and referred to as C add
- C add the value of the capacitance induced in the resistance layer 4
- the electric resistance (added resistance: hereafter expressed as a value per unit length of the transmission line, called R add) when the current flowed through the through conductor 6 to the ground conductor layer 11 is distributed and arranged.
- the length of the resistive layer 4 is set to such a length that C add and R add can be regarded as being distributedly arranged with respect to the transmitted signal.
- the length of the resistance layer 4 is the lower limit.
- the value is ⁇ / 16 or more.
- the upper limit is equal to the length of the transmission line.
- the length of the transmission line substantially means the length of the signal wiring 3.
- a high frequency is a frequency that can be amplified by an amplifier, so its value varies depending on the transistor used, but it is a general term for electromagnetic waves having a frequency of 1 MHz to 1 THz.
- the number of through electrodes 6 may be at least one, but in the case of a plurality, it is preferable to reduce the pitch as much as possible. This is because C add and R add are arranged in a more distributed constant manner.
- Radd must be larger than the resistance of the ground conductor layer 11 (ground resistance). This can be realized by appropriately setting the conductivity and the shape of the ground conductor layer 11 and the through conductor 6.
- the conductivity of the resistor constituting the resistance layer 4 is set lower than the conductivity of the ground conductor layer 11.
- the conductivity of the resistors constituting the resistor layer 4, l X 1 0 3 S / 1 X 1 0 7 S / m or less is preferably not less than m, 1 X 1 0 3 S Zm least 1 X 1 0 the 5 S Zm less and more preferably specifically, the ground conductor layer 1 1, made of a material of high conductivity, such as gold, a resistor layer 4, the low conductivity of the resistor, i.e., chromium, nickel Consisting of resistors made of low-conductivity materials, such as polycrystalline semiconductor films such as chromium alloys, iron-chromium alloys, thallium, chromium-silicon oxide composites, titanium, impurity-containing semiconductors, and polysilicon, and amorphous semiconductor films Is preferred.
- the conductivity of the through conductor 6 may be set in the same manner.
- the thickness of the resistor capacitor layer 4 is reduced. Further, the through conductor 6 is provided so as to be located near the edge of the resistance layer 4.
- cross-sectional area of the through conductor 6 may be set small. Further, the length of the through conductor 6 may be increased.
- the dielectric substrate 1 is constituted by a gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrate having a thickness of 500 0m and a dielectric constant of 13, and the dielectric film 2 is formed of a silicon nitride (Si) having a thickness of 1 m and a dielectric constant of 7. constituted by N) film, a signal wiring 3 and the ground conductor layer 5 conductivity 3 X 1 0 7 S Zm, the gold thickness 5 im was constructed.
- GaAs gallium arsenide
- Si silicon nitride
- an impurity diffusion layer having a thickness of 0.2 zm and a conductivity of 4 ⁇ 10 4 S / m is formed immediately below the surface of the dielectric substrate 1 made of gallium arsenide, and this impurity diffusion layer is used as the resistance layer 4.
- the width of the signal wiring 3 was set to 20 and the width of the resistance layer 4 was set to 100 m, and the center line of the signal wiring 3 was aligned with the center line of the resistance layer 4 in a plan view.
- a through conductor 6 having a radius of 5 m penetrating through the dielectric substrate 1 was formed of gold, and the ground conductor layer 11 and the resistance layer 4 were connected at a pitch of 10 to short-circuit the resistance layer 4.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line of the first embodiment.
- the vertical axis in FIG. 3 shows the effective loss that occurs in the transmission line when a high-frequency signal passes, and is obtained by multiplying the maximum available power gain by 11.
- the transmission loss per 5 mm length of the transmission line in this embodiment is 1.4 dB at 1 GHz, 15.0 dB at 5 GHz, and 3 dB at 10 GHz. 0.6 dB.
- the loss hardly changes in the frequency band of 1 GHz to 10 GHz, so that the transmission line of the present embodiment can selectively attenuate high-frequency signals in particular. Was confirmed.
- the transmission line of the present embodiment can attenuate high-frequency power without attenuating DC power.
- the transmission line of the present embodiment in the bias circuit, it becomes possible to attenuate the high-frequency power leaking from the main signal circuit in which the active elements are arranged to the peripheral circuit, so that the high-frequency separation characteristics are reduced. It has an excellent bias supply circuit and enables the configuration of a semiconductor integrated circuit with excellent high-frequency characteristics.
- FIG. 4 (a) is an equivalent circuit diagram of a conventional transmission line
- FIG. 4 (b) is an equivalent circuit diagram of the transmission line of the present invention.
- the equivalent circuit of the conventional transmission line in the high-frequency region consists of a signal wiring per unit length (signal wiring 102 shown in Fig. 22) and a ground conductor layer ( 22 A circuit in which the capacitance Cd between the ground conductor layer 103) shown in Fig. 2 and the inductance Ld representing the signal phase change per unit length during signal transmission are distributed, respectively.
- a resistance layer 4 made of a resistor having low conductivity is interposed between the signal wiring 3 and the ground conductor layer 11.
- a capacitance of C add per unit length is generated between opposing portions of the resistance layer 4 and the signal wiring 3, and the signal wiring 3 has a unit length.
- an inductance of L d is generated, and a resistance of R add is generated in the resistance layer 4 per unit length.
- the resistance R add is interposed between the ground conductor (the ground conductor layer 11) and the capacitance C add, so that the signal attenuation function is improved.
- the opposing portions of the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 4 are not clearly partitioned but are continuous.
- the through conductors 6 are provided at a predetermined pitch as shown in FIG. 1, the equivalent of L d, C add, and R add shown in FIG. It can be considered that the part represented by the series circuit exists.
- the capacitance C add between the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 4 functions as the shunt capacitance.
- Capacitance is a high-pass filter that cuts off signals at frequencies lower than a specific frequency (called the cut-off frequency) determined by the capacitance and passes signals in the high-frequency band above the cut-off frequency. Considering that it functions as a function, it is understood that it is effective to set the value of the capacitance C add high in order to maintain the power attenuation effect, which is the effect of the present invention, up to the low frequency band.
- the dielectric constant of the material forming the dielectric film 2 must be set high, the thickness of the dielectric film 2 must be set small, the signal wiring 3 and the resistance It is effective to set the width of layer 4 wide.
- the resistance value R add depends on the sheet resistance of the resistance layer 4, that is, the conductivity of the material forming the resistance layer 4 and the thickness of the resistance layer 4. Further, the distance greatly depends on the distance from the region functioning as a capacitor between the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 4 to the region connected to the ground conductor layer 11. It also depends on the resistance of the through conductor 6. Furthermore, it depends on the length of the through conductor 6.
- FIG. 5 is a sectional view schematically showing a configuration of a transmission line according to a second embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a planar structure of the transmission line in FIG.
- the transmission line of the present embodiment includes a dielectric substrate 1, a dielectric film 2 provided on the upper surface of the dielectric substrate 1, and a signal wiring 3 provided on the upper surface of the dielectric film 2.
- a resistor layer 4 interposed between the dielectric substrate 1 and the dielectric film 2 and opposed to the signal line 3 with the dielectric film 2 interposed therebetween; and a signal line 3 provided on the upper surface of the dielectric film 2.
- the signal line 3 and the resistance layer 4 are both formed in a band shape, and are formed such that the signal line 3 is located within the width of the resistance layer 4 in a plan view.
- the through conductors 6 are formed on the edge of the resistance layer 4 at a predetermined pitch in the length direction of the resistance layer 4.
- the ground conductor layer 5 is formed parallel to the signal wiring 3.
- Example 2 of the second embodiment a transmission line having the configuration shown in FIG. 5 was created.
- the thickness and the material of the signal wiring 3, the dielectric film 2, the dielectric substrate 1, and the ground conductor layer 11 are the same as those of the first embodiment of the first embodiment, and the diameter, the material, and the The pitch was the same as in Example 1 of the first embodiment.
- a ground conductor layer 5 having a width of 20 mm and a length of 5 mm was formed on both sides of the signal wiring 3.
- the distance between the signal wiring 3 and the ground conductor layer 5 is 30 m.
- the ground conductor layer 5 and the external high-frequency ground (not shown) are electrically connected at intervals of 20 Om by a large number of wire bondings to enhance the high-frequency grounding function of the ground conductor layer 5. .
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line according to the second embodiment.
- the vertical axis in FIG. 7 indicates the effective loss that occurs in the transmission line when a high-frequency signal passes, and is obtained by multiplying the maximum available power gain by 11.
- the transmission loss of the transmission line of the first embodiment is 1. ld B at 1 GHz, 14.2 dB at 5 GHz, and 30.4 dB at 10 GHz. Met.
- the transmission line of Comparative Example 1 was created for comparison of the transmission loss with Example 1.
- the resistance layer 4 and the through conductor 6 shown in FIG. 5 were not provided, that is, the structure of only the general coplanar line shown in FIG. 22 was used.
- the dimensions are the same as in the second embodiment.
- the loss per 5 mm length of the transmission line of Comparative Example 1 was 0.1 dB at 1 GHz, 0.2 dB at 5 GHz, and 0.3 dB at 10 GHz.
- Example 2 Attenuated high-frequency signals. Needless to say, there was no change in the DC resistance value between the transmission lines of Example 2 and Comparative Example 1.
- the effect of the present invention can be obtained by changing the connection method between the resistance layer 4 and the ground conductor layer 5. It was shown that the effect was maintained.
- the capacitance C add and the resistance R add are effectively changed to obtain the advantageous effects of the transmission line of the present embodiment. An example is shown below.
- Example 3 in the second embodiment a transmission line was created in which the width of the signal wiring 3 in Example 2 was 50 m and the width of the resistance layer 4 was 100 m. The distance between the signal wiring 2 and the ground conductor layer 5 is 15 zm. Other conditions are the same as in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line of the third embodiment.
- the vertical axis in FIG. 8 shows the effective loss that occurs in the transmission line when a high-frequency signal passes, and is obtained by multiplying the maximum available power gain by 11.
- the transmission loss per 5 mm length of the transmission line of Example 3 is 2. ld B at 1 GHz, 15.2 dB at 5 GHz, and 29 dB at 10 GHz. was 2 dB.
- the reason why the transmission loss at 1 GHz is increased is that the capacity generated between the resistance layer 4 and the signal wiring 3 increases due to the increase in the width of the signal wiring 3, and the present invention is also applied to a signal in a low frequency band. This is because the effect of the action was strongly exerted.
- the transmission loss at 10 GHz was slightly reduced as compared to Example 1, because the area of the region where the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 4 faced increased with the increase in the width of the signal wiring 3.
- the width of the opposing region and the region of the resistive layer 4 excluding the opposing region is reduced, and the resistance value applied to the high-frequency signal before the short circuit processing is performed is reduced.
- Example 4 in the second embodiment the dielectric film in Example 2 was used.
- a transmission line was created in which the thickness of 2 was reduced from 1 to 0.2 m only in the region where the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 4 face each other.
- the width of the signal wiring 3 was set to 50 m, and the width of the resistance layer 4 was set to 100.
- the distance between the signal wiring 2 and the ground conductor layer 5 is 15 / im.
- Other conditions are the same as in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line of the fourth embodiment.
- the vertical axis in FIG. 9 indicates the effective loss that occurs in the transmission line when a high-frequency signal passes, and is obtained by multiplying the maximum available power gain by 11.
- the transmission loss per 5 mm length of the transmission line of Example 4 was 2.8 dB at 1 GHz, 18.2 dB at 5 GHz, and 3 at 10 GHz. 3. 2 dB.
- the reason why the transmission loss in the present embodiment increased was that the capacitance generated between the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 4 increased due to the decrease in the distance between the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 4. This is because the effect of the invention has increased.
- Example 5 of the second embodiment a transmission line was prepared in which the dielectric film 2 in Example 2 was changed from a silicon nitride film to a titanium oxide titanate film. Other conditions are the same as in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line of the fifth embodiment.
- the vertical axis in FIG. 10 indicates the effective loss that occurs in the transmission line when a high-frequency signal passes, and is a value obtained by multiplying the maximum available power gain by 11.
- the transmission loss per 5 mm length of the transmission line of Example 5 was 18.2 dB at 1 GHz, 36.ldB at 10 GHz, and 10 GHz. was more than 50 dB.
- the transmission loss at 1 GHz is increased because the dielectric constant of the dielectric film 2 is increased.
- Example 21 Compared to 7 in Example 2, the value increased to 150 in this example, which is due to the increase in the capacitance generated between the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 4.
- FIG. 11 is a sectional view schematically showing a configuration of a transmission line according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- the transmission line of the present embodiment includes a dielectric substrate 1, a signal wiring 3 provided on an upper surface of the dielectric substrate 1, and an upper surface and a signal wiring 3 of the dielectric substrate 2.
- a dielectric film 2 to be covered a resistance layer 21 provided on the upper surface of the dielectric film 2 so as to face the signal wiring 3 with the dielectric film 2 interposed therebetween, and a resistance layer 2 1 provided on the upper surface of the dielectric film 2
- a first ground conductor layer provided on the lower surface of the dielectric substrate and a second ground conductor layer provided on the lower surface of the dielectric substrate.
- the transmission line of the present embodiment reverses the structure of the transmission line of the second embodiment in which the signal wiring 3 is provided on the upper surface of the dielectric film 2 and the resistance layer 4 is provided on the lower surface of the dielectric film 2, so to speak.
- the signal wiring 3 is provided on the lower surface of the dielectric film 2.
- the resistance layer 21 is provided on the upper surface of the dielectric film 2.
- the width of the overlap region R ov is, for example, 10 m.
- the electrical connection between the resistance layer 21 and the ground conductor 22 is made in this one-overlap region R ov. Therefore, in this embodiment, a through conductor for high-frequency grounding is not required.
- first ground conductor layer 22 and the second ground conductor layer 23 are connected by a through hole (not shown) or the like.
- the second ground conductor layer 23 is not an essential element in the configuration of the present invention.
- a ground conductor layer is generally provided on the lower surface of the dielectric substrate 1, so that the second ground conductor layer 23 is formed as in the present embodiment.
- Example 6 of the third embodiment a transmission line having the configuration shown in FIG. 11 was created.
- the materials of the dielectric substrate 1 and the dielectric film 2 were the same as those in Example 1 of the first embodiment.
- the signal lines 3 thickness 0. 2 m, the conductivity 2 X 1 0 7 constituted by a gold film of S / m, thickness 2 0 nm resistive layer 2 1, conductivity 1. 5 X 1 0 5 It was composed of an SZm nickel-chromium alloy film.
- the nickel-chromium alloy film is formed, for example, by depositing an alloy having a composition ratio of 70% nickel and 30% chromium by electron beam evaporation and forming the film at a growth rate of 100 ⁇ / min. Done.
- the widths of the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 21 are the same as those in Example 1 of the first embodiment.
- the material of the ground conductor 22 and the arrangement on the upper surface of the dielectric film 2 are the same as in Example 2 of the second embodiment.
- a through conductor that penetrates through the dielectric film 2 and is connected to the signal wiring 3 is formed, and the signal wiring 3 is formed. This signal was taken out from the lower surface of the dielectric film 2 to the upper surface and measured.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing the frequency dependence of the transmission loss of the transmission line of Example 6 in the third embodiment.
- the vertical axis in FIG. 12 indicates the effective loss that occurs in the transmission line when a high-frequency signal passes, and is obtained by multiplying the maximum available power gain by 11.
- the transmission loss per 5 mm length of the transmission line of this embodiment is 1.0 dB at 1 GHz, 12.0 dB at 5 GHz, and 10 GHz.
- the connection method between the resistance layer and the ground conductor was changed, and the relationship between the signal wiring, the resistance layer, and the dielectric film was changed. It has been shown that the effect of the present invention is not lost even by the change of.
- Example 1 of the first embodiment or Example 5 of the third embodiment an arbitrary total number of dielectric layers are arranged on the upper surface of the dielectric film and the lower surface of the dielectric substrate. Even if it is performed, the effect of the present invention is not lost.
- the transmission lines according to the first to third embodiments to a bias supply circuit to an amplifier (semiconductor integrated circuit device) used in a communication device, the separation characteristics between the bias terminals of each amplifier can be improved. The improvement was confirmed ( it was also confirmed that the parasitic oscillation was reduced and the amplifier was more stable operation).
- FIG. 13 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of an output circuit and a bias circuit in a semiconductor integrated circuit (MMIC) functioning as a high-frequency amplifier according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- MMIC semiconductor integrated circuit
- the MM IC includes an active element 31, an output terminal T out, and main signal lines 32 a and 32 b electrically connecting the active element 31 and the output terminal T out to each other. And a DC blocking capacitor 38 interposed between the main signal line 32b and the output terminal Tout, and a short-circuit stub 33 branching from the middle of the main signal lines 32a and 32b.
- a first bypass capacitor 34 interposed between the short-circuit stub 33 and ground; a bias terminal T vd for supplying a DC power supply voltage; and first and second transmission lines 35. , 3 6 and the first
- a second bypass capacitor 37 is provided between the transmission line 36 and the bias terminal T vd and the ground to short-circuit a signal in a low frequency range.
- an external bias supply circuit 39 for controlling the bias supplied to the bias terminal T vd and an external bias terminal T vo are provided.
- the active element 32, the main signal lines 32a and 32b, the DC blocking capacitor 38 and the like constitute the MMIC main signal circuit 10.
- the short-circuit stub 33 branched from the main signal circuit 10 serves as both an RF matching circuit and a bias supply circuit.
- the short-circuit stub 33, the first and second transmission lines 35, 36, and the first and second bypass capacitors 34, 37 constitute a bias supply circuit 40.
- the main signal lines 32a, 32b, etc. further pass through an arbitrary number of branching short-circuiting stubs and a matching circuit group such as a DC blocking capacitor. Connected to output terminal T out.
- the first bypass capacitor 34 shown in FIG. 13 is a MIM capacitor. This MIM capacitor is inserted between the short-circuit stub 33 and the ground, and its capacitance is set so that RF short-circuiting occurs for the design frequency band. It is functioning.
- the first transmission line 35 of the bias supply circuit 40 has the structure of a general microstrip line
- the second transmission line 36 has the structure shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 5, or FIG. It has the structure of the transmission line of the present invention shown in the figure.
- An equivalent circuit of the second transmission line 36 is represented by a distributed constant circuit shown in FIG. 4 (b).
- the second transmission line 36 has the structure of the transmission line shown in FIG. 1 of the first embodiment.
- the first transmission line 35 includes, for example, a dielectric substrate 1 (for example, a GaAs substrate) common to the second transmission line 36, a signal wiring 3, and a ground conductor layer 11.
- the first and second transmission lines 35 and 36 are both connected to the external high-frequency ground 13 by solder 12 over the entire surface.
- a dielectric film may be provided between the dielectric substrate 1 and the signal wiring 3.
- the second transmission line 36 may have the structure shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.
- the first transmission line 35 has a coplanar line structure.
- the second transmission line 36 has the structure shown in FIG. 9, after the signal wiring 3 is formed directly on the dielectric substrate 1 also in the second transmission line 36, The dielectric film 2, the resistance layer 21 and the ground conductor 22 are formed.
- the semiconductor integrated circuit device of the present embodiment by incorporating the second transmission line 6 having a high function of attenuating high-frequency power, there is no need to provide a capacitor which has been conventionally required to prevent parasitic oscillation. The size of the MMIC can be reduced.
- the second bypass capacitor 37 may not be incorporated in the amplifier, but may be arranged in an external bias supply circuit 39 outside the amplifier.
- the bias terminal T vd may be shared inside the amplifier.
- a first bypass capacitor 1 14 and RC series circuit Circuit structures in which 1 and 3 are arranged in parallel are widely used.
- the resistor 122 and the third bypass capacitor 122 are distributed constant circuits. 3 009784
- a signal in a low-frequency band that is not terminated by the first bypass capacitor 34 is attenuated in the second transmission line 36 of the bias supply circuit 40, thereby improving stability. It can be understood that unnecessary gain can be reduced and the intensity of a signal leaking to an external circuit of the amplifier can be reduced.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of the planar structure of the entire one-stage amplifier that is the GaAs-based MMIC according to the present embodiment.
- this MMIC consists of an active element (amplifying MESFET) 31, an output terminal T out, a main signal line 32, a DC blocking capacitor 38, and a short-circuit stub 33. , A first bypass capacitor 34, a bias terminal T vd, and a circuit corresponding to FIG. 13 having first and second transmission lines 35, 36.
- the input circuit is provided with an input terminal T in, a DC blocking capacitor 49, a main signal line 42, and an input side bias supply circuit 50 branching from the middle of the main signal line 42.
- the input-side bias supply circuit 50 includes a short-circuit stub 43, an input-side bypass capacitor 44, first and second transmission lines 45 and 46, and a bias terminal T vd.
- the second transmission line 46 has the same structure as the second transmission line 36 shown in FIG. H bi denotes via holes for short-circuiting the short-circuit stubs 33 and 43 at high frequencies, and symbols 51 and 52 denote open stubs, respectively.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of the planar structure of the whole conventional MMIC shown in FIG.
- this MMIC consists of an active element (amplifying MESFET) 111, an output terminal Tout, a main signal line 112, and a DC blocking key.
- 1 1 8 short-circuit stub 1 1 3, first bypass capacitor 1 1 4, bias terminal T vd, transmission line 1 1 5 a, 1 1 5 b, RC series circuit 1 2 3 ( A circuit corresponding to FIG. 25 including a resistor 122 of the stabilizing circuit) and a third bypass capacitor 122 is provided, and in addition to this, an input circuit is provided.
- the input circuit includes an input terminal T in, a DC blocking capacitor 1338, a main signal line 1332, and an input-side bias supply circuit 130 branching from the middle of the main signal line 1332. Has been.
- the input-side bias supply circuit 130 includes a short-circuit stub 133, an input-side bypass capacitor 134, a transmission line 135, a resistor 144 of the stabilizing circuit, and a third bypass capacitor. 14 and a bias terminal T vd are provided.
- H bi denotes via holes for short-circuiting the short-circuit stubs 113 and 133 at a high frequency
- reference numerals 151 and 152 denote open stubs, respectively.
- the use of the transmission line (second transmission lines 36, 56) of the present invention for the bias supply circuit 40 makes it possible to reduce parasitic oscillation and high frequency. It is possible to reduce the area occupied by the entire MM IC (integrated circuit device), that is, to reduce the size while suppressing power leakage.
- the second bypass capacitor 37 shown in FIG. 13 is not built in the MM IC, but the second bypass capacitor 37 is built in the MM IC. May be.
- the transmission line of the present invention can be used in any of the input circuit, the inter-stage circuit, and the output circuit. .
- the semiconductor integrated circuit device of the present invention is not limited to the high-frequency amplifier described in the present embodiment, but may be widely used as a mixer (mixer), a frequency doubler, a switch, an Attenuator, a frequency divider, or a quadrature. It can be applied to devices using high-frequency signals such as modulators.
- a mixer mixer
- a frequency doubler a switch
- an Attenuator a frequency divider
- a quadrature a quadrature.
- the active element a field effect transistor, a heterojunction bipolar transistor, or the like can be used.
- Example 7 of the fourth embodiment a one-stage amplifier having the MMIC configuration of FIG. 13 was created under the following conditions.
- the active element 31 has a T-type gate with a gate length of 0.2 / m A 1 G a As Z
- the dielectric film 2 was composed of a silicon nitride film having a thickness of 1 ⁇ m
- the dielectric substrate 1 was composed of a 100 m-thick gallium arsenide substrate.
- An impurity diffusion layer having a thickness of 0.2 m was formed as a fan layer 4 on the surface of the upper surface of the GaAs substrate 1.
- As a transmission line a microstrip line using the signal line 3 as a signal line was used, and a 10 m thick AuSn film was formed as a ground conductor layer 11 on the lower surface of the gallium arsenide substrate.
- the design frequency was changed from 25 GHz to 27 GHz, and the amplifier of this embodiment was designed.
- a short-circuit stub matching circuit was used for the drain side circuit (output circuit) of the amplifier, and the tip of the stub 33 was connected to the via hole via a 0.5 pF bypass capacitor 34 to short-circuit it.
- the via hole penetrates through the gallium arsenide substrate 1 and is connected to the ground conductor layer 11 on the lower surface. Also, part of the upper electrode of the bypass capacitor 3 4
- the branch was branched at a width of 20 m and connected to the signal wiring of the transmission line of the bias supply circuit 40. Since the capacitance value 0.5 pF of the bypass capacitor 34 is a value sufficient to short-circuit a signal in the design frequency band to RF, the bias supply circuit 40 is open from the amplifier in the design band.
- the length of the signal wiring 3 and the length of the resistance layer 4 were both 300 m, and the width of the signal wiring 3 and the width of the resistance layer 4 were 30 m and 80, respectively.
- One via hole as a through conductor 6 is provided on one side of the resistance layer 4 and connected to the ground conductor layer 11, and The anti-layer 4 was short-circuited.
- the via hole connected to the resistance layer 4 was the same as the via hole obtained by short-circuiting the short-circuit stub 33.
- the bias supply circuit 40 was terminated with a square bias terminal T vd having a side length of 80 m, and connected to an external bias supply circuit 39 outside the amplifier formed on the multilayer ceramic substrate by wire bonding.
- the external bias supply circuit 39 outside the amplifier the low-frequency band was short-circuited by a chip capacitor of 100 pF.
- the amplifier obtained a small signal gain of 9.2 dB from 25 GHz to 27 GHz.
- the stability factor K exceeded 1 in all frequency bands, and stable operation was confirmed.
- the stability factor K does not change even if the electrical length of the wiring from the power supply to the bias terminal T vd, the characteristic impedance, the length of the connected wires, and the number of wires are changed.
- Comparative Example 2 a high-frequency amplifier having a structure in which the resistance layer 4 was removed from the high-frequency amplifier of Example 7 was produced.
- FIG. 16 is a graph comparing the high-frequency amplifier of Example 7 with the high-frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 2 with respect to the frequency dependence of the stability coefficient K.
- the broken line shows the characteristics of the high frequency amplifier of the seventh embodiment
- the solid line shows the characteristics of the high frequency amplifier of the second comparative example.
- the stability coefficient K was 1 or more over the frequency range of 0 to 20 GHz, and stable characteristics were obtained.
- the stability coefficient K is 0.91 at 16 GHz and 0.61 at 20 GHz, which is less than 1, which ensures stable operation. Was difficult.
- the wiring length from the wire to the power supply was 2 mm, and the characteristic impedance of the wiring line was 75 ⁇ . Yes I checked nothing.
- the wiring length of the 80 amplifiers that did not oscillate at this time was changed to 5 mm, 32 out of the 80 amplifiers oscillated.
- the characteristic impedance of the wiring was changed to 40 ⁇ for the 80 amplifiers that did not oscillate, nine amplifiers oscillated.
- the length of the bonding wire used for connecting the bias terminal was set to 0.5 mm, and the connection was made with a wire having a diameter of 50 / im for each terminal.
- the bonding wire length was changed to lmm for 40 amplifiers that did not oscillate, 40 amplifiers oscillated.
- the number of connected wires was changed to two for the 80 amplifiers that did not oscillate, 12 amplifiers oscillated.
- the amplifier of Example 7 Comparing the stability coefficient K in the low frequency band of about 3 GHz to 6.5 GHz of the amplifier, the amplifier of Example 7 has a value of 6 or more, and is stable. The value of the amplifier of Example 2 was less than 1 and was unstable. Further, in the amplifier of Comparative Example 2, 20% of the 100 manufactured amplifiers oscillated in a frequency band around 5 GHz due to the characteristic variation of the active element.
- the MMIC of the present embodiment since it was possible to attenuate the high-frequency signal leaking from the short-circuit stub circuit 33 to the Piase supply circuit 40, the MMIC was connected to the outside of the bias supply circuit 40. It can be seen that the influence of the impedance change of the external bias supply circuit 39 on the characteristics of the amplifier can be reduced, and the advantageous effect of stably operating the amplifier has been obtained.
- FIG. 17 is a graph comparing the high-frequency amplifier of Example 7 with the high-frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 2 with respect to the frequency dependence of the small signal gain.
- the broken line shows the characteristics of the amplifier of Example 7 and the solid line shows the characteristics of the amplifier of Comparative Example 2. The characteristics are shown.
- the amplifier of Comparative Example 2 provided an unnecessary gain in the unnecessary band of 4 GHz to 7 GHz, but the amplifier of Example 7 provided 19.5 GH. It can be seen that the gain in the low frequency band (unnecessary band) less than z does not take a positive value, and the adoption of the structure of the present embodiment has obtained an advantageous effect of reducing the unnecessary gain in the low frequency band.
- a gain of 10 dB or more was obtained at a frequency near 20 GHz, which exceeded the gain in the design frequency band (25 to 27 GHz). In the amplifier, the gain at 20 GHz is 0 dB, and it can be seen that the advantageous effect of reducing the unnecessary gain was obtained by adopting this structure even in this band.
- a high-frequency amplifier having a configuration shown in FIG. 24 having a bias supply circuit in which a resistor 119 was inserted in series in a bias supply path was created.
- the resistance value R 1 of the resistor 1 19 was set to 20 ⁇ in order to prevent the drive voltage of the active element from being extremely reduced.
- ⁇ FIG. 18 shows the high-frequency amplifier of Example 7 and the comparative example.
- Fig. 19 compares the high-frequency amplifier of Example 3 with the high-frequency amplifier of Example 3 and the high-frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 3 with respect to the frequency dependence of the small signal gain. It is a graph.
- the stability coefficient K of the amplifier of Comparative Example 3 is in the low frequency band from 5 GHz to around 10 GHz, and in the band of 20 GHz or more. Characteristics were significantly lower, and the stability was degraded.
- the stability coefficient K of the amplifier of Comparative Example 3 is greater than 1 from 5 GHz to 10 GHz, so there is no major problem, but it is less than 1 in the band of 20 GHz or more. A major problem has occurred in the stable operation.
- the amplifier of Comparative Example 3 leaked to the external circuit through the bias supply circuit.
- the high-frequency signal is attenuated to a certain amount in a wide band by the resistor 119 inserted in series with the bias supply path.
- the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 4 face each other to attenuate the high frequency signal leakage signal. Since the distributed constant circuit is spatially distributed along the area where the signal is leaking (see Fig. 4 (b)), the higher the frequency of the leakage signal, the greater the attenuation. Therefore, it is difficult for the amplifier of Comparative Example 3 to improve the stability for the highest frequency component of the leakage signal that is not completely short-circuited by the first bypass capacitor 114 shown in FIG. This is easy with the amplifier of the seventh embodiment.
- the effect of reducing unnecessary gain in the low frequency band was obtained to some extent, but the small signal gain at 6 GHz was 11 dB.
- the small signal gain in this band in the amplifier of Example 7 is about 18 dB, and the amplifier of Comparative Example 3 under the condition that the resistance value of the inserted resistor 119 cannot be set large is as follows. It turned out that it was difficult to suppress unnecessary gain effectively.
- the active element is connected from the bias terminal T vd to the active element. Needless to say, the voltage applied to 1 1 1 1 drops and the output drops.
- the saturated output of the amplifier of Comparative Example 3 at 25 GHz is 16.2 dBm, which is 0 compared with the saturated output of 25 GHz of the amplifier of Example 7 at 16.6 dBm. . 4 dB lower. This is because, in the amplifier of Comparative Example 3, the drive voltage of the active element 111 dropped due to the insertion of the resistor 119 into the bias supply circuit.
- the adoption of the transmission line of the present invention has the advantage of reducing unnecessary gain and improving stability without reducing the drive voltage of the active element. It is possible to get the effect It was shown that there is.
- FIG. 20 is a graph comparing the high frequency amplifier of Example 7 with the high frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 4 with respect to the frequency dependence of the stability coefficient K.
- FIG. 21 is a graph comparing the high frequency amplifier of Example ⁇ with the high frequency amplifier of Comparative Example 4.
- 6 is a graph comparing a high-frequency amplifier with a small signal gain in terms of frequency dependence.
- the adoption of the transmission line of the present invention has the advantageous effects of reducing unnecessary gain and improving stability without increasing the circuit area of the semiconductor integrated circuit device constituting the amplifier.
- the transmission lines between the bypass capacitors and the transmission line constituting the bias supply circuit 120C are formed by a usual circuit board composed of a dielectric substrate and a dielectric film. This is a microstrip line, and the electric field distribution to the air layer on the upper surface of the substrate is large, and there is a drawback that coupling with peripheral circuits is likely to occur. Oscillation that may be caused by static coupling may occur.
- the distance between the signal wiring 3 and the resistance layer 4 is set short. Since the characteristic impedance of the transmission line 36 is low, the electric field distribution is concentrated on the dielectric film 2, and the electromagnetic coupling with the peripheral circuit can be greatly reduced. Therefore, in the amplifier of Example 7, an advantageous effect was obtained in that the high-frequency characteristics did not change even if the arrangement of the circuit components was changed.
- Example 7b of the present embodiment an amplifier in which the configuration of the amplifier of Example 7 is employed in a two-stage amplifier, and a bias supply circuit for driving active elements at the front and rear stages is configured by the bias supply circuit of Example 7 It was created. Also, as Comparative Examples 2b to 4b in the present embodiment, the amplifier configurations of Comparative Examples 2 to 4 were employed in a two-stage amplifier, and the bias supply circuits for driving the active elements in the preceding and succeeding stages were compared. Amplifiers composed of 2 to 4 bias supply circuits were created.
- the amplifiers of Comparative Examples 2b and 3b oscillate at 20 GHz. However, no oscillation occurred in the amplifiers of Example 7b and Comparative Example 4b.
- the phase of the feedback signal in which the signal output from the post-stage active element of the two-stage amplifier returns to the pre-stage active element via the bias supply circuit shared inside the amplifier is the sum of the electrical lengths of the short-circuit stubs in the front and rear stages, and It depends on the sum of the electrical lengths of the transmission lines of the bias supply circuit in each stage.
- the sum of the electric lengths is close to a half wavelength with respect to 20 GHz, and the output from the active element in the subsequent stage is Was the condition for input to the active element in the previous stage with a positive feedback phase.
- the oscillation phenomenon generated in the amplifier of Comparative Example 2b can be understood to be caused by the fact that no attenuation occurred in the positive feedback signal. It is also understood that oscillation occurred in the amplifier of Comparative Example 3b because the amount of attenuation applied to the positive feedback signal in the bias supply circuit was insufficient.
- the amplifier of Example 7b and the amplifier of Comparative Example 4b are different from each other in the structure, but all have the function of giving a loss to the unnecessary frequency band signal leaking to the bias supply circuit. Therefore, it is understood that oscillation did not occur because the feedback signal from the succeeding active element to the preceding active element was attenuated.
- the amplifier of Comparative Example 4b Comparing the amplifier of Example 7b with the amplifier of Comparative Example 4b from the viewpoint of the area occupied by the circuit, the amplifier of Comparative Example 4b has a large bypass capacitor of 10 pF at the front and rear stages. Separately required, requiring a large circuit area. However, in the amplifier of Example 7b, a large-capacity bypass capacitor is not required, while reducing the occupied area. The advantageous effects of the present invention have been clarified.
- the transmission line of the present invention as a bias supply circuit in a semiconductor integrated circuit device such as an amplifier, it is possible to increase the occupation area of the semiconductor integrated circuit device without lowering the drive voltage of the active element. While suppressing, a via outside the semiconductor integrated circuit device to which the bias supply circuit is connected. This suppresses characteristic changes due to impedance changes in the power supply circuit, and provides advantageous effects such as reduction of unnecessary gain and improvement of stability.
- the semiconductor integrated circuit device of the present invention greatly contributes to expanding the use of the semiconductor integrated circuit device to a millimeter wave communication system.
- the GaAs substrate was used as the dielectric substrate.
- the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment.
- An N substrate or an InP substrate may be used.
- an insulator substrate made of an oxide or the like may be used as the dielectric substrate.
- the terms “dielectric substrate” and “semiconductor substrate” are not always used in a strict sense.
- the GaAs substrate is sometimes called a “semi-insulating substrate”, and functions as a semiconductor substrate when doped with impurities. Therefore, various substrates can be used as the substrate of the present invention according to the basic structure of the high-frequency line.
- the transmission line according to the present invention is useful as a transmission line used for a semiconductor integrated circuit.
- the semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention is useful as a semiconductor integrated circuit forming an amplifier, a mixer, a frequency doubler, a switch, an antenna, a frequency divider, a quadrature modulator, and the like.
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