TY - GEN
T1 - Thermal performance analysis for packaging configuration design of multifinger GaInP collector-up HBTs as small high-power amplifiers
AU - Tseng, H. C.
AU - Lee, P. H.
AU - Chou, J. H.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A finite-element modeling (FEM) methodology is utilized to investigate the thermal performance of GaInP collector-up heterojunction bipolar transistors (C-up HBTs) with thermal-via packaging configurations. The thermal interaction between HBT fingers has been examined based on the temperature distribution phenomena in multifinger C-up HBTs. The results obtained from the C-up HBT with a three-finger structure indicate that the thickness of thermal-via configuration can be further reduced by 33% without deteriorating the thermal performance. From this analysis, it is demonstrated that thinning the thermal-via packaging design should be an effective approach for miniaturization of C-up HBTs as high-power amplifiers in cellular-phone communication systems.
AB - A finite-element modeling (FEM) methodology is utilized to investigate the thermal performance of GaInP collector-up heterojunction bipolar transistors (C-up HBTs) with thermal-via packaging configurations. The thermal interaction between HBT fingers has been examined based on the temperature distribution phenomena in multifinger C-up HBTs. The results obtained from the C-up HBT with a three-finger structure indicate that the thickness of thermal-via configuration can be further reduced by 33% without deteriorating the thermal performance. From this analysis, it is demonstrated that thinning the thermal-via packaging design should be an effective approach for miniaturization of C-up HBTs as high-power amplifiers in cellular-phone communication systems.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICEPT.2007.4441415
DO - 10.1109/ICEPT.2007.4441415
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:50249099680
SN - 1424413923
SN - 9781424413928
T3 - Proceedings of the Electronic Packaging Technology Conference, EPTC
BT - Proceedings of the 2007 8th International Conference on Electronic Packaging Technology, ICEPT
T2 - 2007 8th International Conference on Electronic Packaging Technology, ICEPT
Y2 - 14 August 2007 through 17 August 2007
ER -