Wide Bandgap GaN Smart Power Chip Technology
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Smart power chip technology has been realized on the GaN-on-Si platform, featuring monolithically integrated power devices, digital and analog functional blocks. In particular, this paper presents the imperative analog functional block – the voltage reference generator for smart power applications with wide-temperature-range stability. These circuits are shown to be capable of proper functions from room temperature up to 250 C. The optimized voltage reference generator achieved less than 70 ppm/C drift. It can be used to create a reference voltage for various biasing and sensing circuits.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009