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Characterization and analysis of RF switches in SOI technology for ESD protection

Liu et al., 2022

Document ID
16111355730181808624
Author
Liu J
Carels N
Peachey N
Publication year
Publication venue
2022 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS)

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The self-protection of SOI RF switches is presented in this paper. TLP ESD test results show that the ESD protection performance of SOI RF switches is impacted by various parameters, including switch array gate channel length, finger width, finger number, and RF switch stack …
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