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High-frequency high-power transistor

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1993-02-02
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Granted: 1994-12-06
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Expires: 2013-02-02
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Abstract

Abstract An improved high-frequency high-power transistor includes a transistor chip and capacitors forming an RF shunting internal matching circuit. The capacitors are connected with RF shunting wires to a collector pad to which the transistor chip is die-bonded. The wires have the same lengths and are disposed symmetrically relative to input and output leads of transistor cells within said transistor chip so that they uniformly influence the transistor cells.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kazuhisa Kagawa

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W44/00; H10W44/20; H10W44/226; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/67; H10W70/68; H10W70/682; H10W70/685; H10W72/00; H10W72/50; H10W72/541; H10W72/5445; H10W72/547; H10W72/5473

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim 144 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor comprising: a package including an input terminal, an output terminal, and a ground terminal; a transistor chip including at least one transistor cell disposed within said package, each transistor cell having an input side electrically connected to said input terminal for receiving an input signal, an output side electrically connected to said output terminal for supplying an output signal, and a grounded side electrically connected to said ground terminal; an input capacitor and an output capacitor disposed within said package on opposite sides of said transistor chip; and a wire interconnecting said output side of said at least one transistor cell to said output capacitor and a wire interconnecting said output side of said at least one transistor cell to said input capacitor wherein said wires are symmetrically disposed relative to said transistor chip and have substantially the same lengths.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 144 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor comprising: a package including an input terminal, an output terminal, and a ground terminal; a transistor chip including at least one transistor cell disposed within said package, each transistor cell having an input side electrically connected to said input terminal for receiving an input signal, an output side electrically connected to said output terminal for supplying an output signal, and a grounded side electrically connected to said ground terminal; an input capacitor and an output capacitor disposed within said package on opposite sides of said transistor chip; and a wire interconnecting said output side of said at least one transistor cell to said output capacitor and a wire interconnecting said output side of said at least one transistor cell to said input capacitor wherein said wires are symmetrically disposed relative to said transistor chip and have substantially the same lengths.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 29 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor according to claim 1 including a collector pad within said package wherein said transistor chip is bonded to said collector pad disposed within said package.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 196 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor comprising: a package including an input terminal, an output terminal, and a ground terminal; a transistor chip including at least one transistor cell disposed within said package, each transistor cell having an input side electrically connected to said input terminal for receiving an input signal, an output side electrically connected to said output terminal for supplying an output signal, a grounded side electrically connected to said ground terminal, and opposed first and second sides; an input capacitor and an output capacitor disposed within said package between said transistor chip and said input terminal and between said transistor chip and said output terminal, respectively, the first side of said at least one transistor cell facing said input capacitor and the second side of said at least one transistor cell facing said output capacitor; and first and second wires interconnecting said output side of said at least one transistor cell to said output capacitor from a location adjacent the first side of said at least one transistor cell and from a location adjacent the second side of said at least one transistor cell, respectively, said first and second wires having substantially the same lengths.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 196 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor comprising: a package including an input terminal, an output terminal, and a ground terminal; a transistor chip including at least one transistor cell disposed within said package, each transistor cell having an input side electrically connected to said input terminal for receiving an input signal, an output side electrically connected to said output terminal for supplying an output signal, a grounded side electrically connected to said ground terminal, and opposed first and second sides; an input capacitor and an output capacitor disposed within said package between said transistor chip and said input terminal and between said transistor chip and said output terminal, respectively, the first side of said at least one transistor cell facing said input capacitor and the second side of said at least one transistor cell facing said output capacitor; and first and second wires interconnecting said output side of said at least one transistor cell to said output capacitor from a location adjacent the first side of said at least one transistor cell and from a location adjacent the second side of said at least one transistor cell, respectively, said first and second wires having substantially the same lengths.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 36 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor according to claim 3 including a collector pad within said package wherein said transistor chip includes a plurality of transistor cells and is bonded to said collector pad disposed within said package.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 97 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor comprising: a package including an input terminal, an output terminal, and a ground terminal; a transistor chip disposed within said package, said transistor chip including a plurality of transistor cells and a plurality of RF shunting capacitors, said transistor cells and capacitors being disposed along a strident line, alternating with each other; two ground pads disposed within said package and electrically connected to said ground terminal; and wires interconnecting each of said capacitors to each of said ground pads, said wires connecting said capacitors to said ground pads having substantially the same length.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 97 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor comprising: a package including an input terminal, an output terminal, and a ground terminal; a transistor chip disposed within said package, said transistor chip including a plurality of transistor cells and a plurality of RF shunting capacitors, said transistor cells and capacitors being disposed along a strident line, alternating with each other; two ground pads disposed within said package and electrically connected to said ground terminal; and wires interconnecting each of said capacitors to each of said ground pads, said wires connecting said capacitors to said ground pads having substantially the same length.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 53 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor according to claim 5 including a plurality of conductors wherein each of said capacitors includes an electrode connected by one of said conductors to the corresponding electrode of the closest capacitor with one transistor cell interposed therebetween so that said electrodes of said capacitors are at the same potential.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 27 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor according to claim 6 wherein the length of each of said conductors is one half wavelength at an operating frequency of said transistor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 17 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor according to claim 1 wherein said input and output capacitors are MOS capacitors.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 17 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor according to claim 3 wherein said input and output capacitors are MOS capacitors.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 16 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor according to claim 5 wherein said RF shunting capacitors are MOS capacitors.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 16 words
A high-frequency high-power transistor according to claim 1 including a third capacitor adjacent said input capacitor.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 50 words
A high-frequency high power transistor according to claim 11 including a wire interconnecting said input terminal to said third capacitor and to said input side of said at least one transistor cell and a wire interconnecting said output terminal to said output side of said at least one transistor cell.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 44 words
A high-frequency high power transistor according to claim 1 including two ground pads disposed within the package on opposite sides of said transistor chip and a wire connecting the grounded side of said at least one transistor cell to both of said ground pads.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 50 words
A high-frequency high power transistor according to claim 3 including a wire interconnecting said input terminal to said input capacitor and to said input side of said at least one transistor cell and a wire interconnecting said output terminal to said output side of said at least one transistor cell.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 44 words
A high-frequency high power transistor according to claim 3 including two ground pads disposed within the package on opposite sides of said transistor chip and a wire connecting the grounded side of said at least one transistor cell to both of said ground pads.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 46 words
A high-frequency high power transistor according to claim 5 including a wire interconnecting said input terminal to said input capacitor and to said input side of a corresponding transistor cell and a wire interconnecting said output terminal to said output side of the corresponding transistor cell.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 42 words
A high-frequency high power transistor according to claim 5 wherein said two ground pads are disposed on opposite sides of said transistor chip and including a respective wire connecting said grounded side of said transistor cells to both of said ground pads.

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