摘要:
Provided is a technology capable of suppressing a reduction in electron mobility in a channel region formed in a strained silicon layer. A p type strained silicon layer is formed over a p type silicon-germanium layer formed over a semiconductor substrate. The p type strained layer has a thickness adjusted to be thicker than the critical film thickness at which no misfit dislocation occurs. Accordingly, misfit dislocations occur in the vicinity of the interface between the p type strained silicon layer and p type silicon-germanium layer. At a position which is below the end of a gate electrode and at which misfit dislocations occur, the impurity concentration of the n type strained silicon layer and n type silicon-germanium layer is 1×1019 cm−3 or less.
摘要:
A semiconductor device is provided which is capable of suppressing a reduction in electron mobility in a channel region formed in a strained silicon layer. A strained silicon layer is formed over a p type silicon-germanium layer formed over a semiconductor substrate. The strained layer has a thickness adjusted to be thicker than the critical film thickness at which no misfit dislocation occurs. Accordingly, misfit dislocations occur in the vicinity of the interface between the strained silicon layer and silicon-germanium layer.
摘要:
In terms of achieving a reduction in the cost of an antenna switch, there is provided a technology capable of minimizing harmonic distortion generated in the antenna switch even when the antenna switch is particularly formed of field effect transistors formed over a silicon substrate. Between the source region and the drain region of each of a plurality of MISFETs coupled in series, a distortion compensating capacitance circuit is coupled which has a voltage dependency such that, in either of the cases where a positive voltage is applied to the drain region based on the potential of the source region and where a negative voltage is applied to the drain region based on the potential of the source region, the capacitance decreases to a value smaller than that in a state where the potential of the source region and the potential of the drain region are at the same level.
摘要:
A magnetic head support includes a slider on which a magnetic head is mounted; a suspension that supports the slider; and a pair of piezoelectric actuators that are arranged on sides of the slider other than a side on which the magnetic head is mounted so as to be opposed to each other. The piezoelectric actuators are fixed to the suspension and the slider, and cause the slider to undergo a rotational displacement.
摘要:
SOI MOSFETs are used for the transistors for switching of an antenna switch and yet harmonic distortion is significantly reduced. Capacitance elements are respectively added to either the respective drains or gates of the transistors comprising the through MOSFET group of reception branch of the antenna switch. This makes the voltage amplitude between source and gate and that between drain and gate different from each other. As a result, the voltage dependence of source-drain parasitic capacitance becomes asymmetric with respect to the polarity of voltage. This asymmetry property produces signal distortion having similar asymmetry property. Therefore, the following can be implemented by setting it so that it has the same amplitude as that of second-harmonic waves arising from the voltage dependence of substrate capacitance and a phase opposite to that of the same: second-order harmonic distortion can be canceled out and thus second-order harmonic distortion can be reduced.
摘要:
In order to realize a wider bandwidth of a frequency characteristic of a power amplification circuit, outputs of differential push-pull amplifiers which are matched at respectively different frequencies are combined together by secondary inductors, and the combined signal is outputted.
摘要:
An image processing apparatus includes a position movement input unit configured to receive a position movement instruction from a user, a pointer movement unit configured to set a position of a pointer that moves in accordance with the instruction, and a screen movement unit configured to scroll a screen based on a relative position of the pointer with respect to a reference point of a predefined area around the pointer, the screen movement unit configured to move the predefined area to keep the pointer inside the predefined area when the pointer is at a border of the predefined area and moves towards an outside of the predefined area.
摘要:
The present invention provides a high-frequency power amplifying device capable of transmitting output power at high efficiency. For example, a high-frequency power amplifying device has first and second differential amplifiers and a transformer for matching output impedances of the differential amplifiers. Between differential output nodes of the first differential amplifier, an inductor, a switch, and an inductor are coupled in series. When the second differential amplifier is in an operating state and the first differential amplifier is in a non-operating state, the switch is controlled to be on. In this case, due to “off capacitance” in transistors of a differential pair included in the first differential amplifier, impedance on the first differential amplifier side seen from both ends of primary coils becomes a high impedance state (parallel resonance state) and, equivalently, the primary coils do not exert influence on the operation of the second differential amplifier.
摘要:
SOI MOSFETs are used for the transistors for switching of an antenna switch and yet harmonic distortion is significantly reduced. Capacitance elements are respectively added to either the respective drains or gates of the transistors comprising the through MOSFET group of reception branch of the antenna switch. This makes the voltage amplitude between source and gate and that between drain and gate different from each other. As a result, the voltage dependence of source-drain parasitic capacitance becomes asymmetric with respect to the polarity of voltage. This asymmetry property produces signal distortion having similar asymmetry property. Therefore, the following can be implemented by setting it so that it has the same amplitude as that of second-harmonic waves arising from the voltage dependence of substrate capacitance and a phase opposite to that of the same: second-order harmonic distortion can be canceled out and thus second-order harmonic distortion can be reduced.
摘要:
A reduction is achieved in the primary-side input impedance of a transformer (voltage transformer) as an output matching circuit without involving a reduction in Q-factor. An RF power amplifier includes transistors, and a transformer as the output matching circuit. The transformer has a primary coil and a secondary coil which are magnetically coupled to each other. To the input terminals of the transistors, respective input signals are supplied. The primary coil is coupled to each of the output terminals of the transistors. From the secondary coil, an output signal is generated. The primary coil includes a first coil and a second coil which are coupled in parallel between the respective output terminals of the transistors, and each magnetically coupled to the secondary coil. By the parallel coupling of the first and second coils of the primary coil, the input impedance of the primary coil is reduced.