Maury Microwave and strategic partner AMCAD Engineering have announced the release of MT930C2 IVCAD Pre-RF Pulsed IV Load Pull add-on for enhanced component modeling.
MT930C2 is an add-on software module for MT930C Vector-Receiver Load Pull and MT930J Pulsed IV Curves which measures the I-V characteristic of GaN HEMT transistors in pulse mode by considering the "real" state of charge of the traps, i.e., the one imposed by the component's environment in its final application. It has been developed to create a more accurate compact transistor model and to speed-up the model extraction and validation process. MT930C2 simplifies the trap model development and embeds non-50 ohm measurements into the model extraction process.
It supports multiple load pull techniques including traditional load pull using external instrumentation, VNA-based load pull, active load pull and hybrid load pull. It performs DC-IV and pulsed-IV measurements and incorporates device modeling tools.
The measurement procedure using this module involves applying an RF pre-pulse before each IV measurement point. This conditions the charge of the traps at a level determined by the I-V area and is varied throughout the measurement to represent the signal envelope's evolution. The solution uses vector-receiver load pull measurements to set the impedance states to match the final application and set the load lines appropriately.
Furthermore, the MT930C2 utilizes modern visualization capabilities to give users a greater ability to view, plot and graph measurement data in an intuitive manner. Click here to learn more about MT930C2 add-on software module.
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