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Type: 
Conference
Description: 
A microwave power detector based on a single metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) fully compatible with standard CMOS process is presented. The detector uses the nonlinearity of the channel resistance of a MOSFET operating in ohmic regime to rectify the microwave signal. A first prototype shows a sensitivity below mW and a good linearity over at least two decades of microwave power. The absence of additional technological steps required for the detector fabrication with respect to a standard CMOS process opens the realm of RF power monitoring in products at virtually no cost.
Publisher: 
IEEE
Publication date: 
4 Oct 2005
Authors: 

Giorgio Ferrari, Enrico Prati, Laura Fumagalli, Marco Sampietro, Marco Fanciulli

Biblio References: 
Volume: 2 Pages: 4 pp.-1210
Origin: 
2005 European Microwave Conference