Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for orienting an antenna in a communications system on a mobile platform to orient a peak of the antenna pattern in a direction associated with a signal source. A signal from a signal source is received at the antenna. A signal strength is measured from the received signal. A signal strength and a misalignment of the antenna along at least one axis are predicted according to a previous estimate of the signal strength, a previous estimate of the misalignment of the antenna, an estimated change in the signal strength, and a known change in the antenna orientation. The predicted signal strength and misalignment of the antenna are updated according to the measured signal strength to provide an estimate of a current misalignment of the antenna. The orientation of the peak of the antenna pattern is adjusted according to the estimated current misalignment of the antenna.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a T-gate disposed between drain and source regions and above a barrier layer to form a Schottky contact to the channel layer. A first inactive field mitigating plate is disposed above a portion of the T-gate and a second active field plate is disposed above the barrier layer and in a vicinity of the T-gate.
Abstract:
A fabrication process and structure for semiconductor devices allowing a large number of devices to be made utilizing batch processing techniques without individual handling of the devices. The process includes forming a plurality of mesas on a semiconductor wafer, each of which contains a semiconductor junction, coating the wafer with a thick glass coating, etching tapered holes in the glass over the mesas, and plating a contact onto the mesa filling the tapered holes. Diodes made according to the process display low capacitance and inductance, high reliablility and high power dissipation characteristics.
Abstract:
Electrical power dividing or combining, and impedance transforming, binary tree circuits for an optimized output or input port isolation or an optimized VSWR across a predetermined frequency band, or a desired compromise between them, having cascaded tiers of multi-port hybrid circuits with each hybrid circuit having a bridging impedance connected across its arrayed ports. The circuits are derived from an even-mode synthesis of a prototype circuit having equal-ripple input reflection coefficient response across the predetermined frequency band, the bridging impedance values for the arrayed ports of each hybrid circuit being determined in accordance with the desired relationship between VSWR and port isolation by an even and oddmode analysis of each hybrid circuit.
Abstract:
A METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS. A SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL OF A GIVEN CONDUCTIVITY IS PROVIDED, TWO SEQUENTIAL PASSIVATING LAYERS BEING DISPOSED ON THE SURFACE, THEREOF, THE PASSIVATING LAYERS BEING ADAPTED TO BE ETCHED BY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ETCHING COMPOUNDS. A PORTION OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACE IS EXPOSED, THE PASSIVATING LAYER ADJACENT THE SURFACE OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL BEING UNDERCUT RELATIVE TO THE UPPER PASSIVATING LAYER. A DOPED OXIDE IS DISPOSED UPON THE SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACE INCLUDING THAT PORTION ADJACENT THE UNDERCUT PASSIVATING LAYER. THE DOPED OXIDE, IS ETCHED IN A MANNER LEAVING PORTIONS OF THE DOPED OXIDE IN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR MATEIAL SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT THE UNDERCUT PASSIVATING LAYER. THE DOPANT IS THEN DIFFUSED INTO THE SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACE FORMING APPROPRIATE SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS THEREIN.
Abstract:
A package for a high-frequency semiconductor device. A semiconductor wafer having interdigitated active regions formed therein is mounted upon a portion of a metallized thermally conducting ceramic member. A conducting member is mounted upon and insulated from a second portion of the metallized ceramic member via a second ceramic member. The active regions of the device are contacted by interlaced, stitch bonded contacts. The metallized thermal conducting ceramic member is mounted upon a metal header, the semiconductor device being encapsulated thereon.