Fabrication and Characterization of Thin-Barrier $ \hbox{Al}_{0.5}\hbox{Ga}_{0.5}\hbox{N/AlN/GaN}$ HEMTs

Autor: Xiang Gao, Niklas Rorsman, Olle Axelsson, Shiping Guo, Martin Fagerlind, Lester F. Eastman, Jonathan Felbinger, William J. Schaff
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: IEEE Electron Device Letters. 32:889-891
ISSN: 1558-0563
0741-3106
DOI: 10.1109/led.2011.2143384
Popis: The growth, fabrication, and performance of Al0.5Ga0.5 N/AlN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) with a total barrier thickness of 7 nm are reported. An optimized surface passivation and an ohmic recess etch yield HEMTs exhibiting 0.72 S/mm peak extrinsic dc transconductance at a current density of 0.47 A/mm. Devices with a gate length of 90 nm achieve 78 GHz unity-current-gain frequency and up to 166 GHz maximum frequency of oscillation. The minimum noise figure at 10 GHz is 0.52 dB with an associated gain of 9.5 dB.
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