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Design and simulation of a novel GaN based resonant tunneling high electron mobility transistor on a silicon substrate

Subhra Chowdhury1, Swarnabha Chattaraj2 and Dhrubes Biswas1, 2

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 Corresponding author: Subhra Chowdhury, E-mail: subhra1109@gmail.com

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Abstract: For the first time, we have introduced a novel GaN based resonant tunneling high electron mobility transistor (RTHEMT) on a silicon substrate. A monolithically integrated GaN based inverted high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) and a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) are designed and simulated using the ATLAS simulator and MATLAB in this study. The 10% Al composition in the barrier layer of the GaN based RTD structure provides a peak-to-valley current ratio of 2.66 which controls the GaN based HEMT performance. Thus the results indicate an improvement in the current-voltage characteristics of the RTHEMT by controlling the gate voltage in this structure. The introduction of silicon as a substrate is a unique step taken by us for this type of RTHEMT structure.

Key words: RTDHEMTRTHEMTcurrent-voltage characteristics



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Fig. 1.  (a) The AlGaN/GaN based inverted HEMT structure. (b) The AlGaN/GaN based RTD structure.

Fig. 2.  The simulated GaN/AlGaN inverted HEMT structure.

Fig. 3.  (a) The GaN/AlGaN inverted HEMT input characteristics. (b) The GaN/AlGaN inverted HEMT output characteristics.

Fig. 4.  (a) Band bending in the GaN/AlGaN RTD due to the polarization charge. (b) The $I$-$V$ plot for the GaN/AlGaN RTD structure.

Fig. 5.  (a) A combined schematic of the GaN based RTD and the GaN based inverted HEMT and RTD. (b) The $I$-$V$ output characteristics of the GaN based RTHEMT device for different constant values of gate voltage.

Table 1.   The detailed structure of the RTHEMT.

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    Received: 17 August 2014 Revised: Online: Published: 01 April 2015

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      Subhra Chowdhury, Swarnabha Chattaraj, Dhrubes Biswas. Design and simulation of a novel GaN based resonant tunneling high electron mobility transistor on a silicon substrate[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(4): 044001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/4/044001 S Chowdhury, S Chattaraj, D Biswas. Design and simulation of a novel GaN based resonant tunneling high electron mobility transistor on a silicon substrate[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(4): 044001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/4/044001.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Subhra Chowdhury, Swarnabha Chattaraj, Dhrubes Biswas. Design and simulation of a novel GaN based resonant tunneling high electron mobility transistor on a silicon substrate[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(4): 044001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/4/044001

      S Chowdhury, S Chattaraj, D Biswas. Design and simulation of a novel GaN based resonant tunneling high electron mobility transistor on a silicon substrate[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(4): 044001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/4/044001.
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      Design and simulation of a novel GaN based resonant tunneling high electron mobility transistor on a silicon substrate

      doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/4/044001
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      • Corresponding author: E-mail: subhra1109@gmail.com
      • Received Date: 2014-08-17
      • Accepted Date: 2014-11-24
      • Published Date: 2015-01-25

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