Fig. 1.
Structure and energy band diagram of a schematic InAlN/GaN HEMT with an AlGaN back barrier
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Bo Liu, Zhihong Feng, Shaobo Dun, Xiongwen Zhang, Guodong Gu, Yuangang Wang, Peng Xu, Zezhao He, Shujun Cai. An extrinsic fmax > 100 GHz InAlN/GaN HEMT with AlGaN back barrier[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2013, 34(4): 044006. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/4/044006
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B Liu, Z H Feng, S B Dun, X W Zhang, G D Gu, Y G Wang, P Xu, Z Z He, S J Cai. An extrinsic fmax > 100 GHz InAlN/GaN HEMT with AlGaN back barrier[J]. J. Semicond., 2013, 34(4): 044006. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/4/044006.
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An extrinsic fmax > 100 GHz InAlN/GaN HEMT with AlGaN back barrier
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/4/044006
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Abstract
We report the DC and RF performance of InAlN/GaN high-electron mobility transistors with AlGaN back barrier grown on SiC substrates. These presented results confirm the high performance that is reachable by InAlN-based technology. The InAlN/GaN HEMT sample showed a high 2DEG mobility of 1550 cm2/(V·s) at a 2DEG density of 1.7×1013 cm-2. DC and RF measurements were performed on the unpassivated device with 0.2 μm "T" gate. The maximum drain current density at VGS=2 V is close to 1.05 A/mm in a reproducible way. The reduction in gate leakage current helps to increase the frequency performance of AlGaN back barrier devices. The power gain cut-off frequency of a transistor with an AlGaN back barrier is 105 GHz, which is much higher than that of the device without an AlGaN back barrier at the same gate length. These results indicate InAlN/GaN HEMT is a promising candidate for millimeter-wave application. -
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