应用于宽带的AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT高效率器件（英文）

本文采用等离子体增强原子层沉积(PEALD)生长的SiN_x栅介质制备了宽带应用的AlGaN/GaN金属绝缘体半导体高电子迁移率晶体管(MIS-HEMTs),并在直流、小信号及大信号测试中评估了该介质层对器件性能的提升。测试结果表明改进器件具有高质量界面、宽栅极控制范围、良好的电流崩塌控制等优势,并确认了其在超过5 GHz下工作时仍能保持较高的功率附加效率(PAE)。在5 GHz连续波模式下,漏极电压V_DS=10 V时,MIS HEMT输出功率密度为1.4 W/mm,PAE可达到74.7%;V_DS增加到30 V时,功率密度提升到5.9 W/mm,PAE可保持在63.2%的水平;测试频率增加30 GHz,在相同的输出功率水平下,器件的PAE达到50.4%。同时,高质量栅极介电层还可允许器件承受高的栅极电压摆动：在功率增益压缩6 dB时,栅极电流保持在10^-4 A/mm。上述结果证实了该SiN_x栅介质对器件性能的提升,使其满足宽带应用的高效率、高功率和可靠性要求,为系统和电路的宽带设...     

1400 V/240 mΩ增强型硅基p-GaN栅结构AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件

基于硅基p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN异质结材料结构,研制了一款横向结构的高压增强型GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(GaN HEMT)器件。通过采用自对准栅刻蚀与损伤修复技术以及低温无金欧姆合金工艺实现了较低的导通电阻,并借助于叠层介质钝化和多场板峰值抑制技术提升了器件的击穿特性。测试结果表明,所研制GaN器件的阈值电压为1.95 V(V_GS=V_DS,I_DS=0.01 mA/mm),导通电阻为240 mΩ(V_GS=6 V,V_DS=0.5 V),击穿电压高于1 400 V(V_GS=0 V,I_DS=1μA/mm),彰显了硅基p-GaN栅结构AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件在1 200 V等级高压应用领域的潜力。     

低压应用的毫米波AlN/GaN MIS-HEMT器件研制

提出了一种适用于低电压工作的毫米波AlN/GaN MIS-HEMT器件,开展了材料外延结构的设计,在SiC衬底上生长了AlN/GaN外延材料。基于此材料开展了器件制作,优化了高温快速退火工艺,获得良好的欧姆接触电阻。对所制备的器件进行直流测试,结果显示,电流输出能力为2.4 A/mm,跨导极值为518 mS/mm,小信号ft达到85 GHz,fmax大于141 GHz。在5G毫米波段28 GHz频率点测试了大信号特性,当VDS =3 V时,输出功率密度为0.55 W/mm,功率附加效率(PAE)为40.1%；当VDS = 6 V时,输出功率密度为1.6 W/mm,PAE达到47.8%。该器件具有低压毫米波应用的潜力。     

AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors on Sapphires with fmax of 100GHz

制作了蓝宝石衬底上生长的AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管.0V栅压下,0.3μm栅长、100μm栅宽的器件的饱和漏电流密度为0.85A/mm,峰值跨导为225mS/mm;特征频率和最高振荡频率分别为45和100GHz;4GHz频率下输出功率密度和增益分别为1.8W/mm和9.5dB,8GHz频率下输出功率密度和增益分别为1.12W/mm和11.5dB.     

fmax为100GHz的蓝宝石衬底AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管

制作了蓝宝石衬底上生长的AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管.0V栅压下,0.3μm栅长、100μm栅宽的器件的饱和漏电流密度为0.85A/mm,峰值跨导为225mS/mm;特征频率和最高振荡频率分别为45和100GHz;4GHz频率下输出功率密度和增益分别为1.8W/mm和9.5dB,8GHz频率下输出功率密度和增益分别为1.12W/mm和11.5dB.     

非掺杂AlGaN/GaN微波功率HEMT

报道了研制的AlGaN/GaN微波功率HEMT,该器件采用以蓝宝石为衬底的非掺杂AlGaN/GaN异质结构,器件工艺采用了Ti/Al/Ni/Au欧姆接触和Ni/Au肖特基势垒接触以及SiN介质进行器件的钝化.研制的200μm栅宽T型布局AlGaN/GaN HEMT在1.8GHz,Vds=30V时输出功率为28.93dBm,输出功率密度达到3.9W/mm,功率增益为15.59dB,功率附加效率(PAE)为48.3%.在6.2GHz,Vds=25V时该器件输出功率为27.06dBm,输出功率密度为2.5W/mm,功率增益为10.24dB,PAE为35.2%.     

磁控溅射AlN介质的14W/mm AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT

介绍了一种采用磁控溅射AlN介质作为绝缘层的的SiC衬底AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT.器件研制中采用了凹槽栅和场板结构.采用MIS结构后,器件击穿电压由80 V提高到了180 V以上,保证了器件能够实现更高的工作电压.在2 GHz、75 V工作电压下,研制的200μm栅宽AlGaN/GaNMIS-HEMT输出功率密度达到了14.4 W/mm,器件功率增益和功率附加效率分别为20.51 dB和54.2%.     

磁控溅射AlN介质MIS栅结构的AlGaN/GaN HEMT

报道了一种X波段输出功率密度达10.4W/mm的SiC衬底AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT。器件研制中采用了MIS结构、凹槽栅以及场板,其中MIS结构中采用了磁控溅射的AlN介质作为绝缘层。采用MIS结构后,器件击穿电压由80V提高到了180V以上,保证了器件能够实现更高的工作电压。在8GHz、55V的工作电压下,研制的1mm栅宽AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT输出功率达到了10.4W,此时器件的功率增益和功率附加效率分别达到了6.56dB和39.2%。     

非掺杂AlGaN/GaN微波功率HEMT

报道了研制的Al Ga N / Ga N微波功率HEMT,该器件采用以蓝宝石为衬底的非掺杂Al Ga N/ Ga N异质结构,器件工艺采用了Ti/ Al/ Ni/ Au欧姆接触和Ni/ Au肖特基势垒接触以及Si N介质进行器件的钝化.研制的2 0 0μm栅宽T型布局Al Ga N / Ga N HEMT在1.8GHz,Vds=30 V时输出功率为2 8.93d Bm,输出功率密度达到3.9W/mm ,功率增益为15 .5 9d B,功率附加效率(PAE)为4 8.3% .在6 .2 GHz,Vds=2 5 V时该器件输出功率为2 7.0 6 d Bm ,输出功率密度为2 .5 W/ mm ,功率增益为10 .2 4 d B,PAE为35 .2 % .     

GaN基HEMT失效热点行为研究

研究了GaN基HEMT器件的失效热点行为。当V_GS>V_th时,漏极电流I_D主要为漏-源导通电流I_DS,输运机制为漂移;当V_GSth时,I_D主要为反向栅-漏电流I_GD,输运机制为与可导位错有关的Fowler-Nordheim隧穿。通过分析V_GS和V_DS变化对热点分布的影响,表明栅极边界耗尽沟道内形成的强横向电场与势垒层内的强垂直电场分别是I_DS和I_GD电流形成热点的主要原因;同时,还测量了热点的微光光谱,并根据临界电场与最大光子能量得到了电子的平均自由程,约为60 nm。     

Performance improvement in tensile-strained In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As/In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As metamorphic HEMT

This paper proposes a In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As/In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As (x=0.3-0.5-0.3) metamorphic high-electron mobility transistor with tensile-strained channel. The tensile-strained channel structure exhibits significant improvements in dc and RF characteristics, including extrinsic transconductance, current driving capability, thermal stability, unity-gain cutoff frequency, maximum oscillation frequency, output power, power gain, and power added efficiency.     

Very low-noise Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/As/Ga/sub 0.65/In/sub 0.35/As/GaAs single quantum-well pseudomorphic HEMTs

AlGaAs/GaInAs/GaAs pseudomorphic HEMTs with an InAs mole fraction as high as 35% in the channel has been successfully fabricated. The device exhibits a maximum extrinsic transconductance of 700 mS/mm. At 18 GHz, a minimum noise figure of 0.55 dB with 15.0 dB associated gain was measured. At 60 GHz, a minimum noise figure as low as 1.6 dB with 7.6 dB associated gain was also obtained. This is the best noise performance yet reported for GaAs-based HEMTs.<>     

A 12 /spl times/ 12 In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As-In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As avalanche photodiode array

We report a 12 /spl times/ 12 In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As-In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As avalanche photodiode (APD) array. The mean breakdown voltage of the APD was 57.9 V and the standard deviation was less than 0.1 V. The mean dark current was /spl sim/2 and /spl sim/300 nA, and the standard deviation was /spl sim/0.19 and /spl sim/60 nA at unity gain (V/sub bias/ = 13.5 V) and at 90% of the breakdown voltage, respectively. External quantum efficiency was above 40% in the wavelength range from 1.0 to 1.6 /spl mu/m. It was /spl sim/57% and /spl sim/45% at 1.3 and 1.55 /spl mu/m, respectively. A bandwidth of 13 GHz was achieved at low gain.     

Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/As/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As (0/spl les/x/spl les/0.25) doped-channel field-effect transistors (DCFET's)

The properties of both lattice-matched and strained doped-channel field-effect transistors (DCFET's) have been investigated in AlGaAs/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As (0/spl les/x/spl les/0.25) heterostructures with various indium mole fractions. Through electrical characterization of grown layers in conjunction with the dc and microwave device characteristics, we observed that the introduction of a 150-/spl Aring/ thick strained In/sub 0.15/Ga/sub 0.85/As channel can enhance device performance, compared to the lattice-matched one. However, a degradation of device performance was observed for larger indium mole fractions, up to x=0.25, which is associated with strain relaxation in this highly strained channel. DCFET's also preserved a more reliable performance after biased-stress testings.<>     

Morphological and electrical characterization of SixCryCzBv thin films

Si_xCr_yC_zB_v thin films with several compositions have been studied for integration of high precision resistors in 0.8 μm BICMOS technology. These resistors, integrated in the back-end of line, have the advantage to provide high level of integration and attractive electrical behavior in temperature, for analog devices. The film morphology and the structure have been investigated through transmission electron microscopy analysis and have been then related to the electrical properties on the base of the percolation theory. According to this theory, and in agreement with experimental results, negative thermal coefficient of resistance (TCR) has been obtained for samples with low Cr content, corresponding to a crystalline volume fraction below the percolation threshold.Samples with higher Cr content exhibit, instead, a variation of the TCR as a function of film thickness: negative TCR values are obtained for thickness lower than 5 nm, corresponding to a crystalline volume fraction below the percolation threshold; positive TCR are obtained for larger thickness, indicating the establishment of a continuous conductive path between the Cr rich grains. This property seems to be determinant in order to assure the possibility to obtain thin film resistors almost independent on the temperature.     

Highly linear Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/N-Al/sub 0.05/Ga/sub 0.95/N-GaN composite-channel HEMTs

We report an Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/N-Al/sub 0.05/Ga/sub 0.95/N-GaN composite-channel HEMT with enhanced linearity. By engineering the channel region, i.e., inserting a 6-nm-thick AlGaN layer with 5% Al composition in the channel region, a composite-channel HEMT was demonstrated. Transconductance and cutoff frequencies of a 1 /spl times/100 /spl mu/m HEMT are kept near their peak values throughout the low- and high-current operating levels, a desirable feature for linear power amplifiers. The composite-channel HEMT exhibits a peak transconductance of 150 mS/mm, a peak current gain cutoff frequency (f/sub T/) of 12 GHz and a peak power gain cutoff frequency (f/sub max/) of 30 GHz. For devices grown on sapphire substrate, maximum power density of 3.38 W/mm, power-added efficiency of 45% are obtained at 2 GHz. The output third-order intercept point (OIP3) is 33.2 dBm from two-tone measurement at 2 GHz.     

Comparison between Pt/TiO2/Pt and Pt/TaOX/TaOY/Pt based bipolar resistive switching devices

Nonvolatile memories have emerged in recent years and have become a leading candidate towards replacing dynamic and static random-access memory devices. In this article, the performances of TiO₂ and TaO₂ nonvolatile memristive devices were compared and the factors that make TaO₂ memristive devices better than TiO₂ memristive devices were studied. TaO₂ memristive devices have shown better endurance performances (10⁸ times more switching cycles) and faster switching speed (5 times) than TiO₂ memristive devices. Electroforming of TaO₂ memristive devices requires~4.5 times less energy than TiO₂ memristive devices of a similar size. The retention period of TaO₂ memristive devices is expected to exceed 10 years with sufficient experimental evidence. In addition to comparing device performances, this article also explains the differences in physical device structure, switching mechanism, and resistance switching performances of TiO₂ and TaO₂ memristive devices. This article summarizes the reasons that give TaO₂ memristive devices the advantage over TiO₂ memristive devices, in terms of electroformation, switching speed, and endurance.     

Broadband microwave noise characteristics of high-linearity composite-channel Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/N/Al/sub 0.05/Ga/sub 0.95/N/GaN HEMTs

We report broadband microwave noise characteristics of a high-linearity composite-channel HEMT (CC-HEMT). Owing to the novel composite-channel design, the CC-HEMT exhibits high gain and high linearity such as an output third-order intercept point (OIP3) of 33.2 dBm at 2 GHz. The CC-HEMT also exhibits excellent microwave noise performance. For 1-/spl mu/m gate-length devices, a minimum noise figure (NF/sub min/) of 0.7 dB and an associated gain (G/sub a/) of 19 dB were observed at 1 GHz, and an (NF/sub mi/) of 3.3 dB and a G/sub a/ of 10.8 dB were observed at 10 GHz. The dependence of the noise characteristics on the physical design parameters, such as the gate-source and gate-drain spacing, is also presented.