0.15μm GaN HEMT及其应用

报道了毫米波应用的0.15μm场板结构GaN HEMT。器件研制采用了76.2mm(3英寸)SiC衬底上外延生长的AlGaN/GaN异质结构材料,该材料由MOCVD技术生长并引入了掺Fe GaN缓冲层技术以提升器件击穿电压。器件栅脚和集成了场板的栅帽均由电子束光刻实现,并采用栅挖槽技术来控制器件夹断电压。研制的2×75μm栅宽GaN HEMT在24V工作电压、35GHz频率下的负载牵引测试结果显示其输出功率密度达到了4W/mm,对应的功率增益和功率附加效率分别为5dB和35%。采用该0.15μm GaN HEMT技术进行了Ka波段GaN功率MMIC的研制,所研制的功率MMIC在24V工作电压下脉冲工作时(100μs脉宽、10%占空比),29GHz频点处饱和功率达到了10.64W。     

0.5μm AlGaN/GaN HEMT及其应用

报道了采用I线步进光刻实现的76.2 mm SiC衬底0.5μm GaN HEMT.器件正面工艺光刻均采用了I线步进光刻来实现,背面用通孔接地.栅脚介质刻蚀采用一种优化的低损伤RIE刻蚀方法实现了60°左右的侧壁倾斜角,降低了栅脚附近峰值电场强度,提高器件性能和可靠性.研制的GaN HEMT器件fT为15 GHz,fm...     

51级E/D模AlGaN/GaN HEMT集成环形振荡器

<正>南京电子器件研究所基于76.2mm(3英寸)GaN HEMT圆片工艺,通过E模器件和E/D集成技术,在国内率先实现了51级GaN E/D集成环形振荡器,工作电压为6V时振荡频率达     

电流增益截止频率为236GHz的InAIN/GaN高频HEMT

研制了高电流增益截止频率(fT)的InAlN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT).采用金属有机化学气相沉积(MOCVD)再生长n+GaN非合金欧姆接触工艺将器件源漏间距缩小至600 nm,降低了源、漏寄生电阻,有利于改善器件的寄生效应;使用低压化学气相沉积(LPCVD)生长SiN作为栅下介质,降低了InAlN/GaN HEMT栅漏电;利用电子束光刻实现了栅长为50 nm的T型栅.此外,还讨论了寄生效应对器件fT的影响.测试结果表明,器件的栅漏电为3.8 μA/mm,饱和电流密度为2.5 A/mm,fT达到236 GHz.延时分析表明,器件的寄生延时为0.13 ps,在总延时中所占的比例为19％,优于合金欧姆接触工艺的结果.     

标准氟离子注入实现增强型GaN基功率器件

介绍了一种直接利用离子注入机对AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)器件的栅下进行氟(F)离子注入的方法,成功实现了增强型HEMT器件,阈值电压从耗尽型器件的-2.6V移动到增强型器件的+1.9V.研究了注入剂量对器件性能的影响,研究发现随着注入剂量的不断增加,阈值电压不断地正向移动,但由于存在高能F离子的注入损伤,器件的正向栅极漏电随着注入剂量的增加而不断上升,阈值电压正向移动也趋于饱和.因此,提出采用在AlGaN/GaN异质结表面沉积栅介质充当能量吸收层,降低离子注入过程中的损伤,成功实现了阈值电压为+3.3 V,饱和电流密度约为200 mA/mm,同时具有一个较高的开关比109的增强型金属-绝缘层-半导体HEMT (MIS-HEMT)器件.     

高耐压Si基GaN功率电子器件

基于Si基GaN HEMT材料制作了击穿电压530V、无场板的功率电子器件。器件制作工艺与现有GaN微波功率器件工艺兼容。研究了器件栅漏间距与击穿电压的关系。器件栅宽为100μm,栅漏间距为15μm时,得到的GaN HEMT器件击穿电压530V,最大电流密度536mA/mm。器件的特征通态电阻为1.54mΩ·cm2,是相同击穿电压Si MOSFET器件特征通态电阻的二十五分之一。所制作的6mm栅宽器件击穿电压400V,输出电流2A。该器件的研制为制作低成本GaN HEMT功率器件奠定了基础。     

GaN单片功率集成电路研究进展

GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)器件具有工作频率高、导通损耗小等优点,已经开始广泛应用在多种高频、高效功率转换器中,而拥有更高集成度的全GaN单片集成电路可进一步提高基于GaN HEMT器件功率变换器的性能.介绍了不同类型的全GaN集成工艺平台以及GaN功能子电路的研究进展,并对全GaN单片集成功率IC的研究现状进...     

应用于微波通信系统新型器件GaN HEMT研究

通过自洽求解一维泊松方程,计算了应用于微波通信系统的非故意掺杂AlGaN/AlN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)的外延层结构参数对器件的二维电子气(2DEG)浓度,跨导等性能的影响.通过理论分析并结合TCAD软件最终确定AlGaN/AlN/GaN HEMT的最佳外延层结构.对栅长0.3 μm和栅宽100 μm的器件仿真结果表明,器件的最大跨导为418 mS/mm,器件的最大电流密度为2 300 mA/mm,性能良好.     

Ka波段AlGaN/GaN HEMT的研制

为了提高AlGaN/GaN HEMT的频率,采用了缩小源漏间距、优化栅结构和外围结构等措施设计了器件结构,并基于国内的GaN外延片和工艺完成了器件制备.测试表明所研制的AlGaN/GaN HEMT可以满足Ka波段应用.其中2×75μm栅宽AlGaN/GaN HEMT在30V漏压下的截止频率为32GHz,最大振荡频率为1...     

GaN HEMT器件稳态热特性试验研究

大功率GaN HEMT器件在工作时较高的热流密度引发器件高温,而高温会显著影响器件性能及可靠性.从不同器件结构设计出发,结合器件热量传递理论,建立了器件热阻模型;采用高速红外热像仪试验分析了器件结构对GaN HEMT器件稳态热特性的影响,定量给出了不同总栅宽、不同单指栅宽、不同栅间距在不同功率密度下的稳态温升.相关结果...     

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.     

Electrooptic ferroelectric Na/sub 0.5/K/sub 0.5/NbO/sub 3/ films

We report on waveguiding and electrooptic properties of epitaxial Na/sub 0.5/K/sub 0.5/NbO/sub 3/ films grown by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering on Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/(11_02) single crystal substrates. High optical waveguiding performance has been demonstrated in infrared and visible light. The in-plane electrooptic effect has been recorded in transmission using a transverse geometry. At dc fields, the effective linear electrooptic coefficient was determined to 28 pm/V, which is promising for modulator applications.