High speed p-type SiGe modulation-doped field-effect transistors |
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Authors: | Arafa M. Fay P. Ismail K. Chu J.O. Meyerson B.S. Adesida I. |
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Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL ; |
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Abstract: | We report on the fabrication and characterization of high-speed p-type modulation-doped field-effect transistors (MODFETs) with 0.7-μm and 1-μm gate-lengths having unity current-gain cut-off frequencies (fT) of 9.5 GHz and 5.3 GHz, respectively. The devices were fabricated on a high hole mobility SiGe heterostructure grown by ultra-high-vacuum chemical vapor deposition (UHV-CVD). The dc maximum extrinsic transconductance (gm) is 105 mS/mm (205 mS/mm) at room temperature (77 K) for the 0.7-μm gate length devices. The fabricated devices show good pinch-off characteristics and have a very low gate leakage current of a few μA/mm at room temperature and a few nA/mm at 77 K |
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