Journal
IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS
Volume 39, Issue 10, Pages 1544-1547Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2018.2864135
Keywords
E-mode GaN-based HEMT; TiN-based source access resistance; two-step fluorine treatment; Johnson's figures of merit
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61604114, 61334002, 61634005, 61704124, 61504099]
- Basic Natural Science Research Plan of Shaanxi Province [2017JQ6061]
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High performance enhancement-mode (E-mode) AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) were achieved by using the TiN-based source contact ledge and two-step fluorine treatment. Due to the effective reduction of the source resistance by TiN-based source contact ledge, the peak extrinsic trans-conductance improved by 21.2% from 340 to 412 mS/mm. In addition, due to the enhancement of the back barrier by the two-step fluorine treatment, the three-terminal OFF-state breakdown voltage (BVDS) improved by 11.5% from 162 to 183 V. The proposed E-mode AIGaN/GaN HEMTs exhibit a maximum drain current of 845 mA/mm (@ V-GS = 3 V), a threshold voltage (V-th) of 0.6 V, a high current-gain cutoff frequency f(T) of 61 GHz, and a high power-gain cutoff frequency f(MAX) of 130 GHz. Approximately 5% current collapse occurs at a drain quiescent bias of 30 V. The calculated Johnson's figure of merit (J-FOM = BVDS x f(T)) is 11.2 THz-V, the highest so far for GaN-based HEMTs. The calculated BVDS x f(MAX) value is 23.8 THz-V, indicating significantly improved the speed and power performance of the E-mode GaN-based HEMT.
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