DC Characteristics of Lattice-Matched InAlN/AlN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors

Lattice-matched InAlN/AlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) grown on sapphire substrate by using low-pressure metallorganic chemical vapor deposition were prepared, and the comprehensive DC characteristics were implemented by Keithley 4200 Semiconductor Characterization System. The experimental results indicated that a maximum drain current over 400 mA/mm and a peak external transconductance of 215 mS/mm can be achieved in the initial HEMTs. However, after the devices endured a 10-h thermal aging in furnace under nitrogen condition at 300 ℃, the maximum reduction of saturation drain current and external transconductance at high gate-source voltage and drain-source voltage were 30% and 35%, respectively. Additionally, an increased drain-source leakage current was observed at three-terminal off-state. It was inferred that the degradation was mainly related to electron-trapping defects in the InAlN barrier layer.

DC Characteristics of Gamma-ray Irradiated SiGe HBT in Comparison with Si BJT

The changes of DC characteristics of SiGe HBT after being submitted to γ-ray irradiation of 700 krad, 7 000 krad and 10 000 krad were compared to those of Si BJT. Generally speaking, Ib and Ib- Ib0 increase with the doses increasing. For SiGe HBT, with the doses increasing, Ic and Ic-Ic0 as well as the related changes of the current gain （β） will decrease at higher Vbe, while for Si BJT, with the doses increasing, after irradiation, Ib and Ic-Ic0 increase; ,8 and its related changes also decrease with their differences, however, tending to be very small at high doses of 7 000 krad and 10 000 krad. Moreover, given the same doses, the decreases of,a are much larger than SiGe HBT, which shows that SiGe HBT＇s anti-radiation performance proves to be better than Si BJT. Still, in SiGe HBT, some strange phenomena were observed： Ic-Ic0 will increase after the radiation of 7 000 krad in less than 0.65 V and as will ,8 in less than 0.75 V. The mechanism of radiation-induced change in DC characteristies was also discussed.

Improved empirical DC I-V model for 4H-SiC MESFETs

A novel empirical large signal direct current （DC）Ⅰ-Ⅴ model is presented considering the high saturation voltage, high pinch-off voltage, and wide operational range of drain voltage for 4H-SiC MESFETs. A comparison of the presented model with Statz, Materka, Curtice-Cubic, and recently reported 4H-SiC MESFET large signal Ⅰ-Ⅴ models is made through the Levenberg-Marquardt method for fitting in nonlinear regression. The results show that the new model has the advantages of high accuracy, easily making initial value and robustness over other models. The more accurate results are obtained by the improved channel modulation and saturation voltage coefficient when the device is operated in the sub-threshold and near pinch-off region. In addition the new model can be implemented to CAD tools directly, using for design of 4H-SiC MESFET based RF＆MW circuit, particularly MMIC （microwave monolithic integrate circuit）.