The monolithic integration of enhancement- and depletion-mode (E/D-mode) InGaP/AIGaAs/InGaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (PHEMTs) with a 1.0μm gate length is presented. Epilayers are grown on...The monolithic integration of enhancement- and depletion-mode (E/D-mode) InGaP/AIGaAs/InGaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (PHEMTs) with a 1.0μm gate length is presented. Epilayers are grown on SI GaAs substrates using MBE. For this structure, a mobility of 5410cm^2/(V · s) and a sheet density of 1.34 × 10^12 cm^-2 are achieved at room temperature. During the gate fabrication of E/D-mode PHEMTs,a novel twostep technology is applied. The devices with a gate dimension of 1μm × 100μm exhibit good DC and RF performances. Threshold voltages of 0. 2 and -0. 4V,maximum drain current densities of 300 and 340mA/mm,and extrinsic transconductances of 350 and 300mS/mm for E- and D-mode PHEMTs are obtained, respectively. The reverse gatedrain breakdown voltage is -14V for both E- and D-mode. Current-gain cutoff frequencies of 10. 3 and 12.4GHz and power-gain cutoff frequencies of 12.8 and 14.7GHz for E- and D-mode are reported, respectively.展开更多
文摘The monolithic integration of enhancement- and depletion-mode (E/D-mode) InGaP/AIGaAs/InGaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (PHEMTs) with a 1.0μm gate length is presented. Epilayers are grown on SI GaAs substrates using MBE. For this structure, a mobility of 5410cm^2/(V · s) and a sheet density of 1.34 × 10^12 cm^-2 are achieved at room temperature. During the gate fabrication of E/D-mode PHEMTs,a novel twostep technology is applied. The devices with a gate dimension of 1μm × 100μm exhibit good DC and RF performances. Threshold voltages of 0. 2 and -0. 4V,maximum drain current densities of 300 and 340mA/mm,and extrinsic transconductances of 350 and 300mS/mm for E- and D-mode PHEMTs are obtained, respectively. The reverse gatedrain breakdown voltage is -14V for both E- and D-mode. Current-gain cutoff frequencies of 10. 3 and 12.4GHz and power-gain cutoff frequencies of 12.8 and 14.7GHz for E- and D-mode are reported, respectively.