• DocumentCode
    1093907
  • Title

    Effect of Al Composition and Gate Recess on Power Performance of AlGaN/GaN High-Electron Mobility Transistors

  • Author

    Pei, Y. ; Chu, R. ; Shen, L. ; Fichtenbaum, N.A. ; Chen, Z. ; Brown, D. ; Keller, S. ; DenBaars, S.P. ; Mishra, U.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    300
  • Lastpage
    302
  • Abstract
    AlGaN/GaN high-electron mobility transistors with different Al compositions and barrier thicknesses were compared. The samples with higher Al composition and similar 2D electron gas density showed higher gate leakage, utilizing a slant field plate gate process. By applying a gate recess etch and a slant field plate gate process, gate leakage was improved to a similar level for all the devices, and the power density and PAE were much improved.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium compounds; high electron mobility transistors; leakage currents; two-dimensional electron gas; wide band gap semiconductors; 2D electron gas density; Al composition; AlGaN-GaN; AlGaN/GaN high-electron mobility transistors; gate leakage; gate recess; power performance; slant field plate gate process; Al composition; gallium nitride; gate recess; high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT); power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LED.2008.917936
  • Filename
    4464133