• DocumentCode
    1104035
  • Title

    The effects of substrate gettering on GaAs MESFET performance

  • Author

    Wang, Faa-Ching ; Bujatti, Marina

  • Author_Institution
    Ethyl Corporation, Garland, TX
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    12/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2839
  • Lastpage
    2843
  • Abstract
    An increase of about 40 percent in dc transconductance and RF gain of directly ion-implanted GaAs MESFET´s was observed when the substrates were subjected to an extrinsic gettering treatment before ion implantation. The gettering treatment consisted of mechanical damage on the backside of the wafer followed by a mild heat treatment. The relationship between material parameters and MESFET performance is discussed and a mechanism for the gettering action is proposed.
  • Keywords
    Gallium arsenide; Gettering; Heat treatment; Impurities; Ion implantation; MESFETs; Microwave technology; Radio frequency; Threshold voltage; Transconductance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1985.22424
  • Filename
    1485170