• DocumentCode
    876665
  • Title

    Subthreshold current ion GaAs MESFETs

  • Author

    Conger, J. ; Peczalski, Andrzej ; Shur, Michael S.

  • Author_Institution
    Honeywell, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    3/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    128
  • Lastpage
    129
  • Abstract
    The authors present experimental data that show that the drain-to-source voltage dependence of the subthreshold current in GaAs MESFETs is determined by the variation of threshold voltage with drain-source voltage and not by Schottky-barrier lowering. This model, incorporating gate-to-drain and gate-to-source diode currents, is shown to be in good agreement with measured data. The model is incorporated into a GaAs circuit simulator and is suitable for GaAs IC design.<>
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; Schottky gate field effect transistors; gallium arsenide; GaAs; IC design; MESFETs; circuit simulator; diode currents; drain-to-source voltage dependence; subthreshold current; threshold voltage; Circuit simulation; Equations; Gallium arsenide; Implants; MESFETs; Schottky diodes; Subthreshold current; Threshold current; Threshold voltage; Voltage measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/55.2064
  • Filename
    2064