• DocumentCode
    1033742
  • Title

    Narrow pulse measurement of drain characteristics of GaAs MESFETs

  • Author

    Barton, T.M. ; Snowden, C.M. ; Richardson, J.R. ; Ladbrooke, P.H.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Leeds, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Leeds, UK
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    13
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    686
  • Lastpage
    687
  • Abstract
    A measurement technique is presented which uses narrow, fast-rise-time pulses applied to both the gate and the drain of a GaAs MESFET to obtain the drain characteristics of the device. This allows the characteristics of the device to be obtained which correspond to frequencies above those at which surface and substrate traps can respond. The resulting characteristics show significant departures from those obtained using conventional long pulse and DC measurement techniques.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; Schottky gate field effect transistors; gallium arsenide; GaAs; GaAs MESFETs; characterisation; fast-rise-time pulses; high frequency behaviour; measurement technique; narrow pulse measurements; pulse measurement of drain characteristics; substrate traps; surface traps;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870489
  • Filename
    4257823