• DocumentCode
    1311403
  • Title

    GaAs MESFET´s on a truly insulating buffer layer: demonstration of the GaAs on insulator technology

  • Author

    Parikh, P.A. ; Chavarkar, P.M. ; Mishra, U.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    111
  • Lastpage
    113
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate for the first time a GaAs on insulator (GOI) technology, with aluminum oxide (Al2O3) formed by the wet oxidation of AlAs as the insulating buffer layer. The insulating buffer gives excellent charge control and eliminates substrate leakage current. The first results of GOI technology include 1.5-μm gate length GOI MESFET´s with f/sub /spl tau//=9 GHz and fmax=45 GHz.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; Schottky gate field effect transistors; alumina; gallium arsenide; microwave field effect transistors; oxidation; semiconductor-insulator boundaries; 1.5 micron; 45 GHz; 9 GHz; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; GOI MESFET; GOI technology; GaAs; GaAs MESFET; GaAs on insulator technology; GaAs-AlGaAs-Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/-GaAs; SHF; alumina; charge control; insulating buffer layer; substrate leakage current elimination; wet oxidation; Buffer layers; FETs; Gallium arsenide; Insulation; Leakage current; MESFETs; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Oxidation; Phase noise; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/55.556097
  • Filename
    556097