Title :
An analytical threshold voltage model to study the scaling capability of deep submicron double-gate GaN-MESFETs
Author :
Lakhdar, N. ; Djeffal, F. ; Abdi, M.A. ; Arar, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Batna, Batna, Algeria
Abstract :
In this work, a deep submicron double-gate (DG) Gallium Nitride (GaN)-MESFET design and its 2-D threshold analytical model have been proposed and expected to suppress the short-channel-effects for deep submicron GaN-MESFET-based low power applications. The model predicts that the threshold voltage is greatly improved in comparison with the conventional Single-Gate GaN-MESFET. The developed approaches are verified and validated by the good agreement found with the 2D numerical simulations for wide range of device parameters and bias conditions. DG GaN-MESFET can alleviate the critical problem and further improve the immunity of short-channel-effects of GaN-MESFET-based circuits in the low power deep submicron devices.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Schottky gate field effect transistors; gallium compounds; low-power electronics; numerical analysis; semiconductor device models; wide band gap semiconductors; 2D numerical simulations; GaN; analytical threshold voltage model; deep submicron double-gate GaN-MESFET; low power applications; scaling capability; short channel effects; Analytical models; Electric potential; Integrated circuit modeling; Logic gates; MESFETs; Mathematical model; Threshold voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD), 2010 XIth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Gammath
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6816-4
DOI :
10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672321