• DocumentCode
    1906210
  • Title

    Optimization of Hetero-FET Alloy Composition for Low Noise Applications in Millimeter-Wave Frequency Range

  • Author

    Abou-Elnour, Ali ; Schunemann, Klaus

  • Author_Institution
    Technische Universitÿt Hamburg-Harburg, Arbeitsbereich Hochfrequenztechnik, 21071 Hamburg, Germany. e-mail: abo-elnour@tu-harburg.d400.de
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    9-11 Sept. 1996
  • Firstpage
    259
  • Lastpage
    262
  • Abstract
    The noise behavior of subquarter micrometer gate-length Hetero-FETs is investigated by using a rigorous two-dimensional physical simulator. The influence of device structure and operating conditions on the carrier transport inside the device and consequently on its noise performance is explained by making use of the microscopic nature of the model. The model is applied to study the effects of alloy composition and the resulting band discontinuity on the 2DEG properties and on the noise performance of Hetero-FETs at millimeter-wave frequencies, and to extract the optimum alloy composition which leads to minimum noise figure in different frequency ranges.
  • Keywords
    Aluminum alloys; FETs; Fluctuations; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Lead; Noise figure; Quantization; Scattering; Semiconductor device noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid State Device Research Conference, 1996. ESSDERC '96. Proceedings of the 26th European
  • Conference_Location
    Bologna, Italy
  • Print_ISBN
    286332196X
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5435237