• DocumentCode
    929040
  • Title

    Accurate modeling of the source resistance in modulation-doped FETs

  • Author

    Fu, Shih-Tsang ; Das, Mukunda B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1013
  • Lastpage
    1017
  • Abstract
    A distributed multiple-layer transmission line (MTL) model has been developed for the source and drain ohmic contacts of modulation-doped FETs. Results based on the authors´ model clearly demonstrate that the source resistance in MODFETs cannot be estimated simply from a knowledge of the behavior of the series resistance in nongated TLM test structures. Differences between the results based on the MTL model and those obtained from the previously used lump-element contact end-resistance (LECR) model are explained
  • Keywords
    contact resistance; high electron mobility transistors; ohmic contacts; semiconductor device models; transmission line theory; MODFETs; distributed multiple layer transmission line model; drain ohmic contacts; modulation-doped FETs; source ohmic contacts; source resistance; Computerized monitoring; Conductivity; Contact resistance; Epitaxial layers; FETs; HEMTs; MODFETs; Metallization; Ohmic contacts; Transmission lines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/16.127498
  • Filename
    127498