Current—Voltage characteristics of ungated GaAs FET's
- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Vol. 32 (11) , 2426-2430
- https://doi.org/10.1109/t-ed.1985.22290
Abstract
We develop a model which describes the current-voltage characteristics of GaAs saturated resistor loads (or ungated FET's) with uniform and nonuniform (ion-implanted) doping profiles. The results of the calculation are in good agreement with the experimental data for 1-, 2-, and 3-µm GaAs ungated FET's. Our model allows us to determine the values of the electron saturation velocity ν s and of the surface built-in voltage V Sbi from the measured current-voltage characteristics of ungated loads. For long devices (with 3-µm length) we obtain \nu_{s} \approx 1.20-1.21 \times 10^{5} m/s and V_{Sbi} \approx 0.46-0.47 V, in good agreement with expected values. For shorter (1 µm) devices, the measured values of ν s are considerably higher (1.64-1.73 × 10 5 m/s). This may be considered as evidence of velocity enhancement in short structures due to ballistic or overshoot effects.Keywords
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