High-transconductance p-channel modulation-doped AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure FET's

1 May 1986

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Vol. 33 (5) , 620-624
https://doi.org/10.1109/t-ed.1986.22542

Abstract

p-channel modulation-doped AlGaAs-GaAs heterostructure FET's (p-HFET's) employing two-dimensional hole gas (2DHG) were fabricated under various geometrical device parameter conditions. The p-HFET characteristics were measured at 300 and 77 K for the following three device-parameter ranges: the gate length Lg(1-320 µm), the gate-source distance Lgs(0.5-5 µm), and the layer thickness dt(35-58 nm) of AlGaAs beneath the gate. Based on the obtained results, a high-performance enhancement-mode p-HFET was fabricated with the following parameters:L_{g} = 1µm,L_{gs} = 0.5µm, andd_{t} = 35nm. The achieved extrinsic transconductance gmwas 75 mS . mm^-1at 77 K. This experimental result indicates that a gmgreater than 200 mS . mm^-1at 77 K Can be obtained in 1-µm gate p-HFET devices.

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