High-Transconductance AlGaN/GaN High-Electron-Mobility Transistors on Semi-Insulating Silicon Carbide Substrate
- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 40 (10B) , L1081
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.40.l1081
Abstract
Epitaxial layers of AlGaN/GaN were grown on semi-insulating (SI) silicon carbide (SiC) by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) with a very high electron sheet carrier density n s=1.2×1013 cm-2 and a Hall carrier mobility as high as µH=1281 cm2/Vs at room temperature. High-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) have been demonstrated using an AlGaN/GaN heterostructure on a SI-SiC substrate. The fabricated 2.2-µm-gate-length Al0.26Ga0.74N/GaN HEMTs exhibited extrinsic transconductance as high as 287 mS/mm with drain-source current density as high as 857 mA/mm. This is the first report of such high transconductance achieved so far for 2.2-µm-gate-length Al0.26Ga0.74N/GaN HEMTs on SI-SiC substrates. A very small percentage (3%) of drain-source current density reduction at the gate voltage of +1.5 V has been observed for HEMTs on SI-SiC substrates. The observation of high extrinsic transconductance can be explained with the help of intrinsic transconductance values.Keywords
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