An AlGaN/GaN recessed-gate MOSHEMT was fabricated on a sapphire substrate.The device,which has a gate length of 1μm and a source-drain distance of 4μm,exhibits a maximum drain current density of 684mA/mm at Vgs=4V with an extrinsic transconductance of 219mS/mm.This is 24.3% higher than the transconductance of conventional AlGaN/GaN HEMTs.The cut-off frequency and the maximum frequency of oscillation are 9.2GHz and 14.1GHz,respectively.Furthermore,the gate leakage current is two orders of magnitude lower than for the conventional Schottky contact device.