Enhancement-Mode N-Polar GaN Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors with Current Gain Cutoff Frequency of 120GHz

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作者
Singisetti, Uttam [1 ]
Wong, Man Hoi [1 ]
Dasgupta, Sansaptak [1 ]
Speck, James S. [2 ]
Mishra, Umesh K. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Mat, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
关键词
THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; ALGAN/GAN HEMTS; TECHNOLOGY;
D O I
10.1143/APEX.4.024103
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
We report the small-signal high-frequency performance of novel enhancement-mode N-polar GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistors with a peak short-circuit current gain cutoff frequency (f(t)) of 120 GHz for a 70-nm gate length device. The device has an 8-nm GaN channel with AlN back barrier and a 5-nm SiN(x) gate dielectric. These devices show a peak drain current of 0.74A/mm and peak transconductance of 260mS/mm at a drain bias of 3.0 V. This is the first demonstration of high-frequency operation of N-polar enhancement-ode GaN devices. (C) 2011 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
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