New aspects and mechanism of kink effect in InAlAs/InGaAs/InP inverted HFET's

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Georgescu, B [1 ]
Py, MA
Souifi, A
Post, G
Guillot, G
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[1] Inst Natl Sci Appl, Phys Mat Lab, UMR CNRS 5511, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
[2] Swiss Federal Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Inst Microelect, Zurich, Switzerland
[3] CNET, France Telecom, DTD, Lab Bagneux, F-92225 Bagneux, France
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10.1109/55.669733
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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The kink effect in InAlAs/InGaAs/InP composite channel heterojunction field effect transistors (HFET's) was investigated as a function of temperature and optical excitation, Drain source and gate current measurements show that above 325 K the kink effect disappears while the impact ionization process is still present. The kink at low temperatures is suppressed by illumination with photons of energy above 1 eV. These results prove that this parasitic effect is mainly related to the presence of traps in the top layers.
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