RECOVERY OF LOW-TEMPERATURE ELECTRON TRAPPING IN ALGAAS/INGAAS PM-HEMTS DUE TO IMPACT-IONIZATION

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MENEGHESSO, G [1 ]
DEBORTOLI, E [1 ]
PACCAGNELLA, A [1 ]
ZANONI, E [1 ]
CANALI, C [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MODENA,DIPARTIMENTO SCI INGN,I-41100 MODENA,ITALY
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10.1109/55.388726
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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The de behavior of AlGaAs/InGaAs PM-HEMT's has been investigated at a low temperature. Two different failure modes have been identified according to bias conditions, consisting of: a) a dramatic collapse in the drain current I-D, and b) a considerable shift in the threshold voltage V-T. I-D decrease is due to trapping of electrons in deep levels in the gate-drain region, while trapping under the gate is responsible for V-T shift. At high V-DS a recovery of the de devices characteristics is observed, due to impact-ionization phenomena.
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