High power added efficiency AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMTs for wide band application
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1.Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China;2.Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

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O48

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61822407, 62074161, 62004213); the National Key Research and Development Program of China under (2018YFE0125700)

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    In this study, we report a new design of GaN metal insulation semiconductor - high electron mobility transistor (MIS-HEMT) device with a 5 nm high-quality SiNX dielectric layer deposited between gate and AlGaN barrier layer, to reduce the gate reverse leakage and improve power added efficiency (PAE). Superior characteristics of the device are proved in DC, small signal and large signal tests, showing the improved device owing a high-quality interface, a wide-control-range gate, the capability to control current collapse and the ability to maintain high PAE when serving at frequency higher than 5 GHz. Serving at 5 GHz with VDS = 10 V, the device showed an output power of 1.4 W/mm, with PAE of 74.4%; when VDS rises to 30 V, output power increases to 5.9 W/mm with PAE remaining at 63.2%; a high PAE (50.4%) remained even when the test frequency increased 30 GHz while keeping the same output power. Additionally, the high-quality gate dielectric layer allows the device to withstand a wide gate voltage swing: the gate current remained 10-4 A/mm even gain compressed to 6 dB. The results demonstrate the improvement of the SiNx on MIS-HEMT device, which provides device-level guarantee for the power application of the system and the design of broadband circuits.

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CHEN Xiao-Juan, ZHANG Shen, ZHANG Yi-Chuan, LI Yan-Kui, GAO Run-Hua, LIU Xin-Yu, WEI Ke. High power added efficiency AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMTs for wide band application[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves,2023,42(3):339~344

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  • Received:September 29,2022
  • Revised:April 01,2023
  • Adopted:December 06,2022
  • Online: March 30,2023
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