Peak separation and small-signal modeling analysis of abnormal shift in the transconductance curve in InAs composite channel HEMT
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1High-Frequency High-Voltage Device and Integrated Circuits Center, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China;2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;3Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China;4International School of Microelectronics, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808,China

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62474195)

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    In this work, 100 nm gate-length InP-based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with a composite InGaAs/InAs/InGaAs channel are fabricated. DC measurements indicate that the InAs channel enhances transconductance but shifts the peak point toward lower Vgs under high Vds bias. Peak separation analysis reveals the DC transconductance curve is composed of two components: the gate-controlled transconductance and the impact-ionization-induced additional transconductance. Further analysis demonstrates that the anomalous shift originates from the channel impact ionization intensity variation, which is caused by changes in the gate-drain electric field rather than the carrier density in the channel. Two additional current sources are introduced in the small-signal model to characterize the impact-ionization-induced transconductance, and the numerical variation trends of their parameters are consistent with the peak separation results, which validate the mechanism''s correctness. RF measurements confirm that the DC transconductance enhancement does not effectively improve RF characteristics, which is attributed to the ionization-induced transconductance having a time constant significantly larger than that of conventional transconductance components. These findings provide a theoretical foundation for controlling the impact-ionization.

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GONG Yong-Heng, CHEN Yu-Xuan, SHI Jing-Yuan, ZHANG Da-Yong, SU Yong-Bo, DING Wu-Chang, DING Peng, JIN Zhi. Peak separation and small-signal modeling analysis of abnormal shift in the transconductance curve in InAs composite channel HEMT[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves,2026,45(2):272-281

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  • Received:December 27,2024
  • Revised:March 12,2026
  • Adopted:April 10,2025
  • Online: March 10,2026
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