1. The Effect of Channel Layer Thickness on the Performance of GaN HEMTs for RF Applications.
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Yu, Qian, Wu, Sheng, Zhang, Meng, Yang, Ling, Zou, Xu, Lu, Hao, Shi, Chunzhou, Gao, Wenze, Wu, Mei, Hou, Bin, Qiu, Gang, He, Xiaoning, Ma, Xiaohua, and Hao, Yue
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MODULATION-doped field-effect transistors ,TWO-dimensional electron gas ,BREAKDOWN voltage ,BUFFER layers ,DOPING agents (Chemistry) - Abstract
In this paper, AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with different thicknesses of unintentional doping GaN (UID-GaN) channels were compared and discussed. In order to discuss the effect of different thicknesses of the UID-GaN layer on iron-doped tails, both AlGaN/GaN HEMTs share the same 200 nm GaN buffer layer with an Fe-doped concentration of 8 × 10
17 cm−3 . Due to the different thicknesses of the UID-GaN layer, the concentration of Fe trails reaching the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) varies. The breakdown voltage (Vbr) increases with the high concentration of Fe-doped in GaN buffer layer. However, the mobility of the low concentration of the Fe-doped tail is higher than that of the high concentration of the Fe-doped tail. Therefore, the effect of different thicknesses of UID-GaN on the DC and radio frequency (RF) performance of the device needs to be verified. It provides a reference to the epitaxial design for high-performance GaN HEMTs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2025
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