Characteristics of AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN double heteroj unction HEMTs with an improved breakdown voltage

正We studied the performance of AlGaN/GaN double heterojunction high electron mobility transistors (DH-HEMTs) with an AlGaN buffer layer,which leads to a higher potential barrier at the backside of the twodimensional electron gas channel and better carrier confinement.This,remarkably,reduces the drain leakage current and improves the device breakdown voltage.The breakdown voltage of AlGaN/GaN double heterojunction HEMTs (~ 100 V) was significantly improved compared to that of conventional AlGaN/GaN HEMTs(~50 V) for the device with gate dimensions of 0.5 x 100μm and a gate-drain distance of 1μm.The DH-HEMTs also demonstrated a maximum output power of 7.78 W/mm,a maximum power-added efficiency of 62.3%and a linear gain of 23 dB at the drain supply voltage of 35 V at 4 GHz.     

击穿电压提高的AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN双异质结特性

本文论述了AlGaN/GaN双异质结高电子迁移率晶体管的特性,该结构使用Al组分为7%的AlGaN来代替传统的GaN作为缓冲层。Al0.07Ga0.93N缓冲层增加了二维电子气沟道下方的背势垒高度,有效提高了载流子限阈性,从而造成缓冲层漏电的显著减小以及击穿电压的明显提高。对于栅尺寸为0.5100μm,栅漏间距为1μm的器件,AlGaN/GaN 双异质结器件的击穿电压（~100V）是常规单异质结器件的两倍（~50V）。本文中的双异质结器件在漏压为35V、频率为4GHz下,最大输出功率为7.78W/mm,最大功率附加效率为62.3%,线性增益为23dB。