Title :

First demonstration of high-power GaN-on-silicon transistors at 40 GHz

Author(s) :

Medjdoub, Farid [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Zegaoui, Malek [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Grimbert, B. [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
DUCATTEAU, Damien [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Rolland, Nathalie [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Rolland, Paul-Alain [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]

Journal title :

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Pages :

1168-1170

Publisher :

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Publication date :

2012

ISSN :

0741-3106

English keyword(s) :

AlN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs)
grown on silicon substrate (GaN-on-Si)
high output power density
Ka-band

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

English abstract : [en]

In this letter, high-output-power-density GaN-based high-electron-mobility transistors grown on a 100-mm silicon substrate is demonstrated for the first time at 40 GHz. The use of an optimized double heterostructure based ...
Show more >In this letter, high-output-power-density GaN-based high-electron-mobility transistors grown on a 100-mm silicon substrate is demonstrated for the first time at 40 GHz. The use of an optimized double heterostructure based on ultrathin barrier AlN/GaN allows both high current density and low leakage current, resulting in high-frequency performance (f max close to 200 GHz). Furthermore, the control of the trapping effects on these highly scaled devices enabled to set a first benchmark at 40 GHz with 2.5 W/mm at V DS = 15 V, mainly limited by RF losses and thermal issues. These results show that an AlN/GaN/AlGaN heterostructure grown on silicon substrate is a viable technology for cost-effective high-power millimeter-wave amplifiers fully compatible with standard Si-based devices.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

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