Investigation of RF performance of Ku-band GaN HEMT device and an in-depth analysis of short channel effects

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Main Authors: Raychaudhuri, Jagori, Mukherjee, Jayjit, Kumar, Sudhir, Rawal, D. S., Mishra, Meena, Ghosh, Santanu
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author Raychaudhuri, Jagori
Mukherjee, Jayjit
Kumar, Sudhir
Rawal, D. S.
Mishra, Meena
Ghosh, Santanu
author_facet Raychaudhuri, Jagori
Mukherjee, Jayjit
Kumar, Sudhir
Rawal, D. S.
Mishra, Meena
Ghosh, Santanu
contents In this paper, we have characterized an AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) with a short gate length (Lg $\approx$ 0.15$μ$m). We have studied the effect of short gate length on the small signal parameters, linearity parameters and gm-gd ratio in GaN HEMT devices. To understand how scaling results in the variation of the above-mentioned parameters a comparative study with higher gate length devices on similar heterostructure is also presented here. We have scaled down the gate length but the barrier thickness(t$_{bar}$) remained same which affects the aspect ratio (L$_{g}$/t$_{bar}$) of the device and its inseparable consequences are the prominent short channel effects (SCEs) barring the optimum output performance of the device. These interesting phenomena were studied in detail and explored over a temperature range of -40$^\circ$C to 80$^\circ$C. To the best of our knowledge this paper explores temperature dependence of SCEs of GaN HEMT for the first time. With an approach to reduce the impact of SCEs a simulation study in Silvaco TCAD was carried out and it is observed that a recessed gate structure on conventional heterostructure successfully reduces SCEs and improves RF performance of the device. This work gives an overall view of gate length scaling on conventional AlGaN/GaN HEMTs.
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spellingShingle Investigation of RF performance of Ku-band GaN HEMT device and an in-depth analysis of short channel effects
Raychaudhuri, Jagori
Mukherjee, Jayjit
Kumar, Sudhir
Rawal, D. S.
Mishra, Meena
Ghosh, Santanu
Applied Physics
In this paper, we have characterized an AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) with a short gate length (Lg $\approx$ 0.15$μ$m). We have studied the effect of short gate length on the small signal parameters, linearity parameters and gm-gd ratio in GaN HEMT devices. To understand how scaling results in the variation of the above-mentioned parameters a comparative study with higher gate length devices on similar heterostructure is also presented here. We have scaled down the gate length but the barrier thickness(t$_{bar}$) remained same which affects the aspect ratio (L$_{g}$/t$_{bar}$) of the device and its inseparable consequences are the prominent short channel effects (SCEs) barring the optimum output performance of the device. These interesting phenomena were studied in detail and explored over a temperature range of -40$^\circ$C to 80$^\circ$C. To the best of our knowledge this paper explores temperature dependence of SCEs of GaN HEMT for the first time. With an approach to reduce the impact of SCEs a simulation study in Silvaco TCAD was carried out and it is observed that a recessed gate structure on conventional heterostructure successfully reduces SCEs and improves RF performance of the device. This work gives an overall view of gate length scaling on conventional AlGaN/GaN HEMTs.
title Investigation of RF performance of Ku-band GaN HEMT device and an in-depth analysis of short channel effects
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02365