Electronics Letters · 1996 · 122 citations · 3 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMaterials ScienceMicroelectronicsSemiconductor DevicesSemiconductor MaterialsField-effect TransistorsHigh-frequency Semiconductor DevicesSemiconductor HeterostructuresWide Band Gap SemiconductorsWide-bandgap Semiconductor DevicesWide-bandgap SemiconductorsCutoff FrequencyHeterostructure DevicesHeterostructure Field-effect TransistorsHeterostructure TransistorsHigh-frequency ElectronicsMicrowave DevicesMicrowave TransistorsRadio-frequency Devices
The authors report on the improved microwave performance of short AlGaN/GaN doped channel heterostructure field effect transistors. These transistors with 0.25 µm gates have a cutoff frequency fT up to 36.1 GHz (the highest reported value for a wide-bandgap semiconductor) and a maximum oscillation frequency fmax ≃ 70.8 GHz. This value of fT is the highest value reported for any wide-bandgap semiconductor device.
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