Title :
Heterostructure field effect transistor with doping dipole in charge control layer
Author :
Zou, Jingxin ; Gopinath, Anand ; Akinwande, T. ; Shur, Michael S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA
fDate :
7/5/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The heterostructure field effect transistors with a doping dipole layer obtained by planar p++ and n++ layers in charge control layer are proposed and fabricated in AlGaAs/GaAs. The dipole creates a large barrier between the channel and the gate, and this leads to a reduction of the forward biased gate current, a broad transconductance peak, a high maximum drain current, and no negative transconductance in enhancement-mode n-channel devices.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; field effect transistors; gallium arsenide; semiconductor technology; AlGaAs-GaAs; broad transconductance peak; channel gate barrier; charge control layer; doping dipole layer; enhancement-mode n-channel devices; forward biased gate current reduction; heterostructure field effect transistors; high maximum drain current; no negative transconductance; planar n ++ layers; planar p ++ layers; semiconductors;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900627