• DocumentCode
    1378526
  • Title

    Extremely high gain 0.15 mu m gate-length InAlAs/InGaAs/InP HEMTs

  • Author

    Ho, Paul ; Kao, M.Y. ; Chao, P.C. ; Duh, K.H.G. ; Ballingall, J.M. ; Allen, Scott T. ; Smith, P.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Lab., General Electric Co., Syracuse, NY, USA
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    325
  • Lastpage
    327
  • Abstract
    High electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) based on the InAlAs/InGaAs heterojunction grown lattice matched to InP were fabricated with 0.15 mu m T-shaped gates. The use of an undoped InGaAs cap layer in the epitaxial structure leads to excellent gate characteristics and very high transistor gain. At 95 GHz, a maximum available gain of 13.6 dB was measured. A maximum frequency of oscillation fmax of 455 GHz was obtained by extrapolating from 95 GHz at -6 dB/octave. This is the best reported gain performance for any transistor.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; high electron mobility transistors; indium compounds; solid-state microwave devices; 0.15 micron; 13.6 dB; 455 GHz; 95 GHz; EHF; HEMTs; InAlAs-InGaAs-InP; MM-wave devices; T-shaped gates; epitaxial structure; high transistor gain; millimetre wave region; submicron gate length; undoped InGaAs cap layer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910206
  • Filename
    86737