• DocumentCode
    1405223
  • Title

    Gallium-arsenide E- and D-MESFET device noise characteristics operated at cryogenic temperatures with ultralow drain current

  • Author

    Sato, R.N. ; Sokolich, M. ; Doudoumopoulos, Nicholas ; Duffey, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    5/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    238
  • Lastpage
    240
  • Abstract
    The low-frequency noise characteristics of GaAs MESFETs operating at very low power and at cryogenic temperatures of 77 and 10 K as well as at room temperature are discussed. A self-aligned gate and a buried p-layer were incorporated to maximize device gain and minimize low-frequency noise. Measurements at 77 K show a noise voltage spectral density of 1.0-2.0 mu V/ square root Hz at 1.0 Hz (referred to the transistor input) with a drain current of 1.0 mu A.<>
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; Schottky gate field effect transistors; cryogenics; electron device noise; gallium arsenide; 1 muA; 10 K; 295 K; 77 K; D-MESFET; E-MESFET; GaAs; MESFETs; buried p-layer; cryogenic temperatures; low-frequency noise characteristics; noise voltage spectral density; room temperature; self-aligned gate; ultralow drain current; very low power; Circuit noise; Circuit testing; Cryogenics; Density measurement; Gallium arsenide; Low-frequency noise; MESFETs; Noise measurement; Plasma measurements; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/55.702
  • Filename
    702