High-efficiency AlN/GaN MIS-HEMTs with SiNx insulator grown in-situ for millimeter wave applications
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1.Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China;2.Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

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O48

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61822407, 62074161, 62004213); the National Key Research and Development Program of China under (2018YFE0125700)

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    In this work, high-efficiency AlN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high electron mobility transistors (MIS-HEMTs) have been fabricated for millimeter wave applications. A 5-nm SiNx insulator is grown in-situ as the gate insulator by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), contributing to remarkably suppressed gate leakage, interface state density and current collapse. The fabricated MIS-HEMTs exhibit a maximum drain current of 2.2 A/mm at VGS=2 V, an extrinsic peak Gm of 509 mS/mm, and a reverse Schottky gate leakage current of 4.7×10-6 A/mm when VGS = -30 V. Based on a 0.15 μm T-shaped gate technology, an fT of 98 GHz and fMAX of 165 GHz were obtained on the SiN/AlN/GaN MIS-HEMTs. Large signal measurement shows that, in a continuous-wave mode, the MIS-HEMTs deliver an output power density (Pout) of 2.3 W/mm associated with a power-added efficiency (PAE) of 45.2% at 40 GHz, and a Pout (PAE) of 5.2 W/mm (42.2%) when VDS was further increased to 15 V.

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CHEN Xiao-Juan, ZHANG Yi-Chuan, ZHANG Shen, LI Yan-Kui, NIU Jie-Bin, HUANG Sen, MA Xiao-Hua, ZHANG Jin-Cheng, WEI Ke. High-efficiency AlN/GaN MIS-HEMTs with SiNx insulator grown in-situ for millimeter wave applications[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves,2023,42(4):483~489

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  • Received:June 22,2022
  • Revised:March 23,2023
  • Adopted:July 19,2022
  • Online: March 20,2023
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