Silicon ions were implanted to source-drain regions to achieve a non-alloyed ohmic contact resistance as low as 0.2 Ω · mm. Based on this technology, T-shaped deep submicron HEMTs were fabricated. An extrinsic fT of 92 GHz and an extrinsic fmax of 148 GHz have been measured in a passivated 0.15×150 µm device. Power measurements at 10 GHZ showed 70.7% power-added-efficiency and 4.1 W/mm power density at 20 V drain bias.
Inspec keywords: wide band gap semiconductors; high electron mobility transistors; aluminium compounds; millimetre wave field effect transistors; ohmic contacts; gallium compounds; III-V semiconductors; contact resistance; ion implantation
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Subjects: Other field effect devices; Solid-state microwave circuits and devices; Semiconductor doping
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