A review on GaN HEMTs: nonlinear mechanisms and improvement methods

C Du, R Ye, X Cai, X Duan, H Liu… - Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The GaN HEMT is a potential candidate for RF applications due to the high frequency and
large power handling capability. To ensure the quality of the communication signal, linearity …

Electron trapping in extended defects in microwave AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with carbon-doped buffers

J Bergsten, M Thorsell, D Adolph… - … on Electron Devices, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates AlGaN/GaN high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) fabricated on
epistructures with carbon (C)-doped buffers. Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition is used …

Millimeter-wave AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with 43.6% power-added-efficiency at 40 GHz fabricated by atomic layer etching gate recess

Y Zhang, S Huang, K Wei, S Zhang… - IEEE Electron …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low damage atomic layer etching (ALE) gate recess is developed for fabrication of
millimeter-wave AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs). Plasma ion induced …

Breakdown Enhancement and Current Collapse Suppression in AlGaN/GaN HEMT by NiOX/SiNX and Al2O3/SiNX as Gate Dielectric Layer and Passivation Layer

S Gao, Q Zhou, X Liu, H Wang - IEEE Electron Device Letters, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose two kinds of stacked materials that effectively yield low drain off-state leakage
current, high off-state breakdown voltage and low current collapse simultaneously in …

Enhanced drain current and cut off frequency in AlGaN/GaN HEMT with BGaN back barrier

KH Hamza, D Nirmal, ASA Fletcher, J Ajayan… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The DC and RF capability of GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) was enhanced by
incoorporating BGaN back barrier (BB). Different types of back barriers like AlGaN, BGaN …

Enhancement of Johnson figure of merit in III‐V HEMT combined with discrete field plate and AlGaN blocking layer

AS Augustine Fletcher, D Nirmal… - … Journal of RF and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMT is enhanced by using discrete field plate
(DFP) and AlGaN blocking layer. The AlGaN blocking layer provides an excellent …

Millimeter-wave power AlGaN/GaN HEMT using surface plasma treatment of access region

M Mi, XH Ma, L Yang, Y Lu, B Hou, J Zhu… - … on Electron Devices, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recess gate AlGaN/GaN millimeter-wave power high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs)
with N 2 O plasma treatment on access region have been fabricated. A thin oxide layer …

Gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors with thick copper metallization featuring a power density of 8.2 W/mm for Ka-band applications

YC Lin, SH Chen, PH Lee, KH Lai, TJ Huang… - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Copper-metallized gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) using a
Ti/Pt/Ti diffusion barrier layer are fabricated and characterized for Ka-band applications. With …

GaN HEMT for High-performance Applications: A Revolutionary Technology

G Pattnaik, M Mohapatra - Recent Advances in Electrical & …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
Background: The upsurge in the field of radio frequency power electronics has led to the
involvement of wide bandgap semiconductor materials because of their potential …

A tall gate stem GaN HEMT with improved power density and efficiency at Ka-band

PH Lee, YC Lin, HT Hsu, YF Tsao… - IEEE Journal of the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with tall-gate-stem structures were realized to improve the
power performance of Ka-band devices, and a film thinning process is adopted in the …