Itagaki K., Ueda H., Terao Y., Horio K.
Shibaura Institute of Technology, JP
Keywords: current slump, drain lag, FET, field plate, GaAs, trap
Two-dimensional transient analysis of field-plate GaAs MESFETs is performed in which a deep donor “EL2” and a shallow acceptor are considered in a semi-insulating substrate, and the results are compared between the two cases with and without a field plate. It is shown that substrate-related drain lag is reduced by introducing a field plate because trapping effects become smaller. It is also shown that current slump and gate lag are also reduced in the field-plate structure. The dependence on field-plate length and SiO2 passivation layer thickness is also studied, suggesting that there are optimum values for these parameters to minimize the substrate-related current slump and also to maintain high frequency performance of GaAs MESFETs.
Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: 3, Nanotechnology 2009: Biofuels, Renewable Energy, Coatings, Fluidics and Compact Modeling
Published: May 3, 2009
Pages: 355 - 358
Industry sector: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
Topic: Informatics, Modeling & Simulation
ISBN: 978-1-4398-1784-1