Title
Reliability Investigation of GaN HEMTs for MMICs Applications.
Abstract
Results obtained during the evaluation of radio frequency (RF) reliability carried out on several devices fabricated with different epi-structure and field-plate geometries will be presented and discussed. Devices without a field-plate structure experienced a more severe degradation when compared to their counterparts while no significant correlation has been observed with respect of the different epi-structure tested. RF stress induced two main changes in the device electrical characteristics, i.e., an increase in drain current dispersion and a reduction in gate-leakage currents. Both of these phenomena can be explained by assuming a density increase of an acceptor trap located beneath the gate contact and in the device barrier layer. Numerical simulations carried out with the aim of supporting the proposed mechanism will also be presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.3390/mi5030570
MICROMACHINES
Keywords
Field
DocType
GaN HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistors),reliability,RF stress,degradation mechanism
Gallium nitride,Dispersion (optics),Acceptor,Barrier layer,Degradation (geology),Electronic engineering,Radio frequency,High-electron-mobility transistor,Materials science,Drain current
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
5
3
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alessandro Chini14313.88
Gaudenzio Meneghesso26738.27
A. Pantellini362.67
Claudio Lanzieri4104.44
Enrico Zanoni56037.05