III-Nitride Transistors with Capacitively Coupled Contacts

Author(s)

Grigory Simin, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
Z.-J. Yang
A. Koudymov
V. AdivarahanFollow
M. Asif Khan

Document Type

Article

Abstract

AlGaN∕GaNheterostructure field-effect transistor design using capacitively coupled contacts (C³HFET) is presented. Insulated-gate [C³ metal-oxide-semiconductor HFET(C³MOSHFET)] has also been realized. The capacitively coupled source, gate, and drain of C3 device do not require annealedOhmic contacts and can be fabricated using gate alignment-free technology. For typical AlGaN∕GaNheterostructures, the equivalent contact resistance of C³ transistors is below 0.6Ωmm. In rf-control applications, the C³HFET and especially the C³MOSHFET have much higher operating rf powers as compared to HFETs.C³ design is instrumental for studying the two-dimensional electron gas transport in other wide band gap heterostructures such as AlN∕GaN, diamond, etc., where Ohmic contact fabrication is difficult.

Publication Info

Published in Applied Physics Letters, Volume 89, Issue 3, 2006, pages #033510-.

©Applied Physics Letters 2006, AIP (American Institute of Physics).

Simin, G., Yang, Z.-J., Koudymov, A., Adivarahan, V., Yang, J., & Khan, M. A. (17 July 2006). III-Nitride Transistors with Capacitively Coupled Contacts. Applied Physics Letters, 89 (3), #033510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2234725

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©Applied Physics Letters 2006, AIP (American Institute of Physics).

Simin, G., Yang, Z.-J., Koudymov, A., Adivarahan, V., Yang, J., & Khan, M. A. (17 July 2006). III-Nitride Transistors with Capacitively Coupled Contacts. Applied Physics Letters, 89 (3), #033510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2234725