Document Type
Article
Abstract
Gated transmission line model pattern measurements of the transient current–voltage characteristics of AlGaN/GaN heterostructurefield-effect transistors(HFETs) and metal–oxide–semiconductor HFETs were made to develop a phenomenological model for current collapse. Our measurements show that, under pulsed gate bias, the current collapse results from increased source–gate and gate–drain resistances but not from the channel resistance under the gate. We propose a model linking this increase in series resistances (and, therefore, the current collapse) to a decrease in piezoelectriccharge resulting from the gate bias-induced nonuniform strain in the AlGaN barrier layer.
Publication Info
Published in Applied Physics Letters, Volume 79, Issue 16, 2001, pages 2651-2653.
©Applied Physics Letters 2001, American Institute of Physics (AIP).
Simin, G., Koudymov, A., Tarakji, A., Hu, X., Yang, J., Khan, M. A., Shur, M. S., & Gaska, R. (15 October 2001). Induced Strain Mechanism of Current Collapse in AlGaN/GaN Heterostructure Field-Effect Transistors. Applied Physics letters, 79 (16), 2651-2653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1412282
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©Applied Physics Letters 2001, American Institute of Physics (AIP).
Simin, G., Koudymov, A., Tarakji, A., Hu, X., Yang, J., Khan, M. A., Shur, M. S., & Gaska, R. (15 October 2001). Induced Strain Mechanism of Current Collapse in AlGaN/GaN Heterostructure Field-Effect Transistors. Applied Physics letters, 79 (16), 2651-2653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1412282