Density-dependent electron transport and precise modeling of GaN high electron mobility transistors
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States)
- Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Massachusetts 01810 (United States)
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 (United States)
We report on the direct measurement of two-dimensional sheet charge density dependence of electron transport in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). Pulsed IV measurements established increasing electron velocities with decreasing sheet charge densities, resulting in saturation velocity of 1.9 × 10{sup 7 }cm/s at a low sheet charge density of 7.8 × 10{sup 11 }cm{sup −2}. An optical phonon emission-based electron velocity model for GaN is also presented. It accommodates stimulated longitudinal optical (LO) phonon emission which clamps the electron velocity with strong electron-phonon interaction and long LO phonon lifetime in GaN. A comparison with the measured density-dependent saturation velocity shows that it captures the dependence rather well. Finally, the experimental result is applied in TCAD-based device simulator to predict DC and small signal characteristics of a reported GaN HEMT. Good agreement between the simulated and reported experimental results validated the measurement presented in this report and established accurate modeling of GaN HEMTs.
- OSTI ID:
- 22482256
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 15; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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