Design optimization of the graded AlGaN/GaN HEMT device performance based on material and physical dimensions
Purpose: To design and optimize the traditional aluminum gallium nitride/gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device in achieving improved performance and current handling capability using the Synopsys’ Sentaurus TCAD tool. Design/methodology/approach: Varying material and physic...
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my.um.eprints.237802020-02-13T02:49:11Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/23780/ Design optimization of the graded AlGaN/GaN HEMT device performance based on material and physical dimensions Othman, Nurul Aida Farhana Rahman, Sharidya Wan Muhamad Hatta, Sharifah Fatmadiana Soin, Norhayati Benbakhti, Brahim Duffy, Steven TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Purpose: To design and optimize the traditional aluminum gallium nitride/gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device in achieving improved performance and current handling capability using the Synopsys’ Sentaurus TCAD tool. Design/methodology/approach: Varying material and physical considerations, specifically investigating the effects of graded barriers, spacer interlayer, material selection for the channel, as well as study of the effects in the physical dimensions of the HEMT, have been extensively carried out. Findings: Critical figure-of-merits, specifically the DC characteristics, 2DEG concentrations and mobility of the heterostructure device, have been evaluated. Significant observations include enhancement of maximum current density by 63 per cent, whereas the electron concentration was found to propagate by 1,020 cm−3 in the channel. Practical implications: This work aims to provide tactical optimization to traditional heterostructure field effect transistors, rendering its application as power amplifiers, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMICs) and Radar, which requires low noise performance and very high radio frequency design operations. Originality/value: Analysis in covering the breadth and complexity of heterostructure devices has been carefully executed through extensive TCAD modeling, and the end structure obtained has been optimized to provide best performance. © 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Emerald 2019 Article PeerReviewed Othman, Nurul Aida Farhana and Rahman, Sharidya and Wan Muhamad Hatta, Sharifah Fatmadiana and Soin, Norhayati and Benbakhti, Brahim and Duffy, Steven (2019) Design optimization of the graded AlGaN/GaN HEMT device performance based on material and physical dimensions. Microelectronics International, 36 (2). pp. 73-82. ISSN 1356-5362 https://doi.org/10.1108/MI-09-2018-0057 doi:10.1108/MI-09-2018-0057 |
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Purpose: To design and optimize the traditional aluminum gallium nitride/gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device in achieving improved performance and current handling capability using the Synopsys’ Sentaurus TCAD tool. Design/methodology/approach: Varying material and physical considerations, specifically investigating the effects of graded barriers, spacer interlayer, material selection for the channel, as well as study of the effects in the physical dimensions of the HEMT, have been extensively carried out. Findings: Critical figure-of-merits, specifically the DC characteristics, 2DEG concentrations and mobility of the heterostructure device, have been evaluated. Significant observations include enhancement of maximum current density by 63 per cent, whereas the electron concentration was found to propagate by 1,020 cm−3 in the channel. Practical implications: This work aims to provide tactical optimization to traditional heterostructure field effect transistors, rendering its application as power amplifiers, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMICs) and Radar, which requires low noise performance and very high radio frequency design operations. Originality/value: Analysis in covering the breadth and complexity of heterostructure devices has been carefully executed through extensive TCAD modeling, and the end structure obtained has been optimized to provide best performance. © 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. |
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Design optimization of the graded AlGaN/GaN HEMT device performance based on material and physical dimensions |
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Design optimization of the graded AlGaN/GaN HEMT device performance based on material and physical dimensions |
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