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This research article reports the operational characteristics of gate field plate double heterojunction (DH) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) using SiN (SiO2) passivation techniques. The proposed HEMT exhibits 496 (292) V breakdown voltage (VBR) for LG (gate-length) = 0.25 μm, LGD (drain-gate distance) = 3.2 μm and 1 μm field plate length HEMT. The n + GaN source/drain regions with SiN (SiO2) passivation AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN HEMT delivered 1.4 (1.3) A/mm peak drain current density (Ids), 540 (550) mS/mm gm (transconductance), fT/fMAX of 54/198 (62/252) GHz, and the sub-threshold drain leakage current of 4 × 10−13 (1 × 10−11) A/mm. The high Johnson figure of merit (JFoM = fT × VBR) of 28.76 (19.27) THz.V and excellent VBR × fMAX product of 90.27 (73.29) THz.V demonstrates the great potential of the optimized gate field plate DH-HEMTs structure for U and V band high power microwave electronics.
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Murugapandiyan, P., Nirmal, D., Ajayan, J. et al. Investigation of Influence of SiN and SiO2 Passivation in Gate Field Plate Double Heterojunction Al0.3Ga0.7N/GaN/Al0.04Ga0.96N High Electron Mobility Transistors. Silicon 14, 1421–1429 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00899-z
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