Cryogenic Performance of Low-Noise InP HEMTs: a Monte Carlo Study
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

In this paper, we present a study of the cryogenic performance of InP high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) in the low-noise region by means of Monte Carlo simulations. A decrease of the contact resistances and an increase in the electron velocity in the channel together with enhanced channel electron confinement upon cooling of the device are observed, and considered to be the reason for the excellent low-noise behavior of cryogenic InP HEMTs. These findings are supported by a good agreement between simulated and experimental DC, RF, and noise figure data of a 130-nm gate length InP HEMT at 300 and 77 K. An increase of the transconductance g(m) and gate-to-source capacitance C-gs is observed when cooling from 300 to 77 K as a consequence of electron velocity increase and improved channel confinement.

noise parameters

InGaAs/InAlAs/InP high electron mobility transistor (HEMT)

low noise

Cryogenic temperature

Monte Carlo simulations

Författare

Helena Rodilla

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

Gigahertzcentrum

Joel Schleeh

Gigahertzcentrum

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

Per-Åke Nilsson

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

Gigahertzcentrum

Niklas Wadefalk

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

Gigahertzcentrum

J. Mateos

Universidad de Salamanca

Jan Grahn

Gigahertzcentrum

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Mikrovågselektronik

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

0018-9383 (ISSN) 15579646 (eISSN)

Vol. 60 5 1625-1631

Styrkeområden

Informations- och kommunikationsteknik

Ämneskategorier

Elektroteknik och elektronik

Infrastruktur

Nanotekniklaboratoriet

DOI

10.1109/TED.2013.2253469

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