GaN-based power devices: Physics, reliability, and perspectives

M Meneghini, C De Santi, I Abid, M Buffolo… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Over the last decade, gallium nitride (GaN) has emerged as an excellent material for the
fabrication of power devices. Among the semiconductors for which power devices are …

Reproducing GaN HEMT kink effect by simulating field-enhanced barrier defect ionization

M Grupen - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The kink effect, long observed in GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), is
investigated with the Fermi kinetics transport hot electron simulation method. Fermi kinetics …

Suitability of thin-GaN for AlGaN/GaN HEMT material and device

K Narang, VK Singh, A Pandey, R Khan… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
In this study, we report about the suitability of thin-GaN (~ 200 nm) for AlGaN/GaN HEMT
(High Electron Mobility Transistor) material and device. These HEMT structures are grown …

Thermal response and correlation between mobility and kink effect in GaN HEMTs

MA Alim, S Afrin, AA Rezazadeh, C Gaquière - Microelectronic Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This work notices the relation among the kink effect and the mobility in AlGaN/GaN HEMT
and its response to temperature. The kink phenomenon found in transistor behaviour are …

Temperature nonmonotonic behavior of GaN HEMTs kink effect caused by trap-assisted impact ionization

Q Dong, C Bo, S Yang, C Li, W Huang… - … on Electron Devices, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work reveals the complex relationship between the kink effect in AlGaN/gallium nitride
(GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) and temperature variations. Our research …

Dynamic Behavior of Threshold Voltage and IDVDS Kink in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs Due to Poole–Frenkel Effect

Z Gao, C De Santi, F Rampazzo, M Saro… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The kink effect in field-effect transistors (FETs) consists in a sudden increase in drain
current,, during a drain voltage sweep and leading to a higher saturation value. We report …

A Low-Power Microwave HEMT Oscillator Operating Down to 1.4 K

AV Matheoud, NS Solmaz… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) based on 2-D electron gases (2DEGs) in III-V
heterostructures have superior mobility compared with the transistors of silicon-based …

On the Onset of Breakdown of the Virtual Gate in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

S Gupta, JK Kaushik, A Gupta - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A physical model is proposed, which explains the breakdown of the virtual gate region. The
onset of this phenomenon is explained by impact ionization, which is subsequently …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation on de-trap** mechanisms related to non-monotonic kink pattern in GaN HEMT devices

C Sharma, R Laishram, A Amit, DS Rawal, S Vinayak… - AIP Advances, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
This article reports an experimental approach to analyze the kink effect phenomenon which
is usually observed during the GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) operation. De …

Large-signal modeling up to W-band of AlGaN/GaN based high-electron-mobility transistors

A Cutivet, P Altuntas, N Defrance… - 2015 10th European …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on the development of a thermo-electrical non-linear model for sub-100
nm gate length AlGaN/GaN High-Electron-Mobility Transistors (HEMT) grown on silicon …