BREAKDOWN ANALYSIS OF AN ASYMMETRICAL DOUBLE RECESSED POWER MESFETS

被引:18
|
作者
GAQUIERE, C [1 ]
BONTE, B [1 ]
THERON, D [1 ]
CROSNIER, Y [1 ]
ARSENEHENRI, P [1 ]
PACOU, T [1 ]
机构
[1] THOMSON CSF,SEMICOND SPECIF,F-91401 ORSAY,FRANCE
关键词
D O I
10.1109/16.370078
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
FET's with double stepped gate recess are commonly admitted to be presently a very convenient structure capable to overcome the fundamental power limitation related to the breakdown voltage. The present paper deals with an analysis of a double recessed MESFET with a very good and instructive breakdown performance. For the first time we explain an the basis of gate current observations why the double recess structure allows a large breakdown improvement not only at pinch off voltage but also at open channel. Moreover it is shown that the breakdown optimization is fully compatible with the microwave gain performance.
引用
收藏
页码:209 / 214
页数:6
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [31] Fabrication of 4H-SiC MESFETs on conducting substrates and analysis of their premature breakdown
    Song, NJ
    Kim, J
    Choi, CK
    Burm, J
    JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, 2004, 44 (02) : 418 - 422
  • [32] ANALYSIS OF SURFACE-INDUCED DEGRADATION OF GAAS POWER MESFETS
    DUMAS, JM
    LECROSNIER, D
    BRESSE, JF
    IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, 1985, 6 (04) : 192 - 194
  • [33] CHANGE OF GM(F) AND BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE INDUCED BY THERMAL ANNEALING OF SURFACE-STATES IN POWER MESFETS
    CANALI, C
    CORTI, E
    GABRIELLI, B
    MAGISTRALI, F
    PACCAGNELLA, A
    SANGALLI, M
    TEDESCO, C
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 1990, 37 (04) : 1163 - 1165
  • [34] Improvement of off-state breakdown voltage in power GaAs MESFETs based on an accurate simulation scheme
    Kunihiro, K
    Takahashi, Y
    Ohno, Y
    INTERNATIONAL ELECTRON DEVICES MEETING 1998 - TECHNICAL DIGEST, 1998, : 71 - 74
  • [35] DRAIN AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN IN GALLIUM-ARSENIDE MESFETS
    WADA, Y
    TOMIZAWA, M
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 1988, 35 (11) : 1765 - 1770
  • [36] Novel high power GaAs MESFETs with low distortion and high gate-drain breakdown voltage
    Fujimoto, H
    Morimoto, S
    Masato, H
    Tamura, A
    COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS 1995, 1996, 145 : 737 - 742
  • [37] COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE IN POWER GAAS-MESFETS, ALGAAS GAAS TEGFETS AND INP MISFETS
    DEJAEGER, JC
    TEMCAMANI, F
    LEFEBVRE, M
    KOZLOWSKI, R
    FELLON, P
    PRIBETICH, J
    CROSNIER, Y
    REVUE DE PHYSIQUE APPLIQUEE, 1988, 23 (07): : 1205 - 1213
  • [38] Improved Performance of 4H-SiC MESFETs with Triple-recessed Structure
    Jia, Hujun
    Zhang, Hang
    Xing, Ding
    Ma, Peimiao
    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION (ICITIA 2015), 2015, : 86 - 90
  • [39] Simulation study on breakdown behavior of fieldplate SiC MESFETs
    Cha, HY
    Choi, YC
    Eastman, LF
    Spencer, MG
    HIGH PERFORMANCE DEVICES, PROCEEDINGS, 2005, : 260 - 265
  • [40] Development of double recessed AlInAs/GaInAs/InP HEMTs for millimeter wave power applications
    Hur, KY
    McTaggart, RA
    Lemonias, PJ
    Hoke, WE
    SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS, 1997, 41 (10) : 1581 - 1585