A PSEUDOMORPHIC ALGAAS/N+-INGAAS METAL INSULATOR-DOPED CHANNEL FET FOR BROAD-BAND, LARGE-SIGNAL APPLICATIONS

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作者
GREENBERG, DR [1 ]
DELALAMO, JA [1 ]
HARBISON, JP [1 ]
FLOREZ, LT [1 ]
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[1] BELL COMMUN RES INC,RED BANK,NJ 07701
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10.1109/55.119157
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We demonstrate MBE-grown L(g) = 1.7-mu-m pseudomorphic Al0.38Ga0.62As/n+-In0.15Ga0.85As/GaAs metal-insulator-doped channel FET's (MIDGET's) displaying extremely broad plateaus in both f(T) and f(max) versus V(GS), with f(T) sustaining 90% of its peak over a gate swing of 2.6 V. Drain current is highly linear with V(GS) over this swing, reaching 514 mA/mm. We find no frequency dispersion in g(m) up to 3 GHz, indicating the absence of electrically active traps in the undoped AlGaAs pseudoinsulator layer. These properties combine to make the pseudomorphic MIDFET highly suited to linear, large-signal, broad-band applications.
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