OBSERVATION OF REVERSIBLE COLLAPSE PHENOMENA IN GAAS-MESFETS AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES

被引:3
作者
CAMIN, DV [1 ]
PESSINA, G [1 ]
PREVITALI, E [1 ]
机构
[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,SEZ MILANO,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY
关键词
FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; TRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MATERIALS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19911420
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A major change has been verified in the characteristics of GaAs MESFETs at 77K and at 4K after they have been subject to a drain voltage excursion larger than a threshold which depends on the transistor type. MESFETs can be recovered from collapse by inverting the drain and source terminals and applying a voltage excursion of a few volts. The collapse of a 3SK164 double-gate GaAs MESFET after a voltage excursion of 10 V is illustrated as a typical case.
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