A NOVEL HIGH-VOLTAGE HIGH-SPEED MESFET USING A STANDARD GAAS DIGITAL IC PROCESS

被引:15
作者
MOK, PKT
SALAMA, CAT
机构
[1] Univ of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1109/16.277371
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
A novel gallium arsenide high-voltage MESFET structure (HVFET) suitable for high-voltage, high-speed output drivers is described. The device uses an extended drain region and a two-step gate field plate structure to achieve high breakdown voltage of 130 V. The device is implemented using a standard GaAs enhancement/depletion MESFET digital IC process without any additional processing steps and exhibits turn-on and turn-off times under 200 ps.
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