Comparison of Drain Current Transient Characteristics of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs in the Linear and Saturation Regions after OFF-state Stress

Chih Wei Cho, Yue Ming Hsin

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Abstract

This work presents drain current transient characteristics of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs in the linear and saturation regions after OFF-state stress. Due to the various RF input power and DC quiescent point, a broad range sweep happens for switching-mode RF power amplifier application. As the device switches from OFF-state stress into an ON-state linear region, the temperature dependence of the de-trapping is observed in this work. A single trap with an activation energy (EA) of around 0.52 eV is extracted for the device. On the contrary, the device switches from OFF-state stress into an ON-state in the saturation region, and the de-trapping mechanism is dominated by electric field-assisted tunneling. In addition, the trap (∼ 0.52eV) is added to the buffer layer in Silvaco TCAD simulation to verify the observation. By this method, it is possible to estimate the trap density to correlate with the experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWiPDA Asia 2023 - IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Asia
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350337112
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event2023 IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Asia, WiPDA Asia 2023 - Hsinchu, Taiwan
Duration: 27 Aug 202329 Aug 2023

Publication series

NameWiPDA Asia 2023 - IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Asia

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Asia, WiPDA Asia 2023
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityHsinchu
Period27/08/2329/08/23

Keywords

  • GaN
  • current dispersion
  • trapping

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