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Studies of indium aluminum arsenide/indium gallium arsenide and gallium indium phosphide/gallium arsenide heterostructure FET's for high-speed applications.

dc.contributor.authorChan, Yi-Jenen_US
dc.contributor.advisorPavlidis, Dimitrisen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-24T16:12:30Z
dc.date.available2014-02-24T16:12:30Z
dc.date.issued1992en_US
dc.identifier.other(UMI)AAI9303704en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:9303704en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/103043
dc.description.abstractHeterostructure FET's based on InAlAs/InGaAs and GaInP/GaAs materials were fabricated and systematically studied for high speed integrated circuit applications. The performance of different HEMT and HIGFET designs was evaluated and compared. InAlAs/InGaAs and GaInP/GaAs materials demonstrate some promising features which make them very attractive for replacing the most commonly used AlGaAs/GaAs system. Strained channel designs can improve the transport properties of both n- and p-channel FET's by reducing the carrier effective mass and improving the carrier confinement. Unlike the AlGaAs/GaAs HEMT's, GaInP/GaAs HEMT's show no current collapse or threshold voltage shift at low temperature. This indicates minimum trapping effects in the doped GaInP layer as confirmed by low-frequency noise measurements; pure 1/f noise was found at low temperature without Lorentz-shaped spectra. Strained InAlAs/InGaAs p-doped channel designs demonstrated a performance improvement compared to the lattice-matched case due to the reduction of the hole effective mass. P-channel HIGFET's realized by Carbon and Argon co-implantation presented a lower access resistance compared to the conventional Be-implantation, and resulted in a better g$\sb{\rm m}$ and I$\sb{\rm ds}$. Lattice-matched and strained InAlAs/In$\sb{\rm x}$Ga$\sb{\rm 1-x}$As (0.53 $\le$ 0.70) HIGFET's were systematically investigated. DC and microwave performance continuously improved as the In content was increased up to 65% in the In$\sb{\rm x}$Ga$\sb{\rm 1-x}$As channel. 0.2 $\mu$m WSi$\sb{\rm x}$ T-gate InAlAs/InGaAs HIGFET's were implemented by the lift-off process, and showed a g$\sb{\rm m}$ of 650 mS/mm and f$\sb{\rm T}$ of 45 GHz. Through our studies, HIGFET structures showed a negligible sidegating effect and a slight orientation effect. Undoped InAlAs buffer layers revealed a high density of deep traps which causes a parasitic conduction and results in a high g$\sb{\rm ds}$. E/D-mode InAlAs/InGaAs HIGFET's circuits demonstrated a high uniformity of threshold voltage, high DC gain, large noise margin and high thermal stability. Functional logic gates based on the E/D-mode HIGFET can be operated at least up to 400 MHz, and the switching time for a single inverter stage was found to be as low as 25 psec.en_US
dc.format.extent237 p.en_US
dc.subjectEngineering, Electronics and Electricalen_US
dc.titleStudies of indium aluminum arsenide/indium gallium arsenide and gallium indium phosphide/gallium arsenide heterostructure FET's for high-speed applications.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.thesisdegreenamePhDen_US
dc.description.thesisdegreedisciplineElectrical Engineeringen_US
dc.description.thesisdegreegrantorUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studiesen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/103043/1/9303704.pdf
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dc.owningcollnameDissertations and Theses (Ph.D. and Master's)


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