Gate frequency sweep: An effective method to evaluate the dynamic performance of AlGaN/GaN power heterojunction field effect transistors

With this paper we propose a test method for evaluating the dynamic performance of GaN-based transistors, namely, gate-frequency sweep measurements: the effectiveness of the method is verified by characterizing the dynamic performance of Gate Injection Transistors. We demonstrate that this method can provide an effective description of the impact of traps on the transient performance of Heterojunction Field Effect Transistors, and information on the properties (activation energy and cross section) of the related defects. Moreover, we discuss the relation between the results obtained by gate-frequency sweep measurements and those collected by conventional drain current transients and double pulse characterization.

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