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High performance 0.14 /spl mu/m gate-length AlGaN/GaN power HEMTs on SiC

High electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) were fabricated from AlGaN/GaN on semi-insulating SiC substrates with excellent performance and high yield. The devices had 0.14 /spl mu/m T-gates with a total width of 300 /spl mu/m. Extrinsic, unpassivated peak performance values for these HEMTs include transconductance of 338 mS/mm, maximum drain current of 1481 mA/mm, unity current gain cutoff frequency of 91 GHz, and maximum frequency of oscillation of 122 GHz. Saturated CW power measurements of these devices at 10 GHz result in 4.6 W/mm with PAE at 46% when optimized for power and 3.0 W/mm with PAE at 65% when optimized for efficiency.

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