High-power microwave 0.25-μm gate doped-channel GaN/AlGaN heterostructure field effect transistor

We report on the high-power performance of the 0.25-/spl mu/m gate Doped-Channel GaN/AlGaN Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors (DC-HFETs). At a drain bias voltage of 18 V and drain bias current of 46 mA, these 100-/spl mu/m wide devices exhibit high gain at 8.4 GHz with a power density reaching 1.73 W/mm. The devices also display high gain at moderate power over a wide range of frequencies. This high gain at high frequency is a result of an optimal doping level in the AlGaN layer that gives rise to a high sheet charge density while maintaining a high-channel electron mobility. These results demonstrate the excellent microwave power capability of the GaN/AlGaN based heterostructure field effect transistors.

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