Enhancement- and depletion-mode InGaP/InGaAs pHEMTs on 6-Inch GaAs substrate

Hsien Chin Chiu*, Chia Shih Cheng, Shih Yuan-Jui, Chan Shin Wu

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Abstract

The cost effective enhancement-mode (E-mode) and depletion-mode (D-mode) InGaP/InGaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (pHEMTs) on 6-inch GaAs substrate have been developed. The 0.5 μm gate fingers of E-mode and D-mode pHEMTs are deposited simultaneously in this process simplification. This InGaP/InGaAs E-mode pHEMT exhibits a maximum drain-to-source current (I ds) of 460 mA/mm, and a maximum transconductance (gm) of 430 mS/mm. Under 5.2 GHz operation, 216 mW/mm power density, 40 % power added efficiency (PAE) and 0.81 dB minimum noise figure (NFmin) are also achieved for E-mode device. In this study, D-mode pHEMTs are applied for switch monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) which provides an insertion loss of-1.8 dB and an isolation of -9.2 dB under the 28 dBm input power (P in) and 5.5 GHz operation. From these measured results, this cost effective E/D-mode InGaP/InGaAs pHEMT technology exhibits a highly potential for WLAN applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAPMC 2005
Subtitle of host publicationAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings 2005
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
EventAPMC 2005: Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference 2005 - Suzhou, China
Duration: 04 12 200507 12 2005

Publication series

NameAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC
Volume2

Conference

ConferenceAPMC 2005: Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference 2005
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySuzhou
Period04/12/0507/12/05

Keywords

  • Depletion-mode
  • Enhancement-mode
  • InGaP
  • Switch
  • pHEMT

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