Improvement in RF performance of 40-nm InAs-channel based HEMTs using Pt gate sinking with two-step recess processes technology

Abstract

Forty-nanometer lnAs HEMT devices fabricated by two-step recess and Pt-buried gate were demonstrated for low-noise and low-power millimeter wave applications. The device exhibited a high transconductance of 1650 mS/mm at a drain voltage of 0.5 V. Improvement of the current-gain cutoff frequency from 395 GHz to 423 GHz was achieved with minimum noise figure below 2.5 dB up to 64 GHz at only 4.33 mW DC power consumption level. Besides, the output conductance was decreased from 2400 mS/ mm to 325 mS/mm. These superior performances are attributed to mitigation of the short-channel effect through the proposed technology. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.