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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Semiconductor Device Physics

Background:

  • Conventional High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) exhibit normal switching behavior.
  • Achieving inverting-switch functionality typically requires complex external circuitry.
  • Integration of vertical and lateral transistor structures presents design challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a monolithic Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based Channel Aperture Vertical Electron Transistor-High Electron Mobility Transistor (CAVET-HEMT).
  • To demonstrate the device's inverting-switch behavior and enhanced electrical characteristics.
  • To explore the potential of integrated vertical-lateral architectures for advanced electronic applications.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a monolithic GaN-based device integrating CAVET and HEMT structures.
  • Electrical characterization to evaluate key performance metrics such as saturation current, transconductance, and operating range.
  • High-frequency measurements to assess performance at GHz frequencies.

Main Results:

  • The CAVET-HEMT achieved a saturation current of 0.707 A/mm and peak transconductance of 4.296 S/mm, significantly outperforming conventional HEMTs.
  • Demonstrated a compressed triode operating range (1.15 V) and improved gate-voltage sensitivity (5.43×).
  • Achieved high-frequency operation with fT = 3.5 GHz and fmax = 6.5 GHz, slightly exceeding HEMT performance.

Conclusions:

  • The monolithic CAVET-HEMT successfully integrates vertical and lateral transistor functionalities, offering superior current-handling, sharp transconductance, and inverting-switch behavior.
  • This novel architecture enhances device performance and operational versatility, enabling compact, high-speed, and high-power switching and logic applications.
  • The integrated vertical-lateral design represents a paradigm shift in GaN device development, achieving multi-stage performance in a single monolithic structure.