{"title":"Low-k BCB passivated Al/sub 0.5/Ga/sub 0.5/As/In/sub 0.15/Ga/sub 0.85/As enhancement-mode pHEMTs","authors":"H. Chiu, Shih-Cheng Yang, Y. Chan","doi":"10.1109/GAAS.2001.964392","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A high power-added efficiency Al/sub 0.5/Ga/sub 0.5/As/InGaAs enhancement-mode pHEMTs with benzocyclobutene (BCB) passivated layer are fabricated and characterized. This passivation technology takes advantages of the low dielectric permittivity (2.7) and a low loss tangent (0.0008), which simplifies the passivation process for microwave power device. In this work, we not only suppress the drain-source breakdown voltage but also improve the device power performance under a high input power swing by using a BCB passivation layer. The passivated 1.0 /spl mu/m-long gate pHEMTs exhibit a higher off-state performance than unpassivated ones. The maximum output power under a 2.4 GHz operation is 118 mW/mm, with a linear power gain of 11.1 dB, and a power-added efficiency of 60%. These characteristics demonstrate a great potential for BCB passivated E-mode pHEMTs on the large-signal microwave power device applications.","PeriodicalId":269944,"journal":{"name":"GaAs IC Symposium. IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 23rd Annual Technical Digest 2001 (Cat. No.01CH37191)","volume":"129 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"GaAs IC Symposium. IEEE Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuit Symposium. 23rd Annual Technical Digest 2001 (Cat. No.01CH37191)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GAAS.2001.964392","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A high power-added efficiency Al/sub 0.5/Ga/sub 0.5/As/InGaAs enhancement-mode pHEMTs with benzocyclobutene (BCB) passivated layer are fabricated and characterized. This passivation technology takes advantages of the low dielectric permittivity (2.7) and a low loss tangent (0.0008), which simplifies the passivation process for microwave power device. In this work, we not only suppress the drain-source breakdown voltage but also improve the device power performance under a high input power swing by using a BCB passivation layer. The passivated 1.0 /spl mu/m-long gate pHEMTs exhibit a higher off-state performance than unpassivated ones. The maximum output power under a 2.4 GHz operation is 118 mW/mm, with a linear power gain of 11.1 dB, and a power-added efficiency of 60%. These characteristics demonstrate a great potential for BCB passivated E-mode pHEMTs on the large-signal microwave power device applications.