High Power/PAE (27.8dBm/66%) Emode GaN-on-Si MOSHEMTs for 5V FR3 UE Annlications
Enhancement mode (Emode) GaN MOSHEMTs with high-polarization charge density barriers (AlN, InAlN) and regrown source/drain are investigated for low-voltage 6G FR3 power amplifiers. We demonstrate high output power and PAE of <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\sim 27.8\text{dBm}(\sim \text{lW}/\text{mm})$</tex> and 66%, respectively, at 13GHz for 115 nm gate length Emode MOSHEMTs using an InAlN top barrier and an AlGaN/cGaN composite back barrier (BB). Furthermore, a record low total contact resistance of 0.024 <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\Omega$</tex>. mm is demonstrated by incorporating highly n-doped selectively regrown (In)GaN layers on GaN channel, which, according to TCAD simulations, can further boost the output power to <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$2\mathrm{W}/\text{mm}$</tex>.
Authors
- A. Sibaja-Hernandez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2315-9028)
- Rana ElKashlan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0576-4344)
- A. Alian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3463-416X)
- Babak Kazemi Esfeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3104-890X)
- Sourish Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4124-7881)
- Nadine Collaert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8062-3165)
- Uthayasankaran Peralagu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9166-4408)
- Hao Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1976-0259)
- Sachin Yadav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6362-0384)
- Bertrand Parvais (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-7069)
- Barry O'Sullivan
Institutions
- IMEC (BE)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.23919/vlsitechnologyandcir65189.2025.11075139
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.26