IEICE Trans - 0.15 µm Gate i-AlGaAs/n-GaAs HIGFET with a 13.3 S/Vcm K-Value

0.15 µm Gate i-AlGaAs/n-GaAs HIGFET with a 13.3 S/Vcm K-Value

Hidetoshi MATSUMOTO  Yasunari UMEMOTO  Yoshihisa OHISHI  Mitsuharu TAKAHAMA  Kenji HIRUMA  Hiroto ODA  Masaru MIYAZAKI  Yoshinori IMAMURA

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E76-C   No.9   pp.1373-1378
Publication Date: 1993/09/25
Online ISSN:
DOI:
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Heterostructure Electron Devices)
Category:
Keyword:
GaAs hetero-FET,  HIGFET,  short-channel effect,  source resistance,  K-value,

Full Text: PDF>>

Summary:
We have developed a new HIGFET structure achieving an extremely high K-value of 13.3 S/Vcm with a gate length of 0.15 µm. Self-aligned ion implantation is excluded to suppress a short-channel effect. An i-GaAs cap layer and an n⁺-GaAs contact layer are employed to reduce source resistance. The threshold voltage shift is as small as 50 mV when the gate length is reduced from 1.5 µm to 0.15 µm. Source resistance is estimated to be 53 mΩcm. We have also developed a new fabrication process that can achieve a shorter gate length than the minimum size of lithography. This process utilizes an SiO₂ sidewall formed on the n⁺-GaAs contact layer to reduce the gate length. A gate length of 0.15 µm can be achieved using 0.35 µm lithography.