Materials Growth for InAs High Electron Mobility Transistors and Circuits

Abstract

High electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with InAs channels and antimonide barriers were grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Both Si and Te were successfully employed as n-type dopants. Sheet resistances of 90 150 Omega/square were routinely achieved on a variety of heterostructures with nonuniformities as low as 1.5% across a 75 mm wafer. X-ray diffraction measurements show that the InAs channels are in tension, coherently strained to the Al(Ga)Sb buffer layers. Atomic force microscopy measurements demonstrate that the surfaces are relatively smooth, with rms roughness of 8 26 over a 5x5 micrometer2 area. These results demonstrate that the growth of InAs HEMTs has progressed to the point that the fabrication of circuits should be feasible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA573971

Entities

People

  • Brad P. Tinkham
  • Brian R. Bennett
  • Michael D. Lange
  • Roger Tsai
  • Ronaldd D. Schrimpf

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • Diffraction
  • Electron Mobility
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Epitaxial Growth
  • Heterojunctions
  • High Electron Mobility Transistors
  • High Resolution
  • Materials
  • Mobility
  • Quantum Wells
  • Scattering
  • Transistors
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene