Microwave operation of sub-µm gate surface channel MESFETs in polycystalline diamond
Conference: GeMiC 2009 - German Microwave Conference
03/16/2009 - 03/18/2009 at München, Germany
Proceedings: GeMiC 2009
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Calvani, P.; Corsaro, A.; Sinisi, F.; Rossi, M. C.; Conte, G. (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy)
Giovine, E. (Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Rome, Italy)
Limiti, E. (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Univerity of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy)
Abstract:
Metal-Semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFETs) were fabricated on hydrogen-terminated polycrystalline diamond. Fabricated MESFETs typically showed high drain-source current (140 mA/mm) and large transconductance values (60 mS/mm), with a cut off frequency fT=10 GHz and a maximum oscillation frequency, fMAX, up to 35 GHz. These values suggest device microwave operation in the Kband and are obtained through the fabrication of devices with geometry and active region dimensions compatible with available microelectronic technologies. Devices were realized in order to be employed in Microwave Integrated Circuits for satellite communications and high frequency power amplification, areas where diamond promises the replacement of vacuum electronics: with this perspective, our group realized a first important step formulating an equivalent circuit (EQC) model.