Different gate length (0.5 μm 16 μm) Al GaAs/GaAs and
AIGaAs /InGaAs High Electron Mobility Transistors were electrically
characterized in order to compare the room temperature DC device
performance with one-dimensional device models. Model parameters
such as the channel mobility and source/drain series resistances are
extracted from independent measurement of...
Split and normal gate A1GaAs /GaAs MODFETs were fabricated along with
the ohmic test structures and the Hall bar geometries. The DC characteristics of
normal gate transistors were evaluated at room temperature and at 77K and the
threshold voltages were extracted from the measurements and compared to the
theoretical results....
The parallelization and vectorization of Monte Carlo algorithms for modelling
charge transport in semiconductor devices are considered. The standard ensemble
Monte Carlo simulation of a three parabolic band model for GaAs is first
presented as partial verification of the simulation. The model includes scattering
due to acoustic, polar-optical and intervalley...
Present day data processing technology requires very high speed signal processing
and data conversion rates. Traditionally, these circuits have been implemented in silicon
MOS technology, whose high speed performance is limited, due to inherent material properties.
Though relatively immature compared to silicon technology, GaAs integrated circuit
technology appears to be...
Present day data processing technology requires very high speed signal processing and data conversion rates. One such application which requires high speed is switched capacitor circuits used in Sigma-Delta modulators. A major active component of switched capacitor circuits is the monolithic operational amplifier(opamp). Because of the relatively poor speed performance...
This thesis reports on the growth and characterization of p-type
pseudomorphic A1GaAs /InGaAs /GaAs modulation doped field effect transistor
(MODFET) structures. A series of different p-type MODFET structures were grown
with a systematic variation of the indium mole fraction and quantum well width of
the InGaAs channel region. Extensive characterization...
Electron transport and relaxation may be substantially different in low-dimensional
systems compared to that observed in bulk material. In the present work, Monte Carlo
models are used for the solution to the Boltzmann transport equation, with scattering
rates calculated quantum mechanically for superlattice and quantum wells. Carrier
relaxation following optical...