System-Technology Co-Optimization of Multimetal Gated AlGaN/GaN HEMT for Improved RF Linearity

System-Technology Co-Optimization of Multimetal Gated AlGaN/GaN HEMT for Improved RF Linearity

In this work, a system-technology co-optimization (STCO) of the AlGaN/GaN multimetal gated (MMG) HEMT architecture for third-order transconductance (gm3) engineering and linearity improvement in the presence of fermi-level pinning (FLP) is reported. Through technology computer-aided design (TCAD), c...

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Main Authors: Toiyob Hossain, Tanvir Hossain, A. K. M. Anindya Alam, Bejoy Sikder, Qingyun Xie, Mengyang Yuan, Eiji Yagyu, Koon Hoo Teo, Tomas Palacios, Nadim Chowdhury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
Series:IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society
Subjects:
5G
linearity
AlGaN/GaN
high electron mobility transistor (HEMT)
multi-metal gate (MMG)
fermi level pinning
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10767716/
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Summary:In this work, a system-technology co-optimization (STCO) of the AlGaN/GaN multimetal gated (MMG) HEMT architecture for third-order transconductance (gm3) engineering and linearity improvement in the presence of fermi-level pinning (FLP) is reported. Through technology computer-aided design (TCAD), compact modeling, load-pull simulations and modulated signal simulations, it is shown that despite incorporating FLP, employing MMG scheme improves device level gm3 - suppression, leading to an improvement in output-referred third-order intercept point per unit dc power (OIP3/PDC) and third order intermodulation distortion (IMD3). Remarkably, OIP3/PDC of 18.9 dB is obtained considering an FLP factor of 0.43, which is a 10.7 dB improvement over the conventional HEMT. MMG HEMT exhibits an output-referred 1-dB compression point (P1-dB) of 3.60 W/mm, compared to 0.60 W/mm for the standard/conventional case. A comparative analysis on output power back-off (OBO) for conventional and MMG HEMT with different FLP factors establishes MMG as a robust architecture to FLP. Simulations involving 5G FR1 signals demonstrate that the adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) is sustained below -40 dBc up to an output power of 20 dBm. 2.6% lower error vector magnitude (EVM) than baseline case is achieved by MMG HEMT at 5 GHz, under 100 MHz 64-QAM OFDM signals.
ISSN:2168-6734

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