Journal of Computational Electronics

, Volume 10, Issue 4, pp 382–387 | Cite as

A two-dimensional analytical model of subthreshold behavior to study the scaling capability of deep submicron double-gate GaN-MESFETs

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Abstract

In this paper, a new deep submicron double-gate (DG) Gallium Nitride (GaN)-MESFET design and its 2-D analytical model have been proposed, investigated and expected to suppress the short-channel-effects (SCEs) and improve the subthreshold behavior for deep submicron GaN-MESFET-based applications. The model predicts that the threshold voltage roll-off, DIBL effects and the subthreshold swing are greatly improved in comparison with the conventional Single-Gate (SG) GaN-MESFETs. The developed approaches are verified and validated by the good agreement found with the 2D numerical simulations for wide range of device parameters and bias conditions. DG GaN-MESFET can alleviate the critical problem and further improve the immunity of SCEs of deep submicron GaN-MESFET-based circuit for future power switching and digital gate devices.

Keywords

Submicron Subthreshold Short-channel-effects DG GaN-MESFET Modeling 

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.LEA, Department of ElectronicsUniversity of BatnaBatnaAlgeria
  2. 2.LEPCMUniversity of BatnaBatnaAlgeria

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