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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieek.2013.50.2.091

Study on Self-Heating Effects in AlGaN/GaN-on-Si Power Transistors  

Kim, Shin Young (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
Cha, Ho-Young (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers / v.50, no.2, 2013 , pp. 91-97 More about this Journal
Abstract
Self-heating effects during operation of high current AlGaN/GaN power transistors degrade the current-voltage characteristics. In particular, this problem becomes serious when a low thermal conductivity Si substrate is used. In this work, AlGaN/GaN-on-Si devices were fabricated with various channel widths and Si substrate thicknesses in which the structure dependent self-heating effects were investigated by temperature dependent measurements as well as thermal simulation. Accordingly, a device structure that can effectively dissipate the heat was proposed in order to achieve the maximum current in a multi-channel, large area device. Employing via-holes and common electrodes with a 100 ${\mu}m$ Si substrate thickness improved the current level by 75% reducing the channel temperature by 68%.
Keywords
AlGaN/GaN-on-Si; power transistor; self-heating; thermal effects;
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