Abstract
We report the use of strain-balanced quantum-well structures to generate high carrier density, high mobility layers suitable for power field effect transistor (FET) applications. Standard designs of modulation-doped heterojunctions have a sheet carrier density limited to a maximum of ∼3× 1012cm−2, while doped channel devices allow higher densities, but with degraded mobility. By combining the technique of delta-doping with the use of a compositionally graded InGaAs quantum well, grown strain balanced on InP, high mobilities and excellent saturation drift velocities have been obtained for sheet densities of 4–5× 1012cm−2. This paper describes the structure and electrical properties of the layers and assesses their potential for FETs.
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