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Due to the advantages of high power density, high efficiency, and great potential in extreme temperature environments, the GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device is widely used in circuit systems at high or low temperatures. However, its electrical performance is sensitive to the ambient temperature. Therefore, it is essential to build a model that can accurately characterize the electrical performance of GaN HEMTs at different ambient temperatures, which is also essential for precise circuit design. With the analysis of experiment and theory on the GaN HEMT at different ambient temperatures, an improved model for temperature effect on the DC characteristics of the GaN HEMT is proposed based on EEHEMT model. Considering the influence of the ambient temperature on electrical properties of the GaN HEMT, such as the threshold voltage, the knee voltage, and the saturated current, the model establishes a temperature-dependent function for key parameters in the formula of the drain-source current. Through Verilog-A implementation and simulation on the ICCAP software, the improved model accurately reflects the trend of the electrical performance changes of the GaN HEMT at different ambient temperatures. To further verify the model in this work, the on-wafer measurements at different temperatures including –55, –25, 25 and 75 ℃ are carried out for GaN HEMTs with different sizes, which are developed by Nanjing Electronic Devices Institute. Compared with the measured data, the output characteristics and the transfer characteristics simulated by the proposed model are accurate in an ambient temperature range of –55–75 ℃, with a relative fitting error less than 5%. The result shows that the improved model is of guiding significance in analyzing the direct current performance and high reliability design of circuits at different temperatures.
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图 1 不同温度下GaN HEMT直流特性曲线 (a) 输出特性; (b)转移特性
Figure 1. I-V characteristic curves of the GaN device under different ambient temperatures: (a) The transfer characteristics; (b) the output characteristics.
图 2 GaN器件EEHEMT模型跨导曲线示意图
Figure 2. gm-Vgs in EEHEMT model of the GaN device.
图 3 测试系统 (a) 直流特性测试平台; (b) 不同尺寸GaN HEMT实物图
Figure 3. The test system: (a) Measurement for the DC characteristics; (b) photographs of GaN HEMTs.
图 4 不同温度下仿真和实测的Rd/Rs对比
Figure 4. Comparison between modeled and measured results of Rd and Rs under different temperatures.
图 7 不同温度下仿真和实测的Peff对比
Figure 7. Comparison between modeled and measured results of Peff under different temperatures.
图 5 不同温度下仿真和实测的Vto和Vgo对比
Figure 5. Comparison between modeled and measured results of Vto and Vgo under different temperatures.
图 6 不同温度下仿真和实测的Gmmax对比
Figure 6. Comparison between modeled and measured results of Gmmax under different temperatures.
图 8 不同温度下输出特性拟合结果 (a) 400 μm器件; (b) 800 μm器件; (c) 1200 μm器件
Figure 8. The fitting result of the output characteristics Ids-Vds under different ambient temperatures: (a) The 400-μm-wide device; (b) the 800-μm-wide device; (c) the 1200-μm-wide device.
图 9 不同温度下转移特性拟合结果 (a) 400 μm器件; (b) 800 μm器件; (c) 1200 μm器件
Figure 9. The fitting result of the transfer characteristics Ids-Vgs under different ambient temperatures: (a) The 400-μm-wide device; (b) the 800-μm-wide device; (c) the 1200-μm-wide device.
表 1 温度效应相关参数
Table 1. Values of the parameters related to temperature effect.
参数 Trd Trs Tvto Tvgo Tpeff Tgmmax1 Tgmmax2 数值 1.91×10–3 6.67×10–3 4.30×10–4 –2.30×10–4 –0.81 –2.66×10–3 0.44 
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[1] Mishra U K, Parikh P, Wu Y F 2002 Proc. IEEE 90 1022
Google Scholar
[2] Quay R 2008 Gallium Nitride Electronics (Berlin: Springer-Verlag) pp23–30
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Zhao Z P 2015 Semicond. Tech. 40 1
Google Scholar
[4] Maas S A 2003 Nonlinear Microwave and RF Circuits Second Edition (Norwood: Artech House Publisher) pp29–55
[5] Baylis C, Dunleavy L, Connick R 2009 IEEE 10th Annual Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference Clearwater, USA, April 20–21, 2009 p1
[6] Eskanadri S, Hamedani F T 2012 Proceedings of the 19th International Conference Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems Warsaw, Poland, May 24–26, 2012 p360
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Google Scholar
[9] Ghosh S, Sharma K, Agnihotri S, Chauhan Y S, Khandelwal S, Fjeldly T A, Yigletu F M, Iñiguez B 2014 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Emerging Electronics Bengaluru, India, December 3–6, 2014 p1
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[14] Zomorrodian V, Pei Y, Mishra U K, York R A 2010 Phys. Status Solidi 7 2450
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[15] Chang Y H, Chang J J 2007 IEEE Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits Tainan, Taiwan, December 20–22, 2007 p237
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Cheng A Q, Wang S, Zu Z Y, He J, Zhang T C, Bao H G, Ding D Z 2023 Acta Phys. Sin. 72 147103
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Alex L, John S, Michael D R, David R (translated by Duan B X, Yang Y T) 2008 GaN Transistors for Efficient Power Conversion Second Edition (Beijing: China Machine Press) pp36–37
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Gao J J 2007 RF Microwave Modeling Technology for Field Effect Transistors (Beijing: Electronic Industry Publishing) pp75–125
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