Accession Number:
ADA574089
Title:
Antimonide-Based Compound Semiconductors for Electronic Devices: A Review
Descriptive Note:
Journal article
Corporate Author:
NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC ELECTRONICS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIV
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Report Date:
2005-04-01
Pagination or Media Count:
22.0
Abstract:
Several research groups have been actively pursuing antimonide-based electronic devices in recent years. The advantage of narrowbandgap Sb-based devices over conventional GaAs- or InP-based devices is the attainment of high-frequency operation with much lower power consumption. This paper will review the progress on three antimonide-based electronic devices high electron mobility transistors HEMTs, resonant tunneling diodes RTDs, and heterojunction bipolar transistors HBTs. Progress on the HEMT includes the demonstration of Ka- and W-band low-noise amplifier circuits that operate at less than one-third the power of similar InP-based circuits. The RTDs exhibit excellent figures of merit but, like their InP- and GaAs-based counterparts, are waiting for a viable commercial application. Several approaches are being investigated for HBTs, with circuits reported using InAs and InGaAs bases.
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Subject Categories:
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment