P-HEMTs for low-voltage portable applications using filled gate fabrication process

Abstract

A fundamental change in gate formation to a filled gate process was combined with changes in film deposition. The resulting p-HEMT manufacturing process gives much better performance for low-voltage RF amplification. At a drain voltage of 3.5 V, a 12-mm periphery device fabricated by this method is capable of 33 dBm output power with an associated power-added efficiency of greater than 75%.