Low noise field effect transistors and analogue switch
integrated circuits (ICs) have been fabricated in semi-insulating gallium arsenide (SI-GaAs) wafers grown in space by direct ion-implantation. The
electrical behaviors of the devices and the ICs have surpassed those fabricated
in the terrestrially grown SI-GaAs wafers. The highest gain and the lowest
noise of the transistors made from space-grown SI-GaAs wafers are 22.8 dB and
0.78 dB, respectively. The threshold back-gating voltage of the ICs made from
space-grown SI-GaAs wafers is better than 8.5 V. The correlation between the
characterizations of materials and devices is studied systematically.
Source:Advances
in Space Research
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