An extraction method of the component parameter values of an enhancement-mode InGaP/AIGaAs/In-GaAs PHEMT small signal equivalent circuit is presented,and these component parameter values are extracted by using the EEHEMT1 model of IC-CAP software. The extraction results are verified by ADS software,and the DC I-V curves and S parameters simulated by ADS are basically accordant with those of the test results. These results indicate that the EEHEMT1 model can be used for extracting the component parameters of an enhancement-mode PHEMT.
For enhancement-mode InGaP/A1GaAs/InGaAs PHEMTs,gate annealing is conducted between gate structures of Ti/Pt/Au and Pt/Ti/Pt/Au. Comparison is made after thermal annealing and an optimum annealing process is ob- tained. Using the structure of Ti/Pt/Au, about a 200mV positive shift of threshold voltage is achieved by thermal annea- ling at 320℃ for 40min in N2 ambient. Finally, a stable and consistent enhancement-mode PHEMT is produced successfully with higher threshold voltage.
