A Two-Dimensional (2D) Potential Distribution Model for the Short Gate-Length Ion-Implanted GaAs Mesfets Under Dark and Illuminated Conditions

Authors Shweta Tripathi, S. Jit
Affiliations
Centre for Research in Microelectronics (CRME), Department of Electronics Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, 221005, Varanasi, India
Е-mail sjit.ece@itbhu.ac.in
Issue Volume 3, Year 2011, Number 1, Part 5
Dates Received 04 February 2011, published online 08 December 2011
Citation Shweta Tripathi, S. Jit, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 3 No1, 868 (2011)
DOI
PACS Number(s) 85.60. – q, 71.55.Eq
Keywords Short channel GaAs MESFET, Ion-implantation, Optical biasing, Poisson’s equation (4) , Photovoltage (2) .
Annotation
An analytical 2D model to predict the potential distribution of short-channel ion-implanted GaAs MESFETs has been presented. The 2D potential distribution in the channel of the short-channel device has been obtained by solving the 2D Poisson’s equation in conjunction with suitable boundary conditions using superposition method. The remarkable feature of the proposed model is that the implanted doping profile has been treated in completely analytical manner. A double-integrable Gaussian-like function has been assumed as the doping distribution profile in the vertical direction of the channel. The effects of excess carrier generation due to the incident optical radiation in channel region have been included in the Poisson’s equation to study the optical effects on the device. The photovoltage developed across the gate metal has also been modeled. The proposed model has been verified by comparing the theoretically predicted results with simulated data obtained by using the commercially available ATLASTM2D device simulator.

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