A 4.69-W/mm output power density InAlN/GaN HEMT grown on sapphire substrate

We report high performance InAlN/GaN HEMTs grown on sapphire substrates. The lattice-matched InAlN/GaN HEMT sample showed a high 2DEG mobility of 1210 cm2/(V·s) under a sheet density of 2.6 × 1013 cm−2. Large signal load-pull measurements for a (2 × 100 μm) × 0.25 μm device have been conducted with a drain voltage of 24 V at 10 GHz. The presented results confirm the high performances reachable by InAlN-based technology with an output power density of 4.69 W/mm, a linear gain of 11.8 dB and a peak power-added efficiency of 48%. This is the first report of high performance InAlN/GaN HEMTs in mainland China. (semiconductor devices)