Hidetoshi Ishida - IEEE Xplore Author Profile

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We demonstrate a solid state circuit breaker (SSCB) using monolithic GaN bidirectional switch with two-step gate-discharging technique. A GaN bidirectional switch with dual-gate structure based on gate injection transistor (GIT) is employed to reduce on-state resistance instead of series-connected transistors which are commonly used. Furthermore, a two-step gate-discharging technique which prevent...Show More
The unprecedented characteristics of dual-gate (2G) monolithic bidirectional (MB) gallium nitride (GaN) enhancement-mode field-effect transistors (e-FETs) enable a potential performance breakthrough of current DC-link inverters, e.g. in terms of power conversion efficiency, power density, cost and complexity. In fact, a single 2G MB GaN e-FET can conveniently replace and outperform two anti-series...Show More
We investigate the dc, electroluminescence (EL) and trapping properties of gate-injection transistors without and with the pdrain terminal connected to the drain (called GITs and HD-GITs respectively) and with and without field-plate. Our results indicate that: (i) the dc characteristics are not influenced by the presence of the pdrain terminal and of the field plate; (ii) EL measurements indicate...Show More
This paper investigates the trapping mechanisms in gate-injection transistors (GITs) without and with a pdrain electrode, referred to as GITs and Hybrid-Drain-embedded GITs (HD-GITs), respectively, used to inject holes and reduce charge trapping effects. We compare the two sets of devices under both the OFF-state and semi-ON state, to investigate the role of hot electrons in favoring the charge tr...Show More
Highly efficient three-phase to three-phase matrix converters using Gallium nitride (GaN) bidirectional switches with both high current and high breakdown voltage are demonstrated. The GaN switch with dual gates works as a bidirectional switch by a single device, while a conventional bidirectional switch consists of four devices by two Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) and two diodes. In ...Show More
GaN-based natural superjunction diodes and Gate Injection Transistors (GITs) with p-type gate on AlGaN/GaN hetero structure are promising power devices with lower on-state resistance and higher breakdown voltage for power switching applications. In this paper, the current status of the devices for integrated circuits and their application to power switching systems are reviewed, after explaining t...Show More
Due to the superior characteristics of GaN to Si, they can be utilized to drastically increase the efficiency and minimize the size of power converter system. However, there has been a critical issue of the so-called current collapse where ON-state resistance is increased once GaN transistor is exposed to high voltage. From the temperature dependence of the switching characteristics of an enhancem...Show More
GaN-based Gate Injection Transistors (GITs) with p-type gate over AlGaN/GaN heterojunction serve normally-off operations with low on-state resistances owing to the conductivity modulation by injection of holes. Established basic technologies on the GIT have shown promising features for switching applications. Further improvement of the performances would extend the applications and lead to the wid...Show More
We propose a novel concept of thin and compact CPV modules in which submillimeter solar cells are directly attached to lens arrays without secondary optics or an extra heat sink. With this small cell size, the optical path length of the module can be brought down to one-twentieth that of conventional CPV modules. To achieve precise alignment of the microsolar cells at the lens focal points, we hav...Show More
We present a novel GaN-based diode with low reverse leakage current which ensures the high voltage operation up to 600V. The diode consists of multi-junctions of AlGaN/GaN with a p-GaN overlayer where the anode and cathode are formed on the sidewalls of the channels. The tunneling current which is the origin of the leakage current can be reduced by controlling the potential barrier at the anode si...Show More
Reduction of thermal resistance in AlGaN/GaN heterojunction field-effect transistors (HFETs) is critical for further increase in their output power to be handled in these promising material systems. In this paper, we present a new technique to reduce it using polycrystalline AlN passivation deposited by dc sputtering as a surface heat spreader over AlGaN/GaN HFETs. The AlN is deposited by dc sputt...Show More
We propose a new breakdown mechanism of GaN-based electron devices called ldquonatural super junctionrdquo. The junction model is supported by device simulations and experiments for newly developed multi-channel diodes with a dual-recessed structure. Based on the model, the on-resistance of the diodes can be reduced keeping high breakdown voltages. The fabricated diode achieves extremely high brea...Show More
GaN/AlGaN device technologies are reviewed aiming at the applications to power switching systems. SL (Super Lattice) capping and QA (Quaternary Alloy) over-layer techniques have been developed to reduce the on-resistance of GaN/ AlGaN HFET. Further, we achieved GaN on Silicon epitaxial growth technology with almost the same mobility keeping the same 2DEG density, which will make the cost comparabl...Show More
A breakdown mechanism of polarized semiconductors represented by GaN-based materials is presented, based on the concept of a natural super junction, which is established by the inherent material polarization. In this concept, owing to the precise matching of positive and negative polarizations of both sides of GaN and AlGaN materials, average charge concentration in the material becomes nearly zer...Show More
We report ultra high voltage AlGaN/GaN heterojunction transistors (HFETs) on sapphire with thick poly-AlN passivation. Extremely high blocking voltage of 8300 V is achieved while maintaining relative low specific on-state resistance (Ron*A) of 186 mOmegaldrcm2. Via-holes through sapphire at the drain electrodes enable very efficient layout of the lateral HFET array as well as better heat dissipati...Show More
We report a normally-off GaN-based monolithic bidirectional switch for the first time. The switch consists of a double-gate AlGaN/GaN gate injection transistor (GIT) which serves normally-off operation with high drain current utilizing the hole injection from the p-type gate. The fabricated bidirectional switch exhibits high breakdown voltage of 650 V for both polarities and low on-state resistanc...Show More
We have developed a normally-off GaN-based transistor using conductivity modulation, which we call a gate injection transistor (GIT). This new device principle utilizes hole-injection from the p-AlGaN to the AlGaN/GaN heterojunction, which simultaneously increases the electron density in the channel, resulting in a dramatic increase of the drain current owing to the conductivity modulation. The fa...Show More
We report a normally-off GaN-based transistor using conductivity modulation, which we call GIT (gate injection transistor). This new device principle utilizes hole-injection from p-AlGaN to AlGaN/GaN heterojunction, which increases electron density in the depleted channel resulting in dramatic increase of the drain current owing to the conductivity modulation. The fabricated GIT exhibits the thres...Show More
Orientation effect on AlGaN/GaN heterojunction field-effect transistors (HFETs) has been experimentally and theoretically examined in detail. The drain-currents of the fabricated AlGaN/GaN HFETs with various gate directions do not depend on the gate orientation, whereas those of GaAs-based HFETs strongly depend on the gate direction due to the piezoelectric charges induced around the gate electrod...Show More
GaN/AlGaN device technologies are presented aiming at the applications to power switching systems. In order to reduce on-resistance (Ron), we developed SL (super lattice) capping and QA (quaternary alloy) over-layer techniques for GaN/AlGaN HFET. Further, we achieved almost the same mobility keeping the same 2DEG density for GaN/AlGaN hetero structure grown on Si (111) substrates, which will make ...Show More
A high-power single-pole double throw (SPDT) switch IC using AlGaN/GaN heterojunction field-effect transistors (HFETs) is demonstrated for the first time. The reduction of on-resistance (R/sub on/) and off-capacitance (C/sub off/) for AlGaN/GaN HFETs enables the GaN-based switch IC that can be applied for practical RF applications. A novel Si-doping technique is employed to reduce ohmic contact re...Show More
Low ohmic contact resistance is crucial to realization of good RF and power performances of AlGaN/GaN heterojunction field effect transistors (HFETs). However, with almost universal use of Ti/Al based electrode, usual specific contact resistance (pc) remains only at 1 /spl times/ 10/sup -5/ /spl Omega//spl middot/cm level which is insufficient for the ultimate goal of exceeding the performances of...Show More
An extremely high power Tx/Rx switch IC based on AlGaN/GaN HFETs has been developed for the first time. A low on-state resistance realized by Si doping techniques and a low off-state capacitance by using an Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ substrate led to excellent performance of 0.26 dB insertion loss and 27 dB isolation with the power handling capability of 43 W at 1 GHz.Show More
In this work, using a novel RF-CSP, a broadband amplifier MMIC including all the matching and biasing components was developed for Ku and K band applications. To integrate DC biasing components on the MMIC, an STO (SrTiO/sub 3/) capacitor was employed. By employing an anisotropic conductive film for the RF-CSP, the MMIC fabrication process became very simple and cost effective. The packaged amplif...Show More
We have developed a novel current-reuse configuration of a front-end integrated circuit (IC), where the current can be reused in the whole circuit blocks that are a low-noise amplifier, local amplifier, and mixer. The power dissipation of the front-end IC is reduced by the factor of three as compared to conventional front-end ICs. Excellent RF performance such as conversion gain of 30 dB and noise...Show More