Sub 100nm T-Gate Uniformity in InP HEMT
Technology
D.A.J. Moran, E. Boyd, F. McEwan, H. McLelland, C.R. Stanley, I.G. Thayne
Ultrafast Systems Group, Nanoelectronics Research Centre,
Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Engineering,
The University of
Gawgow,
Email: d.moran@elec.gla.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 6131
Keywords: HEMT, sub100nm, T-gate, non-annealed, uniformity, self-aligned
Abstract
This work describes the improved uniformity of short gate length (sub100nm) T-gate lithography observed for InP HEMT devices through the development of a non-annealed ohmic contact process. The incorporation of such a process allows the reversal of ohmic and gate levels as part of a standard device process flow. This eliminates fluctuations in the gate geometry that result from the spinning of gate resists across a non-planar surface i.e. between the source and drain contacts.