Inventors:
Walter H. Nagy - Raleigh NC, US
Ricardo M. Borges - Morrisville NC, US
Jeffrey D. Brown - Garner NC, US
Apurva D. Chaudhari - Raleigh NC, US
James W. Cook - Raleigh NC, US
Allen W. Hanson - Cary NC, US
Jerry Wayne Johnson - Raleigh NC, US
Kevin J. Linthicum - Angier NC, US
Edwin Lanier Piner - Cary NC, US
Pradeep Rajagopal - Raleigh NC, US
John Claassen Roberts - Hillsborough NC, US
Sameer Singhal - Apex NC, US
Robert Joseph Therrien - Apex NC, US
Andrei Vescan - Herzogenrath, DE
Assignee:
Nitronex Corporation - Durham NC
International Classification:
H01L 31/00
Abstract:
Gallium nitride material transistors and methods associated with the same are provided. The transistors may be used in power applications by amplifying an input signal to produce an output signal having increased power. The transistors may be designed to transmit the majority of the output signal within a specific transmission channel (defined in terms of frequency), while minimizing transmission in adjacent channels. This ability gives the transistors excellent linearity which results in high signal quality and limits errors in transmitted data. The transistors may be designed to achieve low ACPR values (a measure of excellent linearity), while still operating at high drain efficiencies and/or high output powers. Such properties enable the transistors to be used in RF power applications including third generation (3G) power applications based on W-CDMA modulation.