Modeling and Simulation of Fe-Doped GaN PCSS in High-Power Microwave

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices(2023)

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In this article, the characteristics of linear GaN photoconductive semiconductor switch (PCSS) in high-power microwaves are investigated by Silvaco TCAD (Technology Computer-Aided Design). By comparison of optical absorption efficiency among three types of PCSS structures, the optimized Fe-doped GaN PCSS is designed in a side-illuminated, vertical structure with a spot size of $1\times $ 8 mm. The photocurrent of side-illuminated GaN vertical PCSS (vPCSS) begins to saturate at 1.65 mJ with the increase of applied optical energy. The average saturated switch resistance and electron concentration of vPCSS under a bias voltage of 5–20 kV are almost $8.2 \pmb \Omega $ and $3.5\times 10^{{14}}$ cm $^{-{3}}$ , respectively. As the device is in a saturated photocurrent state, the peak photocurrent is a linear function of bias voltage. As the device is in an unsaturated photocurrent state, improving the light energy is more effective than the withstand voltage of the device to increase photocurrent. Due to the short carrier lifetime, the GaN vPCSS has the response capacity to a 50-ps pulsewidth laser. Based on side-illuminated GaN vPCSS at the bias field 200 kV/cm, a narrowband microwave with adjustable frequency (3.3–5 GHz) could be generated. The maximum output power reaches up to 1.3 kW. Effects of anti-reflective (AR) and reflective coatings on optical absorption are investigated. The photocurrent of vPCSS with both AR and reflective coatings increases by 77.2% as compared with normal vPCSS.
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Fe-doped semi-insulating GaN photoconductive semiconductor switch (PCSS), high-power microwave (HPM), photoelectric response
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