ULTRAGAN

Next generation wireless network base stations, satellite communication systems and compact digital radar are just few examples where GaN-based devices can multiply the efficiency of amplifiers. However, improvements in GaN-based High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) are limited by the physics of already established AlGaN/GaN heterostructure system. ULTRAGAN project is aiming to explore new heterostructures using InAlN/(In)GaN alloys. The objective is to triple the HEMTs power density if compared to the state-of-the-art large periphery AlGaN/GaN HEMTs, InAlN/(In)GaN HEMTs are to demonstrate power densities of 30W/mm at 2 to 12 GHz. These parameters can be achieved primarily because of expected extremely high 2-dimensional electron gas density coupled with polarisation fields in the InAlN/(In)GaN heterojunction. The project gives to Europe an opportunity to come back at the edge of the microwave research, which is right now much stronger in the USA. and Japan. Research teams from..

Registration numbers: 478 651 284 (W)

Primary location: Palaiseau France