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  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,028 Views
8 Pages

AlGaN/GaN HEMT hydrogen gas sensors were optimized by AlGaN barrier thickness in the gate-source connected configuration demonstrated high response and robust stability up to 500 °C. First, we found that the hydrogen sensing performance of a conventi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,192 Views
21 Pages

Flyback Converter Using a D-Mode GaN HEMT Synchronous Rectifier

  • Yueh-Tsung Shieh,
  • Ching-Yao Liu,
  • Chih-Chiang Wu,
  • Wei-Hua Chieng and
  • Edward-Yi Chang

27 April 2022

The flyback converter with its active cell balancing topology for charging lithium-based batteries in Electrical Vehicles (EV) have been adopted recently into the industry. Electrical Vehicle battery charging requires high current operation in contin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
271 Citations
20,008 Views
18 Pages

An Overview of Normally-Off GaN-Based High Electron Mobility Transistors

  • Fabrizio Roccaforte,
  • Giuseppe Greco,
  • Patrick Fiorenza and
  • Ferdinando Iucolano

15 May 2019

Today, the introduction of wide band gap (WBG) semiconductors in power electronics has become mandatory to improve the energy efficiency of devices and modules and to reduce the overall electric power consumption in the world. Due to its excellent pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,083 Views
12 Pages

The wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor devices for modern power electronics require intensive efforts for the analysis of the critical aspects of their operation. In recent years, silicon carbide (SiC) based field effect transistor have been extensivel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,549 Views
12 Pages

Optimized Device Geometry of Normally-On Field-Plate AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors for High Breakdown Performance Using TCAD Simulation

  • Sakhone Pharkphoumy,
  • Vallivedu Janardhanam,
  • Tae-Hoon Jang,
  • Jaejun Park,
  • Kyu-Hwan Shim and
  • Chel-Jong Choi

28 October 2021

This study presents the optimization of the lateral device geometry and thickness of the channel and barrier layers of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) for the enhancement of breakdown voltage (VBR) characteristics using a TCAD si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,351 Views
10 Pages

10 June 2023

In this paper, we compared the characteristics of normally-on/off AlGaN/GaN MISHEMTs passivated by an in situ/ex situ SiN layer. The devices passivated by the in situ SiN layer revealed enhanced DC characteristics, such as the drain current of 595 mA...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,267 Views
6 Pages

HfAlOx/Al2O3 Bilayer Dielectrics for a Field Effect Transistor on a Hydrogen-Terminated Diamond

  • Minghui Zhang,
  • Fang Lin,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Feng Wen,
  • Genqiang Chen,
  • Shi He,
  • Yanfeng Wang,
  • Shuwei Fan,
  • Renan Bu and
  • Hongxing Wang

7 January 2022

In this work, a hydrogen-terminated (H-terminated) diamond field effect transistor (FET) with HfAlOx/Al2O3 bilayer dielectrics is fabricated and characterized. The HfAlOx/Al2O3 bilayer dielectrics are deposited by the atomic layer deposition (ALD) te...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,919 Views
12 Pages

Evaluation of a 1200 V Polarization Super Junction GaN Field-Effect Transistor in Cascode Configuration

  • Alireza Sheikhan,
  • E. M. Sankara Narayanan,
  • Hiroji Kawai,
  • Shuichi Yagi and
  • Hironobu Narui

GaN HEMTs based on polarization super junction (PSJ) technology offer significant improvements in efficiency and power density over conventional silicon (Si) devices due to their excellent material characteristics, which enable fast switching edges a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,057 Views
16 Pages

Gate Driver Circuit with All-Magnetic Isolation for Cascode-Connected SiC JFETs in a Three-Level T-Type Bridge-Leg

  • Neville McNeill,
  • Dimitrios Vozikis,
  • Rafael Peña-Alzola,
  • Shuren Wang,
  • Richard Pollock,
  • Derrick Holliday and
  • Barry W. Williams

23 January 2023

This article presents a gate driver circuit with all-magnetic isolation for driving silicon carbide (SiC) power devices in a three-level T-type bridge-leg. Gate driver circuitry for SiC devices has to be tolerant of rapid common-mode voltage changes....

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
1,896 Views
7 Pages

Quasi-Resonant Flyback DC/DC Converter Using GaN Power Transistors

  • S. L. Jeng,
  • M. T. Peng,
  • C. Y. Hsu,
  • W. H. Chieng and
  • Jet P.H. Shu

Quasi-resonant flyback converter is realized with the aim to demonstrate the topology feasibility using the normally-on switching behaviour of the gallium nitride (GaN) power transistor. Reference converters utilize GaN and silicon-based MOSET as the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
91 Citations
22,357 Views
36 Pages

1 December 2022

The emergence of gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistor (GaN HEMT) devices has the potential to deliver high power and high frequency with performances surpassing mainstream silicon and other advanced semiconductor field-effect transistor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
9,996 Views
14 Pages

An Ionic-Polymer-Metallic Composite Actuator for Reconfigurable Antennas in Mobile Devices

  • Yi-Chen Lin,
  • Chung-Yi Yu,
  • Chung-Min Li,
  • Chin-Heng Liu,
  • Jiun-Peng Chen,
  • Tah-Hsiung Chu and
  • Guo-Dung John Su

6 January 2014

In this paper, a new application of an electro-active-polymer for a radio frequency (RF) switch is presented. We used an ionic polymer metallic composite (IPMC) switch to change the operating frequency of an inverted-F antenna. This switch is light i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,209 Views
11 Pages

17 September 2020

We investigated the electrical properties of a composite film loaded with semi-conductive poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) nanofibers dispersed in poly(styrene-b-butadiene-b-styrene) (SBS). This structure can be regarded as the hybrid of SBS matrix with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,142 Views
11 Pages

20 November 2021

This study presents an innovative, low-cost, mass-manufacturable ion implantation technique for converting thin film normally on AlGaN/GaN devices into normally off ones. Through TCAD (Technology Computer-Aided Design) simulations, we converted a cal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,240 Views
11 Pages

Normally-off β-Ga2O3 MOSFET with an Epitaxial Drift Layer

  • Chan-Hee Jang,
  • Gökhan Atmaca and
  • Ho-Young Cha

27 July 2022

A normally-off β-Ga2O3 metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is proposed using a technology computer-aided design (TCAD) device simulation, which employs an epitaxial drift layer grown on an n-type low-doped body layer. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,855 Views
13 Pages

Analytic Model of Threshold Voltage (VTH) Recovery in Fully Recessed Gate MOS-Channel HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistor) after OFF-State Drain Stress

  • René Escoffier,
  • Blend Mohamad,
  • Julien Buckley,
  • Romain Gwoziecki,
  • Jérome Biscarrat,
  • Véronique Sousa,
  • Marc Orsatelli,
  • Emmanuel Marcault,
  • Julien Ranc and
  • Ferdinando Iucolano
  • + 1 author

18 January 2022

Today, wide bandgap (WBG) GaN semiconductors are considered the future, allowing the improvement of power transistors. The main advantage of GaN is the presence of two-dimensional electron gas (2Deg) typically used as a conduction layer in normally-o...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,769 Views
23 Pages

4 August 2025

This literature-based review draws on studies of thirty-four fish species; most are from northern temperate regions. Fish have flexible and indeterminate growth, and often they do not reach their growth and size potential. They may become stunted wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,076 Views
13 Pages

Approximating the Distribution of the Product of Two Normally Distributed Random Variables

  • Antonio Seijas-Macías,
  • Amílcar Oliveira,
  • Teresa A. Oliveira and
  • Víctor Leiva

22 July 2020

The distribution of the product of two normally distributed random variables has been an open problem from the early years in the XXth century. First approaches tried to determinate the mathematical and statistical properties of the distribution of s...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
149 Citations
21,832 Views
15 Pages

Technology and Reliability of Normally-Off GaN HEMTs with p-Type Gate

  • Matteo Meneghini,
  • Oliver Hilt,
  • Joachim Wuerfl and
  • Gaudenzio Meneghesso

25 January 2017

GaN-based transistors with p-GaN gate are commonly accepted as promising devices for application in power converters, thanks to the positive and stable threshold voltage, the low on-resistance and the high breakdown field. This paper reviews the most...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,697 Views
18 Pages

4 July 2016

In this survey, a short introduction of the recent discovery of log-normally-distributed market-technical trend data will be given. The results of the statistical evaluation of typical market-technical trend variables will be presented. It will be sh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,901 Views
13 Pages

20 April 2022

In this paper, a simple sub-loading yield surface model for both normally consolidated and over-consolidated clay is proposed with emphasis on the effect of the yield surface shape. Compared with the modified Cam-clay model, only one additional mater...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,307 Views
12 Pages

29 December 2024

Accurate fluid management in microfluidic-based point-of-care testing (POCT) devices is critical. Fluids must be gated and directed in precise sequences to facilitate desired biochemical reactions and signal detection. Pneumatic valves are widely uti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,621 Views
28 Pages

Pull-Out Mechanism of Horizontal and Inclined Plate Anchors in Normally Consolidated Clay

  • Cun Hu,
  • Junfeng Chen,
  • Chun Fai Leung,
  • Yean Khow Chow and
  • Zhichuan Li

11 October 2021

As most existing experimental studies on plate anchors were carried out in uniform clay, a centrifuge model study is presented in this paper to investigate the pull-out behaviour of plate anchors in normally consolidated clay, which is not uncommon i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,926 Views
15 Pages

4 July 2022

This paper focuses on the soft normally open point (SNOP) which has no transformers and connects to the 10 kV distribution network through the arc suppression coil grounding mode. A mathematical model containing positive-, negative-, and zero-sequenc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,712 Views
11 Pages

13 February 2023

Memristive logic-in-memory circuits can provide energy- and cost-efficient computing, which is essential for artificial intelligence-based applications in the coming Internet-of-things era. Although memristive logic-in-memory circuits have been previ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,104 Views
13 Pages

25 August 2023

Microscale elastomeric valves are an integral part of many lab-on-chip applications. Normally closed valves require lower actuation pressures to form tight seals, making them ideal for portable devices. However, fabrication of normally closed valves...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,451 Views
9 Pages

The Influence of the Different Repair Methods on the Electrical Properties of the Normally off p-GaN HEMT

  • Di Niu,
  • Quan Wang,
  • Wei Li,
  • Changxi Chen,
  • Jiankai Xu,
  • Lijuan Jiang,
  • Chun Feng,
  • Hongling Xiao,
  • Qian Wang and
  • Xiaoliang Wang
  • + 1 author

26 January 2021

The influence of the repair process on the electrical properties of the normally off p-GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) is studied in detail in this paper. We find that the etching process will cause the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,982 Views
18 Pages

Refined Consolidation Settlement Calculation Based on the Oedometer Tests for Normally and Overconsolidated Clays

  • Nopakun Phonchamni,
  • Thammanun Chatwong,
  • Artit Udomchai,
  • Sivarit Sultornsanee,
  • Niwat Angkawisittpan,
  • Noppadol Sangiamsak and
  • Nopanom Kaewhanam

21 May 2025

This study presents an enhanced analytical approach for one-dimensional consolidation settlement by introducing a revised AJOP (arc joint via optimum parameters) equation assuming creep and strain rate effects can be neglected for both normally and o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,380 Views
11 Pages

Fully Ion Implanted Normally-Off GaN DMOSFETs with ALD-Al2O3 Gate Dielectrics

  • Michitaka Yoshino,
  • Yuto Ando,
  • Manato Deki,
  • Toru Toyabe,
  • Kazuo Kuriyama,
  • Yoshio Honda,
  • Tomoaki Nishimura,
  • Hiroshi Amano,
  • Tetsu Kachi and
  • Tohru Nakamura

26 February 2019

A normally-off GaN double-implanted vertical MOSFET (DMOSFET) with an atomic layer deposition (ALD)-Al2O3 gate dielectric film on a free-standing GaN substrate fabricated by triple ion implantation is presented. The DMOSFET was formed with Si ion imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,277 Views
7 Pages

Investigation of 1/f and Lorentzian Noise in TMAH-treated Normally-Off GaN MISFETs

  • Ki-Sik Im,
  • Mallem Siva Pratap Reddy,
  • Yeo Jin Choi,
  • Youngmin Hwang,
  • Sung Jin An and
  • Jea-Seung Roh

18 August 2020

A tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide (TMAH)-treated normally-off Gallum nitride (GaN) metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MISFET) was fabricated and characterized using low-frequency noise (LFN) measurements in order to find the conduc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,898 Views
9 Pages

High Power Normally-OFF GaN/AlGaN HEMT with Regrown p Type GaN

  • Gwen Rolland,
  • Christophe Rodriguez,
  • Guillaume Gommé,
  • Abderrahim Boucherif,
  • Ahmed Chakroun,
  • Meriem Bouchilaoun,
  • Marie Clara Pepin,
  • Faissal El Hamidi,
  • Soundos Maher and
  • Hassan Maher
  • + 2 authors

24 September 2021

In this paper is presented a Normally-OFF GaN HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistor) device using p-doped GaN barrier layer regrown by CBE (Chemical Beam Epitaxy). The impact of the p doping on the device performance is investigated using TCAD simu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,518 Views
9 Pages

27 October 2021

In this paper, we introduce a new type of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) with microfield plate (FP). We use Silvaco-ATLAS two-dimensional numerical simulation to calculate the performance of conventional HEMT and HEMT with micro-F...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,434 Views
20 Pages

Piezoelectric Normally Open Microvalve with Multiple Valve Seat Trenches for Medical Applications

  • Claudia Patricia Durasiewicz,
  • Sophia Thekla Güntner,
  • Philipp Klaus Maier,
  • Wolfgang Hölzl and
  • Gabriele Schrag

5 October 2021

Microfluidic systems for medical applications necessitate reliable, wide flow range, and low leakage microvalves for flow path control. High design complexity of microvalves increases the risk of possible malfunction. We present a normally open micro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,077 Views
16 Pages

High-Performance Lightweight HLS Generator Module of Normally Distributed Random Numbers in FPGAs

  • Tomasz Gniazdowski,
  • Wojciech Marek Zabołotny,
  • Paweł Szymański,
  • Eryk Wawrzyn,
  • Daniel Wielanek,
  • Michał Kruszewski,
  • Diana Pawłowska,
  • Andrzej Wojeński and
  • Hanna Zbroszczyk

16 November 2023

This paper focuses on the problem of high-performance streaming random number generation in the range of uniform and normal distributions in FPGAs. Our work is focused on lightweight implementation, suitable for a wide range of FPGAs. First, we revie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,020 Views
22 Pages

28 August 2024

The compression index (Cc) serves as a crucial parameter in predicting consolidation settlement in fine-grained soils, representing the slope of the void ratio logarithmic effective stress curve obtained from oedometer tests. However, traditional con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,931 Views
13 Pages

22 May 2019

The marine clays located in the Southeast area of China are characterized by their higher water content, higher compressibility and higher salinities. This soil is mainly composed of illite/montmorillonite interlayer minerals. Previous research has s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,525 Views
48 Pages

Developments in the world of finance have led the authors to assess the adequacy of using the normal distribution assumptions alone in measuring risk. Cushioning against risk has always created a plethora of complexities and challenges; hence, this p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,965 Views
15 Pages

6 December 2017

In this paper, membrane deflection against fluid flow and opening membrane (threshold) pressure were studied using fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis, and compared with experimental data obtained by Jaemin et al. In the current analysis, two...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,703 Views
11 Pages

Developmental Changes in Hypothalamic and Serum Oxytocin Levels in Prenatally Normally Nourished and Undernourished Rats

  • Junki Imaizumi,
  • Shuhei Kamada,
  • Miyu Taniguchi,
  • Tatsuro Sugimoto,
  • Takaaki Maeda,
  • Ryosuke Arakaki,
  • Shota Yamamoto,
  • Aya Shirakawa,
  • Ayuka Mineda and
  • Takashi Kaji
  • + 2 authors

16 June 2023

Changes in the activities of some metabolic factors have been suggested to increase the risk of conditions associated with the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD). We examined changes in oxytocin (OT), a metabolic factor, and OT recep...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,092 Views
14 Pages

23 February 2023

Reservoir characteristics and the occurrence mechanism of shale gas outside of the Sichuan Basin are the research hotspots of normally pressured shales in China. Taking shales on the Anchang syncline from the periphery of the Sichuan Basin as an exam...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,852 Views
6 Pages

Low Buffer Trapping Effects above 1200 V in Normally off GaN-on-Silicon Field Effect Transistors

  • Idriss Abid,
  • Youssef Hamdaoui,
  • Jash Mehta,
  • Joff Derluyn and
  • Farid Medjdoub

14 September 2022

We report on the fabrication and electrical characterization of AlGaN/GaN normally off transistors on silicon designed for high-voltage operation. The normally off configuration was achieved with a p-gallium nitride (p-GaN) cap layer below the gate,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,155 Views
13 Pages

Study of Magnesium Activation Effect on Pinch-Off Voltage of Normally-Off p-GaN HEMTs for Power Applications

  • Giovanni Giorgino,
  • Giuseppe Greco,
  • Maurizio Moschetti,
  • Cristina Miccoli,
  • Maria Eloisa Castagna,
  • Cristina Tringali,
  • Patrick Fiorenza,
  • Fabrizio Roccaforte and
  • Ferdinando Iucolano

27 August 2023

The role of the magnesium (Mg) doping and its electrical activation on the off-state of p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMTs has been investigated in this work. Firstly, the effect of different Mg doping profiles has been studied via the help of Technology Computer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,589 Views
15 Pages

7 September 2024

We demonstrate a Sn-doped monoclinic gallium oxide (β-Ga2O3)-based deep ultraviolet (DUV) phototransistor with high area coverage and manufacturing efficiency. The threshold voltage (VT) switches between negative and positive depending on the &b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,734 Views
15 Pages

The PYY/Y2R-Deficient Mouse Responds Normally to High-Fat Diet and Gastric Bypass Surgery

  • Brandon Boland,
  • Michael B. Mumphrey,
  • Zheng Hao,
  • Benji Gill,
  • R. Leigh Townsend,
  • Sangho Yu,
  • Heike Münzberg,
  • Christopher D. Morrison,
  • James L. Trevaskis and
  • Hans-Rudolf Berthoud

10 March 2019

Background/Goals: The gut hormone peptide YY (PYY) secreted from intestinal L-cells has been implicated in the mechanisms of satiation via Y2-receptor (Y2R) signaling in the brain and periphery and is a major candidate for mediating the beneficial ef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,734 Views
10 Pages

A gallium nitride (GaN)-based normally off metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) using a dual-metal-gate (DMG) structure was proposed and fabricated to improve current drivability. Normally off operation with a high V...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
14,932 Views
13 Pages

A Low-Cost, Normally Closed, Solenoid Valve for Non-Contact Dispensing in the Sub-µL Range

  • Stefan Borja Bammesberger,
  • Sabrina Kartmann,
  • Laurent Tanguy,
  • Dong Liang,
  • Klaus Mutschler,
  • Andreas Ernst,
  • Roland Zengerle and
  • Peter Koltay

28 February 2013

We present a disposable, normally closed, non-contact dispensing valve for the sub-µL range. The miniaturized solenoid valve (diameter: 8 mm, height: 27.25 mm) is compatible to standard Luer-Lock interfaces. A highly dynamic actuation principle enabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,236 Views
11 Pages

17 January 2025

In the present study, a novel normally-off vertical GaN MOSFET with an enhanced AlGaN/GaN channel on the sidewall has been proposed using the technology computer-aided design (TCAD) simulation. By using the selective area growth process, the trench s...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2,895 Views
12 Pages

This study proposes an AlGaN/GaN current aperture vertical electron transistor (CAVET) featuring a double superjunction (SJ) to enhance breakdown voltage (BV) and investigates its electrical characteristics via technology computer-aided design (TCAD)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,531 Views
17 Pages

16 March 2023

The degree of the over-consolidation ratio (OCR) of silty clay affects the soil’s mechanical properties and in situ test results. The present study utilized numerical analysis to investigate the behavior of cone penetration and pore pressure di...

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