The present work reports on the hydrogen gas detection properties of Pt-AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) sensors with recessed gate structure. Devices with gate recess depths from 5 to 15 nm were fabricated using a precision cyclic etching method, examined with AFM, STEM and EDS, and tested towards H 2 response at high temperature. With increasing recess depth, the threshold voltage (VTH) shifted from -1.57 to 1.49 V. A shallow recess (5 nm) resulted in a 1.03 mA increase in signal variation (AIDS), while a deep recess (15 nm) resulted in the highest sensing response (S) of 145.8% towards 300 ppm H 2 as compared to reference sensors without gate recess. Transient measurements demonstrated reversible H 2 response for all tested devices. The response and recovery time towards 250 ppm gradually decreased from 7.3 to 2.5 min and from 29.2 to 8.85 min going from 0 nm to 15 nm recess depth. The power consumption of the sensors reduced with increasing recess depth from 146.6 to 2.95 mW. ... Read more

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a novel 3D system-in-package (SiP) approach. This new packaging approach is based on stacked silicon submount technology. As demonstrators, a smart lighting module and a sensor systems were successfully developed by using the fabrication and assembly process described in this paper. Design/methodology/approach: The stacked module consists of multiple layers of silicon submounts which can be designed and fabricated in parallel. The 3D stacking design offers higher silicon efficiency and miniaturized package form factor. This platform consists of silicon submount design and fabrication, module packaging, system assembling and testing and analyzing. Findings: In this paper, a smart light emitting diode system and sensor system will be described based on stacked silicon submount and 3D SiP technology. The integrated smart lighting module meets the optical requirements of general lighting applications. The developed SiP design is also implemented into the miniaturization of particular matter sensors and gas sensor detection system. Originality/value: SiP has great potential of integrating multiple components into a single compact package, which has potential implementation in intelligent applications. ... Read more