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Austin Hickman

Cornell University · US
Area of research
Condensed Matter Physics · Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design, Ga2O3 and related materials, and Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies.
h-index
14
citations
1,504
works
31
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

AlScN/GaN HEMTs with 4 A/mm on-current and maximum oscillation frequency >130 GHz
Applied Physics Express 2025cited by 18position: middledoi
N-polar GaN/AlGaN/AlN high electron mobility transistors on single-crystal bulk AlN substrates
Applied Physics Letters 2023cited by 39position: middledoi
RF operation of AlN/Al<sub>0.25</sub>Ga<sub>0.75</sub>N/AlN HEMTs with f <sub> T </sub>/f <sub>max</sub> of 67/166 GHz
Applied Physics Express 2023cited by 12position: middledoi
Toward AlGaN channel HEMTs on AlN: Polarization-induced 2DEGs in AlN/AlGaN/AlN heterostructures
APL Materials 2022cited by 49position: middledoi
FerroHEMTs: High-Current and High-Speed All-Epitaxial AlScN/GaN Ferroelectric Transistors
2022 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2022cited by 41position: middledoi
Next generation electronics on the ultrawide-bandgap aluminum nitride platform
Semiconductor Science and Technology 2021cited by 122position: firstdoi
Prospects for Wide Bandgap and Ultrawide Bandgap CMOS Devices
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 2020cited by 156position: middledoi
GaN HEMTs on Si With Regrown Contacts and Cutoff/Maximum Oscillation Frequencies of 250/204 GHz
IEEE Electron Device Letters 2020cited by 123position: middledoi
First RF Power Operation of AlN/GaN/AlN HEMTs With &gt;3 A/mm and 3 W/mm at 10 GHz
IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society 2020cited by 89position: firstdoi
GaN/AlN p-channel HFETs with I<sub>max</sub> &gt;420 mA/mm and ~20 GHz f<sub>T</sub> / f<sub>MAX</sub>
2020cited by 34position: middledoi
High Breakdown Voltage in RF AlN/GaN/AlN Quantum Well HEMTs
IEEE Electron Device Letters 2019cited by 136position: firstdoi

Grants

SBIR Phase II: Thermally-optimized power amplifiers for next-generation telecommunication and radar
NSF2335504$1,199,9992024–2026PIRePORTER
STTR Phase I: Scaling of AlN/GaN/AlN HEMTs via molecular beam epitaxy
NSF2112247$256,0002021–2022PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Huili Grace Xing · Cornell University11 papers (2019–2025)Debdeep Jena · Cornell University9 papers (2019–2023)Kazuki Nomoto · Cornell University8 papers (2019–2025)Reet Chaudhuri · Cornell University7 papers (2019–2023)James C. M. Hwang · Cornell University7 papers (2020–2025)Samuel James Bader · Foundry (United Kingdom)6 papers (2019–2021)Lei Li · Cornell University5 papers (2020–2025)Jimy Encomendero · Cornell University3 papers (2022–2025)Jashan Singhal · Cornell University3 papers (2022–2023)Alyosha Molnar · Cornell University2 papers (2020–2020)Takuya Maeda · Tokyo University of Information Sciences2 papers (2020–2022)Eungkyun Kim · Cornell University2 papers (2023–2023)Thai‐Son Nguyen · Cornell University2 papers (2022–2025)Chandrashekhar Savant · Cornell University2 papers (2022–2025)Ved Gund · Cornell University2 papers (2022–2025)Hyunjea Lee · Cornell University2 papers (2020–2025)Joseph Casamento · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2022–2025) · 2 papers (2020–2020)Kevin Lee · Kempten University of Applied Sciences2 papers (2019–2020)Masato Toita · Asahi Kasei (Japan)1 papers (2023–2023)