Vol. 12 No. 2 (2026) · Articles

Investigation of III-V Material-Based Steep-Slope Tunnel FET for RF Energy Harvester Design

Saravana Selvan
Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Malaysia

Goh Kooh Yik
Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Malaysia

Gobbi Ramasamy
Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Malaysia

Mukter Zaman
Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Malaysia

Keywords: tunnel FET, band to band tunneling, sub-threshold Swing, RF harvester

Abstract

A Hetero-Junction Tunnel FET (HTFET) employing different lower bandgap materials (InAs/GaSb and InGaAs/InP) is designed using Silvaco TCAD. The InAs/GaSb HTFET achieves ON-state current of 2.3 mA/µm, SS of 22.18 mV/dec, and maximum efficiency of 59% at -14 dBm. A two-stage Dickson voltage multiplier design using InAs/GaSb HTFET produces DC output of 1.9V at 850 MHz.

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