Performance of La203/InA1N/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor high electron mobility transistors

We report on the performance of La203/InA1N/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor high electron mobility transistors （MOSHEMTs） and InA1N/GaN high electron mobility transistors （HEMTs）. The MOSHEMT presents a maximum drain current of 961 mA/mm at Vgs = 4 V and a maximum transconductance of 130 mS/mm compared with 710 mA/mm at Vgs = 1 V and 131 mS/mm for the HEMT device, while the gate leakage current in the reverse direction could be reduced by four orders of magnitude. Compared with the HEMT device of a similar geometry, MOSHEMT presents a large gate voltage swing and negligible current collapse.     

AlGaN/GaN双异质结F注入增强型高电子迁移率晶体管

理论模拟了不同GaN沟道厚度的双异质结(AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN/GaN)材料对高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)特性的影响,并模拟了不同F注入剂量下用该材料制作的增强型器件的特性差异.采用双异质结材料,结合F注入工艺成功地研制出了较高正向阈值电压的增强型HEMT器件.实验研究了三种GaN沟道厚度制作的增强型器件直流特性的差异,与模拟结果进行了对比验证.采用降低的F注入等离子体功率,减小了等离子体处理工艺对器件沟道迁移率的损伤,研制出的器件未经高温退火即实现了较高的跨导和饱和电流特性.对14 nm GaN沟道厚度的器件进行了阈值电压温度稳定性和栅泄漏电流的比较研究,并且分析了双异质结器件的漏致势垒降低效应.     

AlGaN/GaN异质结载流子面密度测量的比较与分析

对MOCVD技术在蓝宝石衬底上生长的不同Al组分AlGaN/GaN异质结进行了范德堡法Hall测量和电容-电压(C-V)测量，发现Hall测量载流子面密度值大于C-V测量值，并且随着AlGaN层Al组分的增加，两种测量值都在增加，同时它们的差值也在增加.认为产生这一结果的原因有两方面.一方面，Ni/Au肖特基金属淀积在AlGaN/GaN异质结上，改变了AlGaN势垒层的表面状态，使得一部分二维电子气(2DEG)电子被抽取到空的施主表面态中，从而减小了AlGaN/GaN异质结界面势阱中的2DEG浓度.随着势垒层Al组分的增加，AlGaN层产生了更多的表面态，从而使得更多的电子被抽取到了空的表面态中.另一方面，由于C-V测量本身精确度受到串联电阻的影响，使得测量电容小于实际电容，从而低估了载流子浓度.     

场板抑制GaN高电子迁移率晶体管电流崩塌的机理研究

通过实验和数值器件仿真研究了钝化GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMTs)、栅场板GaN HEMTs和栅源双层场板GaN HEMTs电流崩塌现象的物理机理,建立了电流崩塌强度与帽层中载流子浓度、陷阱电离率和电场的内在联系.研究结果表明,场板可以有效调制帽层中横向和纵向电场的强度分布,并可有效调制纵向电场的方向,减弱栅极附近电场强度,增加场板下方电场强度,这会减弱栅极附近自由电子的横向运动,增强场板下方自由电子的纵向运动,进而可以有效调制帽层中自由电子浓度的分布,提高陷阱的电离率,减小器件的电流崩塌. 关键词： 电流崩塌 钝化器件 场板器件 陷阱电离率     

Effect of gate length on breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor

The effects of gate length L_G on breakdown voltage VBRare investigated in AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors(HEMTs) with L_G= 1 μm~20 μm. With the increase of L_G, VBRis first increased, and then saturated at LG= 3 μm. For the HEMT with L_G= 1 μm, breakdown voltage VBRis 117 V, and it can be enhanced to 148 V for the HEMT with L-_G= 3 μm. The gate length of 3 μm can alleviate the buffer-leakage-induced impact ionization compared with the gate length of 1 μm, and the suppression of the impact ionization is the reason for improving the breakdown voltage.A similar suppression of the impact ionization exists in the HEMTs with LG 3 μm. As a result, there is no obvious difference in breakdown voltage among the HEMTs with LG= 3 μm~20 μm, and their breakdown voltages are in a range of 140 V–156 V.     

Photoresponse and trap characteristics of transparent AZO-gated AlGaN/GaN HEMT

AZO-gated and Ni/Au-gated AlGaN/GaN HEMTs are fabricated successfully,and an excellent transparency of AZOgated electrode is achieved.After a negative gate bias stress acts on two kinds of the devices,their photoresponse characteristics are investigated by using laser sources with different wavelengths.The effect of photoresponse on AZO-gated electrode device is more obvious than on Ni/Au-gated electrodes device.The electrons are trapped in the AlGaN barrier of AZO-gated HEMT after it has experienced negative gate bias stress,and then the electrons can be excited effectively after it has been illuminated by the light with certain wavelengths.Furthermore,the trap state density D_T and the time constantτ_T of the AZO-gated Schottky contact are extracted by fitting the measured parallel conductance in a frequency range from10 kHz to 10 MHz.The constants of the trap range from about 0.35 μs to 20.35 μs,and the trap state density increased from1.93×l0~(13)eV 1·cm~2 at an energy of 0.33 eV to 3.07×10~(11) eV~1·cm~2 at an energy of 0.40 eV.Moreover,the capacitance and conductance measurements are used to characterize the trapping effects under different illumination conditions in AZO-gated HEMTs.Reduced deep trap states' density is confirmed under the illumination of short wavelength light.     

化学气相沉积法生长石墨烯的研究

以甲烷为碳源,原铜箔和用过硫酸铵清洗过的铜箔为衬底,对比研究了铜的表面结构、生长温度及冷却速率对石墨烯CVD法生长的影响.研究发现经过处理的铜箔表面粗糙度小,显微结构精细,化学活性高,更有利于石墨烯的快速形核与生长.而原铜箔因表面粗糙度大,存在大量粗大纹理结构,化学活性低,使得石墨烯的形核生长需要更高的温度.因而,对于不同衬底,选择合适的生长温度至关重要.而提高冷却速率有利于获得大尺寸、高质量并具有原生生长形貌的石墨烯.     

The effects of vicinal sapphire substrates on the properties of AlGaN/GaN heterostructures

AlGaN/GaN heterostructures on vicinal sapphire substrates and just-oriented sapphire substrates (0001) are grown by the metalorganic chemical vapor deposition method. Samples are studied by high-resolution x-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, capacitance--voltage measurement and the Van der Pauw Hall-effect technique. The investigation reveals that better crystal quality and surface morphology of the sample are obtained on the vicinal substrate. Furthermore, the electrical properties are also improved when the sample is grown on the vicinal substrate. This is due to the fact that the use of vicinal substrate can promote the step-flow mode of crystal growth, so many macro-steps are formed during crystal growth, which causes a reduction of threading dislocations in the crystal and an improvement in the electrical properties of the AlGaN/GaN heterostructure.     

Semipolar(1122) and polar(0001) InGaN grown on sapphire substrate by using pulsed metal organic chemical vapor deposition

High indium semipolar(1122) and polar(0001) In Ga N layers each with a thickness of about 100 nm are realized simultaneously on sapphire substrates by pulsed metal organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD). The morphology evolution, structural and optical characteristics are also studied. The indium content in the layer of the surface(1122)is larger than that of the surface(0001), which is confirmed by reciprocal space map, photoluminescence spectrum and secondary ion mass spectrometer. Additionally, the(0001) surface with island-like morphology shows inhomogeneous indium incorporation, while the(1122) surface with a spiral-like morphology shows a better homogeneous In composition.This feature is also demonstrated by the monochromatic cathodoluminescence map.     

Investigation of yellow luminescence intensity of N-polar unintentionally doped GaN

This paper reports that the yellow luminescence intensity of N-polar GaN Epi-layers is much lower than that of Ga-polar ones due to the inverse polarity,and reduces drastically in the N-polar unintentionally-doped GaN after etching in KOH solution.The ratio of yellow luminescence intensity to band-edge emission intensity decreases sharply with the etching time.The full width at half maximum of x-ray diffraction of(10-12) plane falls sharply after etching,and the surface morphology characterized by scanning electron microscope shows a rough surface that changes with the etching time.The mechanism for the generation of the yellow luminescence are explained in details.