Theoretical investigation of incomplete ionization of dopants in uniform and ion-implanted 4H-SiC MESFETs

The effects of incomplete ionization of nitrogen in 4H-SiC have been investigated. Poisson's equation is numerically analysed by considering the effects of Poole--Frenkel, and the effects of the potential on $N^+_\dd$ (the concentration of ionized donors) and $n$ (the concentration of electrons). The pinch-off voltages of the uniform and the ion-implanted channels of 4H-SiC metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MESFETs) and the capacitance of the gate are given at different temperatures. Both the Poole--Frenkel effect and the potential have influence on the pinch-off voltage $V_{\rm p}$ of 4H-SiC MESFETs. Although the $C$-$V$ characteristics of the ion-implanted and the uniform channel of 4H-SiC MESFETs have a clear distinction, the effects of incomplete ionization on the $C$-$V$ characteristics are not significant.     

Numerical simulation of transconductance of AlGaN/GaN heterojunction field effect transistors at high temperatures

Based on the investigation of the influence of temperatures on parameters, including polarization, electron mobility, thermal conductivity, and conduction band discontinuity at the interface between AlGaN and GaN, the temperature dependence of transconductance for AlGaN/GaN heterojunction field effect transistors (HFETs) has been obtained by using a quasi-two-dimensional approach, and the calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental data. The reduction in transconductance at high temperatures is primarily due to the decrease in electron mobility in the channel. Calculations also demonstrate that the self-heating effect becomes serious as environment temperature increases.     

Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis on 4H--SiC Buried Channel MOSFETs

With the combined use of the drift-diffusion （DD） model, experiment measured parameters and small-signal sinusoidM steady-state analysis, we extract the Y-parameters for 4H-SiC buried-channel metal oxide semicon- ductor field effect transistors （BCMOSFETs）. Output short-circuit current gain G and Mason＇s invariant U are cMculated for extrapolating unity current gain frequency in the common-source configuration fT and the maximum frequency of oscillation fmax, respectively. Here fT = 800 MHz and fmax= 5 GHz are extracted for the 4H-SiC BCMOSFETs, while the field effect mobility reaches its peak value 87cm2/Vs when VGs = 4.5 V. Simulation results clearly show that the characteristic frequency of 4H-SiC BCMOSFETs and field effect mobility are superior, due to the novel structure, compared with conventional MOSFETs.     

退火对非故意掺杂4H-SiC外延材料386 nm和388 nm发射峰的影响

10 K条件下,采用光致发光(PL)技术研究了不同退火处理后非故意掺杂4H-SiC外延材料的低温PL特性.结果发现,在370—400 nm范围内出现了三个发射峰,能量较高的峰约为3.26 eV,与4H-SiC材料的室温禁带宽度相当.波长约为386 nm和388 nm的两个发射峰分别位于~3.21 eV和~3.19 eV,与材料中的N杂质有关.当退火时间为30 min时,随退火温度的升高,386 nm和388 nm两个发射峰的PL强度先增加后减小,且退火温度为1573 K时,两个发射峰的PL强度均达到最大. 关键词： 光致发光 退火处理 能级 4H-SiC     

双外延基区4H-SiC BJTs的建模与仿真

基于4H-SiC的材料特性,对具有双外延基区结构的4H-SiC双极晶体管进行研究.通过分析该结构在基区内部形成的自建电场以及基区渡越时间,利用正交试验的方法,基于各种器件二维模型,对该器件结构进行数值计算,并进行平均极差分析.计算结果表明,该器件的共发射结电流增益最高可达72,具有负温度系数,并且在一个很宽的集电极电流范围内该特性保持不变.     

4H-SiC中基面位错发光特性研究

本文利用阴极荧光(CL)和选择性刻蚀的方法对4H-SiC同质外延材料中基面位错的发光特性进行了研究. 结果表明螺型基面位错(B_TSD)和混合型基面位错(B_MD)分别具有绿光和蓝绿光特性,其发光峰分别在530 nm附近和480 nm附近. 从测试结果中还发现B_MD 的发光位较B_TSD有所蓝移,分析认为B_TSD位错芯附近原子沿伯格斯 关键词： 4H-SiC 基面位错 发光特性 禁带宽度     

SiC/SiO_2界面粗糙散射对沟道迁移率影响的Monte Carlo研究

提出了一种SiC反型层表面粗糙散射的指数模型 ,并对 6H SiC反型层迁移率进行了单电子的MonteCarlo模拟 ,模拟中考虑了沟道区的量子化效应 .模拟结果表明 ,采用表面粗糙散射的指数模型能够使SiC反型层迁移率的模拟结果和实验值符合得更好 .模拟结果还反映出有效横向电场较高时表面粗糙散射的作用会变得更显著 ,电子的屏蔽效应降低了粗糙散射对沟道迁移率的影响 ,温度升高会引起沟道迁移率降低 .     

N型4H-SiC同质外延生长

利用水平式低压热壁CVD (LP-HW-CVD) 生长系统,台阶控制生长和衬底旋转等优化技术,在偏晶向的4H-SiC Si(0001) 晶面衬底上进行4H-SiC同质外延生长,生长温度和压力分别为1550℃和10⁴ Pa,用高纯N₂作为n型掺杂剂的4H-SiC原位掺杂技术,生长速率控制在5μm/h左右.采用扫描电镜(SEM)、原子力显微镜(AFM),傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)和Hg/4H-SiC肖特基结构对同质外延表面形貌、厚度、掺杂浓度以及均匀性进行了测试.实验结果表明,4H-SiC同质外延在表面无明显缺陷,厚度均匀性1.74%, 1.99% 和1.32%(σ/mean),掺杂浓度均匀性为3.37%,2.39%和2.01%.同种工艺条件下,样品间的厚度和掺杂浓度误差为1.54%和3.63%,有很好的工艺可靠性. 关键词： 4H-SiC 同质外延生长 水平热壁CVD 均匀性     

Interfacial characteristics of Al/Al2O3/ZnO/n-GaAs MOS capacitor

The interfacial characteristics of Al/Al2O3/ZnO/n-GaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor are investigated. The results measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) show that the presence of ZnO can effectively suppress the formations of oxides at the interface between the GaAs and gate dielectric and gain smooth interface. The ZnO-passivated GaAs MOS capacitor exhibits a very small hysteresis and frequency dispersion. Using the Terman method, the interface trap density is extracted from C-V curves. It is found that the ZnO layer can effectively improve the interface quality.     

Influence of Triangle Structure Defect on the Carrier Lifetime of the 4H-SiC Ultra-Thick Epilayer

Effect of triangle structure defects in a 180-μm-thick as-grown n-type 4H-SiC homoepitaxial layer on the carrier lifetime is quantitatively analyzed, which is grown by a horizontal hot-wall chemical vapor deposition reactor.By microwave photoconductivity decay lifetime measurements and photoluminescence measurements, the results show that the average carrier lifetime of as-grown epilayer across the whole wafer is 2.59μs, while it is no more than 1.34μs near a triangle defect(TD). The scanning transmission electron microscope results show that the triangle structure defects have originated from 3C-SiC polytype and various types of as-grown stacking faults.Compared with the as-grown stacking faults, the 3C-SiC polytype has a great impact on the lifetime. The reduction of TD is essential to increasing the carrier lifetime of the as-grown thick epilayer.