8英寸Si衬底上高质量AlGaN/GaN HEMT结构的生长

在8英寸(1英寸=2.54 cm)的Si衬底上采用金属有机化学气相沉积(MOCVD)生长了高质量、无龟裂的GaN薄膜和AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)结构.通过调节应力调控层的结构,厚度为5 μm的GaN膜层翘曲度低于50 μm.采用X射线衍射(XRD)对GaN薄膜的(002)和(102)衍射峰进行扫描,其半峰全宽(FWHM)分别为182和291 arcsec.透射电子显微镜(TEM)截面图显示GaN外延层的位错密度达到了3.5×107/cm2,证实了在大尺寸Si衬底上可以制作高质量的GaN薄膜.AlGaN/GaN HEMT结构的二维电子气浓度和载流子迁移率分别为9.29×1012/cm2和2 230 cm2/(V·s).基于这些半绝缘AlGaN/GaNHEMT结构所制作的功率电子器件的输出电流可达20 A,横向击穿电压可达1 200 V.     

AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN双异质结材料生长及性质研究

基于能带理论设计并利用MOCVD技术在76.2 mm蓝宝石衬底上生长了不同GaN沟道层厚度的AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN双异质结材料.室温霍尔测试结果表明:双异质结材料的二维电子气面密度随沟道层厚度增加有所升高并趋于饱和;二维电子气迁移率则随沟道厚度增加明显升高.200 nm厚GaN沟道的双异质结材料方块电阻平均值3...     

76.2mm Si基AlGaN/GaN HEMT

<正>南京电子器件研究所采用含有双AlGaN过渡层的材料结构在76.2 mm(3英寸)Si衬底上外延生长了厚度超过2μm的AlGaN/GaN HEMT材料(图1),材料表面光滑、无裂纹。通过外延材料结构和生长条     

含有Al组分阶变AlGaN过渡层的Si基AlGaN/GaN HEMT

采用一个AlN缓冲层和两个Al组分阶变的AlGaN过渡层作为中间层,在76.2mm Si衬底上外延生长出1.7μm厚无裂纹AlGaN/GaN异质结材料,利用原子力显微镜、X射线衍射、Hall效应测量和CV测量等手段对材料的结构特性和电学性能进行了表征。材料表面平整光滑,晶体质量和电学性能良好,2DEG面密度为1.12×1013cm-2,迁移率为1 208cm2/(V.s)。由该材料研制的栅长为1μm的AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件,电流增益截止频率fT达到10.4GHz,这些结果表明组分阶变AlGaN过渡层技术可用于实现高性能Si基GaN HEMT。     

Si衬底和Si-SiO_2-Si柔性衬底上的GaN生长

使用MBE方法在Si(111)衬底和Si SiO2 Si柔性衬底上生长了GaN外延层 ,并对在两种衬底上生长的样品进行了对比分析 .在柔性衬底上获得了无裂纹的外延层 ,其表面粗糙度为 0 6nm .研究了GaN外延层中的应力及其光学性质 ,光致发光测试结果表明柔性衬底上生长的外延层中应力和杂质浓度明显低于直接生长在Si衬底上的样品的值 .研究结果显示了所用柔性衬底有助于改善GaN外延膜的质量     

蓝宝石上高电子迁移率AlGaN/GaN材料的研究

通过优化蓝宝石衬底上GaN材料缓冲层和Mg掺杂生长工艺,获得了高质量的半绝缘GaN缓冲层,同时通过优化AlGaN/GaN异质结材料中AlN插入层的厚度,获得了性能优良的AlGaN/GaN HEMT材料.室温下2DEG载流子面密度为1.21×10013/cm2,迁移率为1970 cm2/V·s,77 K下2DEG迁移率达到13000 cm2/V·s.     

Si衬底和Si-SiO2-Si柔性衬底上的GaN生长

使用MBE方法在Si(111)衬底和Si-SiO2-Si柔性衬底上生长了GaN外延层,并对在两种衬底上生长的样品进行了对比分析.在柔性衬底上获得了无裂纹的外延层,其表面粗糙度为0.6nm.研究了GaN外延层中的应力及其光学性质,光致发光测试结果表明柔性衬底上生长的外延层中应力和杂质浓度明显低于直接生长在Si衬底上的样品的值.研究结果显示了所用柔性衬底有助于改善GaN外延膜的质量.     

氮化对蓝宝石衬底上AlGaN/GaN异质结材料性能的影响

研究了不同氮化条件对蓝宝石衬底上生长的AlGaN/GaN异质结材料特性的影响。研究表明,随着氮化过程NH3流量的增大,GaN外延层的晶体质量得到了改善,GaN内应力释放,但是AlGaN/GaN异质结构中二维电子气的迁移率有所恶化。讨论了上述现象出现的原因。     

InGaN/GaN和InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱中应变对光致发光特性的影响

对蓝宝石衬底上的InGaN/GaN和InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱结构和经激光剥离去除衬底的InGaN/GaN和InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱结构薄膜样品,进行了光致发光谱、高分辨XRD和喇曼光谱测量.PL测量结果表明,相对于带有蓝宝石衬底的样品,InGaN/GaN多量子阱薄膜样品的PL谱峰值波长发生较小的蓝移,而InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱薄膜样品的PL谱峰值波长发生明显的红移;喇曼光谱的结果表明,激光剥离前后E2模的峰值从569.1减少到567.5cm-1.这说明激光剥离去除衬底使得外延层整体的压应力得到部分释放,但InGaN/GaN与InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱结构中阱层InGaN的应力发生了不同的变化.XRD的结果证实了这一结论.     

InGaN/GaN和InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱中应变对光致发光特性的影响

对蓝宝石衬底上的InGaN/GaN和InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱结构和经激光剥离去除衬底的InGaN/GaN和InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱结构薄膜样品,进行了光致发光谱、高分辨XRD和喇曼光谱测量.PL测量结果表明,相对于带有蓝宝石衬底的样品,InGaN/GaN多量子阱薄膜样品的PL谱峰值波长发生较小的蓝移,而InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱薄膜样品的PL谱峰值波长发生明显的红移;喇曼光谱的结果表明,激光剥离前后E2模的峰值从569.1减少到567.5cm-1.这说明激光剥离去除衬底使得外延层整体的压应力得到部分释放,但InGaN/GaN与InGaN/AlGaN多量子阱结构中阱层InGaN的应力发生了不同的变化.XRD的结果证实了这一结论.     

Influence of annealed ohmic contact metals on electron mobility of strained AlGaN/GaN heterostructures

The influence of annealed ohmic contact metals on the electron mobility of a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) is investigated on ungated AlGaN/GaN heterostructures and AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field effect transistors (AlGaN/GaN HFETs). Current-voltage (I-V) characteristics for ungated AlGaN/GaN heterostructures and capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics for AlGaN/GaN HFETs are obtained, and the electron mobility for the ungated AlGaN/GaN heterostructure is calculated. It is found that the electron mobility of the 2DEG for the ungated AlGaN/GaN heterostructure is decreased by more than 50% compared with the electron mobility of Hall measurements. We propose that defects are introduced into the AlGaN barrier layer and the strain of the AlGaN barrier layer is changed during the annealing process of the source and drain, causing the decrease in the electron mobility.     

Monolithically integrated enhancement/depletion-mode AIGaN/GaN HEMT D flip-flop using fluorine plasma treatment

Depletion-mode and enhancement-mode AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using fluorine plasma treatment were integrated on one wafer. Direct-coupled FET logic circuits, such as an E/D HEMT inverter, NAND gate and D flip-flop, were fabricated on an AlGaN/GaN heterostructure. The D flip-flop and NAND gate are demonstrated in a GaN system for the first time. The dual-gate AlGaN/GaN E-HEMT substitutes two single-gate E-HEMTs for simplifying the NAND gate and shrinking the area, integrating with a conventional AlGaN/GaN D-HEMT and demonstrating a NAND gate. E/D-mode D flip-flop was fabricated by integrating the inverters and the NAND gate on the AlGaN/GaN heterostructure. At a supply voltage of 2 V, the E/D inverter shows an output logic swing of 1.7 V, a logic-low noise margin of 0.49 V and a logic-high noise margin of 0.83 V. The NAND gate and D flip-flop showed correct logic function demonstrating promising potential for GaN-based digital ICs.     

F等离子体处理增强型及耗尽型AlGaN/GaN HEMT集成的D触发器

耗尽型和F等离子体处理增强型高电子迁移率晶体管（HEMT）被集成在同一圆片上。增强型/耗尽型 HEMT反向器、与非门以及D触发器等直接耦合场效应晶体管逻辑电路被制作在AlGaN/GaN异质结上。D触发器在GaN体系中首次被实现。在电源电压为2伏的条件下,增强型/耗尽型反向器显示输出逻辑摆幅为1.7伏,逻辑低噪声容限为0.49伏,逻辑高噪声容限为0.83伏。与非门和D触发器的功能正确,证实了GaN基数字电路的发展潜力。     

Specific features of kinetics of molecular beam epitaxy of compounds in the GaN-AlN system

The effect of growth conditions (V/III ratio, substrate temperature) on the properties of materials in AlN-GaN systems is discussed. A concept of the growth of the AlN/AlGaN/GaN multilayer heterostructure, which provides the improvement of crystal quality and surface morphology of the layers, is suggested and realized. The improvement of the properties of GaN in the AlN/AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN multilayer heterostructure is confirmed by a considerable increase in electron mobility in the two-dimensional electron gas formed at the upper heterointerface GaN/Al_0.3Ga_0.7N.     

AlN阻挡层对AlGaN/GaNHEMT器件的影响

利用低压MOCVD技术在蓝宝石衬底上生长了AlGaN/GaN异质结和AlGaN/AlN/GaN异质结二维电子气材料,采用相同器件工艺制造出了AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件和AlGaN/AlN/GaN HEMT器件.通过对两种不同器件的比较和讨论,研究了AlN阻挡层的增加对AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件性能的影响.     

AlGaN/GaN异质结构欧姆接触的研制

研究了 Ga N高温宽禁带半导体外延层上欧姆接触的制备工艺 ,讨论了几种测试方法的优缺点 ,并根据器件制作的工艺兼容性 ,在 n-Ga N样品上获得了 4× 1 0 - 6 Ω·cm2的欧姆接触 ,在 Al Ga N/Ga N异质结构样品上获得了 4× 1 0 - 4Ω· cm2 的欧姆接触。实验结果表明 ,Al Ga N/Ga N上低阻欧姆接触的制备及其工艺兼容性是Ga N HFET器件研制的技术难点     

Monolithically integrated enhancement/depletion-mode AlGaN/GaN HEMT D flip-flop using fluorine plasma treatment

Depletion-mode and enhancement-mode AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using fluorine plasma treatment were integrated on one wafer.Direct-coupled FET logic circuits,such as an E/D HEMT inverter,NAND gate and D flip-flop,were fabricated on an AlGaN/GaN heterostructure.The D flip-flop and NAND gate are demonstrated in a GaN system for the first time.The dual-gate AlGaN/GaN E-HEMT substitutes two single-gate E-HEMTs for simplifying the NAND gate and shrinking the area,integrating with a conventional AlGaN/GaN D-HEMT and demonstrating a NAND gate.E/D-mode D flip-flop was fabricated by integrating the inverters and the NAND gate on the AlGaN/GaN heterostructure.At a supply voltage of 2 V,the E/D inverter shows an output logic swing of 1.7 V,a logic-low noise margin of 0.49 V and a logic-high noise margin of 0.83 V.The NAND gate and D flip-flop showed correct logic function demonstrating promising potential for GaN-based digital ICs.     

Role of barrier and buffer layer defect states in AlGaN/GaN HEMT structures

We have used low energy electron-excited nanoscale luminescence spectroscopy (LEEN) to detect the defects in each layer of AlGaN/GaN HEMT device structures to correlate their effect on two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) confinement. Also, we have used Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) to detect the chemical composition as a function of lateral position on a growth wafer and to correlate chemical effects with electronic properties. We investigated several high-quality AlGaN/GaN heterostructures of varying electrical properties using incident electron beam energies of 0.5–15 keV to probe electronic state transitions within each of the heterostructure layers. The LEEN depth profiles reveal differences between sucessful and failed structures and highlight the importance of acceptor deep defect levels in the near 2DEG region. Variations in the GaN and AlGaN band edge emissions, as well as the yellow defect emission across an AlGaN/GaN heterostructure growth wafer have been observed. AES and LEEN spectroscopy of the growth wafer suggest that variation in the cation concentration may play a role in the mechanism responsible for the deep aceceptor level emission in the AlGaN barrier layer.     

AlGaN/GaN metal-oxide semiconductor heterostructure field-effect transistor with photo-chemical-vapor deposition SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> gate oxide

High-quality SiO₂ was successfully deposited onto GaN by photo-chemicalvapor deposition (photo-CVD) using a D₂ lamp as the excitation source. The AlGaN/GaN metal-oxide semiconductor, heterostructure field-effect transistors (MOSHFETs) were also fabricated with photo-CVD oxide as the insulating layer. Compared with AlGaN/GaN metal-semiconductor HFETs (MESHFETs) with similar structure, we found that we could reduce the gate-leakage current by more than four orders of magnitude by inserting the photo-CVD oxide layer in between the AlGaN/GaN and the gate metal. With a 2-μm gate, it was found that the saturated I_ds, maximum g_m, and gate-voltage swing (GVS) of the fabricated nitride-based MOSHFET were 512 mA/mm, 90.7 mS/mm, and 6 V, respectively.