AlGaN/AlN/GaN肖特基二极管的电学性能

利用金属有机化学气相淀积(MOCVD)方法生长的AlGaN/AlN/GaN/蓝宝石材料制备了AlGaN肖特基二极管.器件的肖特基接触和欧姆接触分别为Ti/Pt和Ti/Al/Ti/Au,均采用电子束蒸发的方法沉积.AlGaN表面欧姆接触的比接触电阻率为7.48×10-4Ω/cm2,器件的I-V测试表明该AlGaN肖特基二极管具有较好的整流特性.根据器件的正向,I-V特性计算得到器件的势垒高度和理想因子分别为0.57eV和4.83.将器件在300℃中温退火,器件的电学性能有所改善.     

不同退火温度对4H SiC 金半接触的影响

采用高真空电子束蒸发法制作了基于4H SiC外延材料的肖特基二极管,其中欧姆接触材料为Ti/Ni,肖特基接触材料为Ni。常温下,电流-电压(I-V)测试表明Ni/4H SiC肖特基二极管具有良好的整流特性,热电子发射是其主要输运机理。对比分析不同快速退火温度下器件的I-V特性,实验结果表明875 ℃退火温度下欧姆接触特性最好,400 ℃退火温度下器件肖特基接触I-V特性最好,理想因子为1.447,肖特基势垒高度为1.029 eV。     

UV/Ozone 表面处理对AlGaN/GaN HEMTs 性能的影响

工艺过程中对晶圆表面处理对制作出高性能的AlGaN/GaN HEMT起到至关重要的作用,洁净的表面能够有效提高器件性能以及器件可靠性。本文发现通过UV/Ozone表面处理,AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件的欧姆接触以及肖特基接触的电学特性均发生明显变化,根据实验中现象以及相关实验数据,并且采用X射线光电子能谱对实验样品进行表面分析测试,着重阐述了UV/Ozone处理对晶圆表面的作用,以及其影响AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件欧姆接触特性以及肖特基接触特性的原因。     

AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件的研制

介绍了AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件的研制及室温下器件特性的测试.漏源欧姆接触采用Ti/Al/Pt/Au,肖特基结金属为Pt/Au.器件栅长为1μm,获得的最大跨导为120mS/mm,最大的漏源饱和电流密度为0.95A/mm.     

AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件的研制

介绍了AlGaN/GaNHEMT器件的研制及室温下器件特性的测试.漏源欧姆接触采用Ti/Al/Pt/Au ,肖特基结金属为Pt/Au .器件栅长为1μm ,获得的最大跨导为12 0mS/mm ,最大的漏源饱和电流密度为0 95A/mm .     

Ti/Al/Ti/Au与AlGaN欧姆接触特性

研究了溅射Ti/Al/Ti/Au四层复合金属与AlGaN/GaN的欧姆接触特性,并就环境温度对欧姆接触特性的影响进行了分析研究.试验证实:溅射的Ti/Al/Ti/Au与载流子浓度为2.24×1018cm-3的AlGaN之间在室温下无需退火即可形成欧姆接触.随快速退火温度的升高接触电阻降低.快速退火时间30s已可实现该温度下最佳欧姆接触.当工作温度不高于300℃时接触电阻几乎不受温度的影响.     

AlGaN/GaN SBD的正向导通特性研究

主要研究了横向AlGaN/GaN异质结肖特基势垒二极管(简称SBD)的正向导通特性,设计制备了基于蓝宝石衬底和硅衬底的不同器件结构的AlGaN/GaN SBD器件。测量结果表明,通过适当改变肖特基-欧姆电极布局,以及在导电衬底上施加相应的偏压,可以有效改善器件的正向导通特性。实验所制备的肖特基电极半径为120μm、肖特基-欧姆电极间距为25μm的基于Al2O3衬底的AlGaN/GaN SBD器件,实现了正向导通电流0.05A@2V(Ron=9.13mΩ·cm2)、反向饱和漏电流为10-6 A的性能。对制备的硅基AlGaN/GaN SBD器件的测试发现,通过外加衬底偏压能够有效改善其正向导通特性。     

AlGaN/GaN MSM紫外探测器特性

在蓝宝石衬底上,用MOCVD(金属有机物气相沉积)法外延生长AlGaN/GaN异质结样品.溅射Ti/Al/Ni/Au和Ni/Au金属膜,在氮气气氛中高温快速退火,分别与样品形成欧姆接触和肖特基接触.随着退火时间的增加,MSM(金属-半导体-金属)结构的I-V特性曲线保持良好的对称性,但C-V曲线逐渐失去其对称性.MSM探测器的紫外响应曲线具有良好的对比度和选择性,出现明显的光电导增益效应.     

AlGaN/GaN MSM紫外探测器特性

在蓝宝石衬底上,用MOCVD(金属有机物气相沉积)法外延生长AlGaN/GaN异质结样品.溅射Ti/Al/Ni/Au和Ni/Au金属膜,在氮气气氛中高温快速退火,分别与样品形成欧姆接触和肖特基接触.随着退火时间的增加,MSM(金属-半导体-金属)结构的I-V特性曲线保持良好的对称性,但C-V曲线逐渐失去其对称性.MSM探测器的紫外响应曲线具有良好的对比度和选择性,出现明显的光电导增益效应.     

AlGaN/GaN MSM紫外探测器特性

在蓝宝石衬底上，用MOCVD（金属有机物气相沉积）法外延生长AlGaN/GaN异质结样品. 溅射Ti/Al/Ni/Au和Ni/Au金属膜，在氮气气氛中高温快速退火，分别与样品形成欧姆接触和肖特基接触. 随着退火时间的增加，MSM（金属-半导体-金属）结构的I-V特性曲线保持良好的对称性，但C-V曲线逐渐失去其对称性. MSM探测器的紫外响应曲线具有良好的对比度和选择性，出现明显的光电导增益效应.     

Performance improvement in tensile-strained In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As/In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As metamorphic HEMT

This paper proposes a In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As/In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As (x=0.3-0.5-0.3) metamorphic high-electron mobility transistor with tensile-strained channel. The tensile-strained channel structure exhibits significant improvements in dc and RF characteristics, including extrinsic transconductance, current driving capability, thermal stability, unity-gain cutoff frequency, maximum oscillation frequency, output power, power gain, and power added efficiency.     

Very low-noise Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/As/Ga/sub 0.65/In/sub 0.35/As/GaAs single quantum-well pseudomorphic HEMTs

AlGaAs/GaInAs/GaAs pseudomorphic HEMTs with an InAs mole fraction as high as 35% in the channel has been successfully fabricated. The device exhibits a maximum extrinsic transconductance of 700 mS/mm. At 18 GHz, a minimum noise figure of 0.55 dB with 15.0 dB associated gain was measured. At 60 GHz, a minimum noise figure as low as 1.6 dB with 7.6 dB associated gain was also obtained. This is the best noise performance yet reported for GaAs-based HEMTs.<>     

A 12 /spl times/ 12 In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As-In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As avalanche photodiode array

We report a 12 /spl times/ 12 In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As-In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As avalanche photodiode (APD) array. The mean breakdown voltage of the APD was 57.9 V and the standard deviation was less than 0.1 V. The mean dark current was /spl sim/2 and /spl sim/300 nA, and the standard deviation was /spl sim/0.19 and /spl sim/60 nA at unity gain (V/sub bias/ = 13.5 V) and at 90% of the breakdown voltage, respectively. External quantum efficiency was above 40% in the wavelength range from 1.0 to 1.6 /spl mu/m. It was /spl sim/57% and /spl sim/45% at 1.3 and 1.55 /spl mu/m, respectively. A bandwidth of 13 GHz was achieved at low gain.     

Morphological and electrical characterization of SixCryCzBv thin films

Si_xCr_yC_zB_v thin films with several compositions have been studied for integration of high precision resistors in 0.8 μm BICMOS technology. These resistors, integrated in the back-end of line, have the advantage to provide high level of integration and attractive electrical behavior in temperature, for analog devices. The film morphology and the structure have been investigated through transmission electron microscopy analysis and have been then related to the electrical properties on the base of the percolation theory. According to this theory, and in agreement with experimental results, negative thermal coefficient of resistance (TCR) has been obtained for samples with low Cr content, corresponding to a crystalline volume fraction below the percolation threshold.Samples with higher Cr content exhibit, instead, a variation of the TCR as a function of film thickness: negative TCR values are obtained for thickness lower than 5 nm, corresponding to a crystalline volume fraction below the percolation threshold; positive TCR are obtained for larger thickness, indicating the establishment of a continuous conductive path between the Cr rich grains. This property seems to be determinant in order to assure the possibility to obtain thin film resistors almost independent on the temperature.     

Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/As/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As (0/spl les/x/spl les/0.25) doped-channel field-effect transistors (DCFET's)

The properties of both lattice-matched and strained doped-channel field-effect transistors (DCFET's) have been investigated in AlGaAs/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As (0/spl les/x/spl les/0.25) heterostructures with various indium mole fractions. Through electrical characterization of grown layers in conjunction with the dc and microwave device characteristics, we observed that the introduction of a 150-/spl Aring/ thick strained In/sub 0.15/Ga/sub 0.85/As channel can enhance device performance, compared to the lattice-matched one. However, a degradation of device performance was observed for larger indium mole fractions, up to x=0.25, which is associated with strain relaxation in this highly strained channel. DCFET's also preserved a more reliable performance after biased-stress testings.<>     

Highly linear Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/N-Al/sub 0.05/Ga/sub 0.95/N-GaN composite-channel HEMTs

We report an Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/N-Al/sub 0.05/Ga/sub 0.95/N-GaN composite-channel HEMT with enhanced linearity. By engineering the channel region, i.e., inserting a 6-nm-thick AlGaN layer with 5% Al composition in the channel region, a composite-channel HEMT was demonstrated. Transconductance and cutoff frequencies of a 1 /spl times/100 /spl mu/m HEMT are kept near their peak values throughout the low- and high-current operating levels, a desirable feature for linear power amplifiers. The composite-channel HEMT exhibits a peak transconductance of 150 mS/mm, a peak current gain cutoff frequency (f/sub T/) of 12 GHz and a peak power gain cutoff frequency (f/sub max/) of 30 GHz. For devices grown on sapphire substrate, maximum power density of 3.38 W/mm, power-added efficiency of 45% are obtained at 2 GHz. The output third-order intercept point (OIP3) is 33.2 dBm from two-tone measurement at 2 GHz.     

Comparison between Pt/TiO2/Pt and Pt/TaOX/TaOY/Pt based bipolar resistive switching devices

Nonvolatile memories have emerged in recent years and have become a leading candidate towards replacing dynamic and static random-access memory devices. In this article, the performances of TiO₂ and TaO₂ nonvolatile memristive devices were compared and the factors that make TaO₂ memristive devices better than TiO₂ memristive devices were studied. TaO₂ memristive devices have shown better endurance performances (10⁸ times more switching cycles) and faster switching speed (5 times) than TiO₂ memristive devices. Electroforming of TaO₂ memristive devices requires~4.5 times less energy than TiO₂ memristive devices of a similar size. The retention period of TaO₂ memristive devices is expected to exceed 10 years with sufficient experimental evidence. In addition to comparing device performances, this article also explains the differences in physical device structure, switching mechanism, and resistance switching performances of TiO₂ and TaO₂ memristive devices. This article summarizes the reasons that give TaO₂ memristive devices the advantage over TiO₂ memristive devices, in terms of electroformation, switching speed, and endurance.     

Electrooptic ferroelectric Na/sub 0.5/K/sub 0.5/NbO/sub 3/ films

We report on waveguiding and electrooptic properties of epitaxial Na/sub 0.5/K/sub 0.5/NbO/sub 3/ films grown by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering on Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/(11_02) single crystal substrates. High optical waveguiding performance has been demonstrated in infrared and visible light. The in-plane electrooptic effect has been recorded in transmission using a transverse geometry. At dc fields, the effective linear electrooptic coefficient was determined to 28 pm/V, which is promising for modulator applications.