GaN和AlxGa1-xN/CaN异质结的高温性质

通过高温Hall测量研究了GaN和AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结从室温到500℃高温下的输运性质.实验发现GaN背景载流子浓度随着温度的升高而升高,载流子浓度变化的幅度和GaN的位错密度存在正比关系,持续光电导的跃迁幅度和GaN的位错密度也存在正比关系,说明位错相关的深施主或者陷阱对GaN在高温下的背景浓度有很大影响.实验发现AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结中二维电子气的浓度在室温到250℃的范围内随着温度的升高而下降,然后随着温度的升高开始增加.前者主要是由于随着温度的升高,AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结的导带不连续减小引起的,后者主要是由GaN层背景载流子浓度增加导致的.通过求解自洽的薛定谔和泊松方程得到的二维电子气浓度的温度关系和实验结果一致.     

Al组分对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结构中二维电子气输运性质的影响

在低温和强磁场下,通过磁输运测量研究了不同Al组分调制掺杂AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结二维电子气(2DEG)的磁电阻振荡现象.观察到低Al组分异质结中的2DEG有较低的浓度和较高的迁移率.     

肖特基C-V法研究AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结界面二维电子气

通过对Pt/AI0 22Ga078N/GaN肖特基二极管的C-V测量,研究分析了A1022Ga078N/GaN异质结界面二维电子气(2DEG)浓度及其空间分布.测量结果表明,Al0.22Ga.8N/GaN异质结界面2DEG浓度峰值对应的深度在界面以下1.3nm处,2DEG分布峰的半高宽为2.3nm,2DEG面密度为6.5×1012cm-2.与AlxGa1xAs/GaAs异质结比,其2DEG面密度要高一个数量级,而空间分布则要窄一个数量级.这主要归结于A1xGa1-xN层中～MV/cm量级的压电极化电场和自发极化电场对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结能带的调制和AlxGa1xN/GaN异质结界面有更大的导带不连续.     

Analysis of PTCDA/ITO Surface and Interface Using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy

在低温和强磁场下,通过磁输运测量研究了不同Al组分调制掺杂AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结二维电子气(2DEG)的磁电阻振荡现象.观察到低Al组分异质结中的2DEG有较低的浓度和较高的迁移率.     

界面极化效应对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin探测器光电响应的影响

设计了正面入射的探测波长范围限制在326～365nm的AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin光电探测器.利用自洽求解薛定谔-泊松方程计算了AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结在无极化、完全极化和部分极化的能带图,结合光电响应谱的模拟,分析了界面极化效应对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin紫外光电探测器响应特性的影响并提出了改善方法.     

界面极化效应对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin探测器光电响应的影响

设计了正面入射的探测波长范围限制在326～365nm的AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin光电探测器.利用自洽求解薛定谔-泊松方程计算了AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结在无极化、完全极化和部分极化的能带图,结合光电响应谱的模拟,分析了界面极化效应对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin紫外光电探测器响应特性的影响并提出了改善方法.     

半导体技术

O47 2007010615Al组分对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结构中二维电子气输运性质的影响/唐宁,沈波,王茂俊,杨志坚,徐科,张国义,桂永胜,朱博(北京大学物理学院人工微结构和介观物理国家重点实验室)//半导体学报.―2006,27(2).―235～238.在低温和强磁场下,通过磁输运测量研究了不同Al组分调制掺杂AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结二维电子气(2DEG)的磁电阻振荡现象。观察到低Al组分异质结中的2DEG有较低的浓度和较高的迁移率。图3表0参5     

AlGaN/GaN异质结材料的中子辐照效应

采用归一化能量1 MeV的中子脉冲反应堆对AlGaN/GaN异质结材料进行了辐照研究.实验发现,经1015cm-2注量的中子辐照后,异质结材料的二维电子气(2DEG)载流子浓度(ns)下降,而2DEG迁移率由于受到ns的调制作用略有增加,同时辐照导致的载流子浓度ns下降造成了沟道串联电阻的增加和异质结构阈值电压(VTH)的正向漂移.分析认为,辐照感生类受主缺陷是造成ns下降和阈值电压漂移的原因.原子力显微镜(AFM)和X射线衍射仪(XRD)的测试结果表明,辐照后材料的表面形貌有所恶化,材料应变基本不变,而材料的螺位错和刃位错密度辐照后都略有增加.此外,实验结果还表明初始材料质量越好,辐照退化越小.     

RF-MBE生长AlGaN/GaN极化感应二维电子气材料

用射频等离子体辅助分子束外延技术(RF-MBE)在C面蓝宝石衬底上外延了高质量的GaN膜以及AlGaN/GaN极化感应二维电子气材料.所外延的GaN膜室温背景电子浓度为2×1017cm-a,相应的电子迁移率为177cm2/(V·s);GaN(0002)X射线衍射摇摆曲线半高宽(FWHM)为6′;AlGaN/GaN极化感应二维电子气材料的室温电子迁移率为730cm2/(V·s),相应的电子气面密度为7.6×1012cm-2;用此二维电子气材料制作的异质结场效应晶体管(HFET)室温跨导达50mS/mm(栅长1μm),截止频率达13GHz(栅长0.5μm).     

Al_xGa_(1-x)N/GaN异质结构中二维电子气的自旋性质

Ⅲ族氮化物材料有很长的电子自旋弛豫时间以及很高的居里温度,成为近年来半导体自旋电子学研究的重要材料体系之一。介绍了目前两种最主要的研究AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结构中二维电子气(2DEG)自旋性质的物理效应:磁电阻的舒伯尼科夫-德哈斯拍频振荡和弱反局域效应,回顾了AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结构中2DEG自旋性质的研究进展。AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结构材料中有很强的极化电场,诱导产生很高浓度的2DEG,能够产生相当大能量的自旋分裂,并且这种自旋分裂可以被栅压所调控,因此在自旋场效应晶体管方面有很好的应用前景。然而要实现GaN基自旋电子学器件的应用,GaN中自旋注入效率是目前所面临的问题。     

Growth of GaN Nanowires on Epitaxial GaN

We report experiments on the formation of GaN nanowires on epitaxial GaN using thin layers of Ni. GaN covered with Ni shows roughening that is strongly dependent on the thickness of the Ni layer and the annealing conditions. With the initial Ni thickness of 0.8 nm we observe formation of Ni-filled antidots. These act as nucleation sites in the growth of GaN nanowires, allowing for the preparation of nanowires with an average diameter as small as 30 nm. Dense and well-oriented nanowires are formed by pulsed metallorganic chemical vapor deposition at 750°C. The size of the Ni features determines the diameter of the GaN nanowires, resulting in good control over the formation process.     

GaN MESFET

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Growth of GaN on porous SiC and GaN substrates

We have studied the growth of GaN on porous SiC and GaN substrates, employing both plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy (PAMBE) and metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD). For growth on porous SiC, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations indicate that the epitaxial-GaN growth initiates primarily from surface areas between pores, and the exposed surface pores tend to extend into GaN as open tubes and trap Ga droplets. The dislocation density in the GaN layers is similar to, or slightly less than, that observed in layers grown on nonporous substrates. For the case of GaN growth on porous GaN, the overgrown layer replicates the underlying dislocation structure (although considerable dislocation reduction can occur as this overgrowth proceeds, independent of the presence of the porous layer). The GaN layers grown on a porous SiC substrate were found to be mechanically more relaxed than those grown on nonporous substrates; electron-diffraction patterns indicate that the former are free of misfit strain or are even in tension after cooling to room temperature.     

GaN MOS Capacitors and FETs on Plasma-Etched GaN Surfaces

The electrical characteristics of gallium nitride (GaN) metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitors and field-effect transistors (FETs) made on as-grown surfaces, dry-etched surfaces using reactive-ion etching (RIE), and wet-etch treated surfaces after the dry etch were measured. Capacitance and conductance techniques were used to obtain the MOS properties for capacitors. Devices with only an RIE plasma dry-etch process have poor yield and noisy capacitance in the low-frequency accumulation region. Those on dry/wet-etch treated samples have more negative ultraviolet (UV) assistant capacitance-voltage (CV) shift, and higher interface-state densities than those on as-grown samples, but have similar surface potential fluctuation. Threshold voltages of 2 V for an as-grown GaN MOSFET and 1 V for a dry/wet-etched MOSFET were measured. Maximum field-effect mobility for long-channel (L _ch = 100 μm) MOSFETs on the as-grown GaN wafer and the dry/wet-etched GaN wafer were obtained as 167 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹ and 119 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹, respectively. The higher interface trap density and lower field-effect mobility indicate that post-plasma-etch wet etching can only partially remove the damages from RIE.     

Si-diffused GaN for enhancement-mode GaN mosfet on si applications

Si diffusion into GaN was studied as a function of encapsulant type (SiO₂ or SiN_x) and diffusion temperature. Using a SiO₂ encapsulant, the Si diffusion exhibited an activation energy of 0.57 eV with a prefactor of 2.07×10⁻⁴ cm² sec⁻¹ in the temperature range 800–1,000°C. An enhancement-mode MgO/GaN-on-Si metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) was fabricated utilizing Si-diffused regions under the source and drain to provide an accumulated channel. The gate leakage through the undoped GaN was low enough for us to achieve good saturation behavior in the drain-current-voltage characteristics. The devices showed improved transconductance and drain current relative to previous devices with Si-implanted source/drain regions.     

GaN microwave electronics

In this paper, recent progress of AlGaN/GaN-based power high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMT's) is reviewed. Remarkable improvement in performances was obtained through adoption of high Al contents in the AlGaN layer. The mobility in these modulation-doped structures is about 1200 cm².V^-1.s^-1 at 300 K with sheet densities of over 1×10¹³ cm^-2 . The current density is over 1 A/mm with gate-drain breakdown voltages up to 280 V. F_t values up to 52 GHz have been demonstrated. Continuous wave (CW) power densities greater than 3 W/mm at 18 GHz have been achieved     

GaN HEMT reliability

This paper reviews the experimental evidence behind a new failure mechanism recently identified in GaN high-electron mobility transistors subject to electrical stress. Under high voltage, it has been found that electrically active defects are generated in the AlGaN barrier or at its surface in the vicinity of the gate edge. These defects reduce the drain current, increase the parasitic resistance and provide a path for excess gate current. There is mounting evidence for the role of the inverse piezoelectric effect in introducing mechanical stress in the AlGaN barrier layer and eventually producing these defects. The key signature of this mechanism is a sudden and non-reversible increase in the gate leakage current of several orders of magnitude. This degradation mechanism is voltage driven and characterized by a critical voltage below which degradation does not occur. This hypothesis suggests several paths to enhance the electrical reliability of GaN HEMTs which are borne out by experiments.     

Geiger-Mode Operation of GaN Avalanche Photodiodes Grown on GaN Substrates

Ultraviolet (UV) GaN p-i-n avalanche photodiodes (APDs) on low dislocation density free-standing GaN substrates were grown and fabricated. The GaN APD showed a stable avalanche multiplication gain in a linear mode, using UV illumination. In Geiger-mode operation at room temperature with gated quenching, no after-pulsing effect was observed up to 100 kHz. The single-photon detection efficiency and dark-count probability were measured to be ${sim}$1% and ${sim} 3times 10^{- 2}$ at 265 nm, respectively.