一种P-GaN栅极结合槽栅技术的增强型HEMT

为了得到高击穿电压、高阈值电压的增强型GaN器件,提出了一种P型掺杂GaN(P-GaN)栅极结合槽栅技术的AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN双异质结结构。该器件的阈值电压高达3.4 V,击穿电压达738 V。利用Sentaurus TCAD进行仿真,对比了传统P-GaN栅与P-GaN栅结合槽栅的AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN双异质器件的阈值电压和耐压。结果表明,栅槽深度在5~13 nm范围内变化时,阈值电压随栅槽深度的增大而增大,击穿电压随栅槽深度的增大呈先增大后略减小;导通电阻随槽栅深度的增大而增大,最小导通电阻为11.3 Ω·mm。     

具有栅源间本征GaN调制层的AlGaN/GaN HEMT

为解决常规AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)因源极电子注入栅极右侧高场区造成的雪崩击穿,并提高器件的击穿电压,提出了一种具有栅源间本征GaN (i-GaN)调制层的新型AlGaN/GaN HEMT结构.新结构器件在反向耐压时将调制层下方部分区域的二维电子气(2DEG)完全耗尽,扩展了沟道的夹断区,有效阻止了源极电子向栅极右侧高场区的注入.仿真结果表明,通过设置适当的调制层长度和厚度,器件的击穿电压可从常规结构的862 V提升至新结构的1086 V,增幅达26％.同时,GaN调制层会微幅增大器件的比导通电阻,对阈值电压也具有一定的提升作用.     

横向增强型双侧栅结构GaN JFET优化设计

提出了一种新型横向双侧栅结构的GaN JFET,并通过SILVACO软件对器件的沟道宽度、沟道电子浓度和p-GaN空穴浓度进行了优化,得到了阈值电压和输出电流与器件参数之间的变化规律,通过参数优化得到了增强型GaN JFET的结构参数条件。随后对设计的横向双侧栅结构增强型GaN JFET器件进行了击穿特性研究,发现当沟道长度短至0.5μm时,会出现严重的短沟道效应;当沟道长度大于1μm后,器件击穿电压由栅极与漏极间寄生PN结反向击穿决定,与沟道长度无关;采用RESURF (Reduced surface field)终端结构可以显著提升器件击穿电压,优化后的增强型GaN JFET器件击穿电压超过1 200 V。此外,采用p型GaN缓冲层替代n型GaN缓冲层,能够有效提高器件的栅控能力。     

1400 V/240 mΩ增强型硅基p-GaN栅结构AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件

基于硅基p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN异质结材料结构,研制了一款横向结构的高压增强型GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(GaN HEMT)器件。通过采用自对准栅刻蚀与损伤修复技术以及低温无金欧姆合金工艺实现了较低的导通电阻,并借助于叠层介质钝化和多场板峰值抑制技术提升了器件的击穿特性。测试结果表明,所研制GaN器件的阈值电压为1.95 V(V_GS=V_DS,I_DS=0.01 mA/mm),导通电阻为240 mΩ(V_GS=6 V,V_DS=0.5 V),击穿电压高于1 400 V(V_GS=0 V,I_DS=1μA/mm),彰显了硅基p-GaN栅结构AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件在1 200 V等级高压应用领域的潜力。     

基于衬底材料优化的抗辐射功率器件SEB加固技术

在外延层和衬底之间增加缓冲层能够提高器件的二次击穿电压,从而提高器件的单粒子烧毁(SEB)阈值电压。仿真对比了抗辐射加固纵向扩散金属氧化物场效应管(VDMOS)的单层缓冲层和掺杂线性梯度变化缓冲层的二次击穿特性和电场分布。在掺杂突变的缓冲层/N⁺衬底界面位置,线性缓冲层的电场为1.7×10⁵V/cm,单层缓冲层的电场为2.4×10⁵V/cm。¹⁸¹Ta粒子辐射试验验证了掺杂线性梯度变化缓冲层的SEB阈值电压优于单层缓冲层,线性缓冲层样品的SEB阈值电压大于250 V,单层缓冲层样品的SEB阈值电压为150～200 V。     

具有MIS结构的n-AlGaAs/InGaAs/n-GaAs双调制掺杂赝HEMT

本文设计和研制了具有MIS结构的n-AlGaAs/InGaAs/n-GaAs 双调制掺杂赝HEMT.它结合了MISFET和双调制掺杂赝HEMT的特点.1μm栅长器件的最大漏电流密度达400mA/mm,栅反向击穿电压高达15V.器件还显示了良好的微波射频特性.     

双异质结双平面掺杂HEMT器件的电荷控制模型

利用泊松方程以及异质结能带理论,通过费米能级-二维电子气浓度的线性近似,推导了基于双异质结双平面掺杂的HEMT器件的电荷控制模型.计算分析了沟道顶部和底部平面掺杂浓度,栅金属与顶部平面掺杂层距离等材料结构尺寸和阈值电压、二维电子气浓度的关系.该模型为优化和预测双平面掺杂HEMT器件性能提供了一个有效手段.     

双异质结双平面掺杂HEMT器件的电荷控制模型

利用泊松方程以及异质结能带理论 ,通过费米能级 -二维电子气浓度的线性近似 ,推导了基于双异质结双平面掺杂的 HEMT器件的电荷控制模型 .计算分析了沟道顶部和底部平面掺杂浓度 ,栅金属与顶部平面掺杂层距离等材料结构尺寸和阈值电压、二维电子气浓度的关系 .该模型为优化和预测双平面掺杂 HEMT器件性能提供了一个有效手段     

高频功率AlGaN/GaN HEMT 的栅结构优化

本文研究了栅帽、栅源间距对AlGaN/GaN HEMT性能的影响。基于研究结果得出了优化高频功率AlGaN/GaN HEMT栅结构的方法。缩小栅场板可以有效提高器件的增益、截止频率（ft）、最大震荡频率（fmax）。通过减小栅场板长度,栅长0.35 器件的ft达到了30GHz、fmax达到了80GHz。采用tao型栅（栅帽偏向源侧）或者增加栅金属厚度还可以进一步优化 。缩小栅源的距离可以提高饱和漏电流和击穿电压,从而提高器件的输出功率。     

一种对称极化掺杂增强型高压GaN HFET

针对传统AlGaN/GaN HFET击穿电压远低于理论值,以及阈值电压与开态电流之间存在制约关系的问题,提出一种对称极化掺杂增强型高压GaN HFET。采用Al组分对称渐变的AlGaN势垒层,因极化梯度分别在正向渐变AlGaN层和逆向渐变AlGaN层中诱导产生了三维电子气(3DEG)和三维空穴气(3DHG)。利用3DHG,阻断了源极与3DEG之间的纵向导通沟道,实现了新的增强型模式。同时,正向渐变AlGaN层的高浓度3DEG显著提升了器件输出电流。器件关断时,极化电荷形成的极化结有助于耗尽漂移区,优化了电场分布,提升了器件耐压。与传统AlGaN/GaN HFET相比,新器件的击穿电压从39 V提高至919 V,饱和漏电流提升了103.5%。     

Optimization design on breakdown voltage of AlGaN/GaN high-electron mobility transistor

Simulations are carried out to explore the possibility of achieving high breakdown voltage of GaN HEMT (high-electron mobility transistor). GaN cap layers with gradual increase in the doping concentration from 2×10¹⁶ to 5×10¹⁹ cm^-3 of N-type and P-type cap are investigated, respectively. Simulation results show that HEMT with P-doped GaN cap layer shows more potential to achieve higher breakdown voltage than N-doped GaN cap layer under the same doping concentration. This is because the ionized net negative space charges in P-GaN cap layer could modulate the surface electric field which makes more contribution to RESURF effect. Furthermore, a novel GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMT with P-doped GaN buried layer in GaN buffer between gate and drain electrode is proposed. It shows enhanced performance. The breakdown voltage of the proposed structure is 640 V which is increased by 12% in comparison to UID (un-intentionally doped) GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMT. We calculated and analyzed the distribution of electrons'' density. It is found that the depleted region is wider and electric field maximum value is induced at the left edge of buried layer. So the novel structure with P-doped GaN buried layer embedded in GaN buffer has the better improving characteristics of the power devices.     

0.15μm GaN HEMT及其应用

报道了毫米波应用的0.15μm场板结构GaN HEMT。器件研制采用了76.2mm(3英寸)SiC衬底上外延生长的AlGaN/GaN异质结构材料,该材料由MOCVD技术生长并引入了掺Fe GaN缓冲层技术以提升器件击穿电压。器件栅脚和集成了场板的栅帽均由电子束光刻实现,并采用栅挖槽技术来控制器件夹断电压。研制的2×75μm栅宽GaN HEMT在24V工作电压、35GHz频率下的负载牵引测试结果显示其输出功率密度达到了4W/mm,对应的功率增益和功率附加效率分别为5dB和35%。采用该0.15μm GaN HEMT技术进行了Ka波段GaN功率MMIC的研制,所研制的功率MMIC在24V工作电压下脉冲工作时(100μs脉宽、10%占空比),29GHz频点处饱和功率达到了10.64W。     

AlGaN/GaN HEMTs With Thin InGaN Cap Layer for Normally Off Operation

AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with a thin InGaN cap layer have been proposed to implement the normally off HEMTs. The key idea is to employ the polarization-induced field in the InGaN cap layer, by which the conduction band is raised, which leads to the normally off operation. The fabricated HEMT with an In_0.2Ga_0.8N cap layer with a thickness of 5 nm showed normally off operation with a threshold voltage of 0.4 V and a maximum transconductance of 85 mS/mm for the device with a 1.9-mum-long gate. By etching off the In_0.2Ga_0.8N cap layer at the access region using gate electrode as an etching mask, the maximum transconductance has increased from 85 to 130 mS/mm due to a reduction of the parasitic source resistance.     

磁控溅射AlN介质的14W/mm AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT

介绍了一种采用磁控溅射AlN介质作为绝缘层的的SiC衬底AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT.器件研制中采用了凹槽栅和场板结构.采用MIS结构后,器件击穿电压由80 V提高到了180 V以上,保证了器件能够实现更高的工作电压.在2 GHz、75 V工作电压下,研制的200μm栅宽AlGaN/GaNMIS-HEMT输出功率密度达到了14.4 W/mm,器件功率增益和功率附加效率分别为20.51 dB和54.2%.     

增强型AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN双异质结槽栅HEMT研究

为了在获得高击穿电压的同时实现增强型器件,对AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN双异质结HEMT进行了栅槽刻蚀,得到阈值电压为0.6 V的增强型HEMT。对器件特性的变化机理进行了分析,发现刻蚀引入的陷阱态使器件的击穿性能降低。采用变频电导法,定量研究了反应离子刻蚀在AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN双异质结HEMT中引入的陷阱态。研究表明,刻蚀工艺在双异质结HEMT中引入了大量的浅能级陷阱,这些陷阱的能级主要分布在0.36~0.40 eV。     

Ultrathin InAlN/AlN Barrier HEMT With High Performance in Normally Off Operation

We present GaN-based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with a 2-nm-thin InAlN/AlN barrier capped with highly doped n⁺⁺ GaN. Selective etching of the cap layer results in a well-controllable ultrathin barrier enhancement-mode device with a threshold voltage of +0.7 V. The n⁺⁺ GaN layer provides a 290-Omega/square sheet resistance in the HEMT access region and eliminates current dispersion measured by pulsed IV without requiring additional surface passivation. Devices with a gate length of 0.5-mum exhibit maximum drain current of 800 mA/mm, maximum transconductance of 400 mS/mm, and current cutoff frequency fT of 33.7 GHz. In addition, we demonstrate depletion-mode devices on the same wafer, opening up perspectives for reproducible high-performance InAlN-based digital integrated circuits.     

High breakdown GaN HEMT with overlapping gate structure

GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) were fabricated using an overlapping-gate technique in which the drain-side edge of the metal gate overlaps on a high breakdown and high dielectric constant dielectric. The overlapping structure reduces the electric field at the drain-side gate edge, thus increasing the breakdown of the device. A record-high three-terminal breakdown figure of 570 V was achieved on a HEMT with a gate-drain spacing of 13 μm. The source-drain saturation current was 500 mA/mm and the extrinsic transconductance 150 mS/mm     

Design and simulation of a novel E-mode GaN MIS-HEMT based on a cascode connection for suppression of electric field under gate and improvement of reliability

We proposed a novel AlGaN/GaN enhancement-mode (E-mode) high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) with a dual-gate structure and carried out the detailed numerical simulation of device operation using Silvaco Atlas. The dual-gate device is based on a cascode connection of an E-mode and a D-mode gate. The simulation results show that electric field under the gate is decreased by more than 70% compared to that of the conventional E-mode MIS-HEMTs (from 2.83 MV/cm decreased to 0.83 MV/cm). Thus, with the discussion of ionized trap density, the proposed dual-gate structure can highly improve electric field-related reliability, such as, threshold voltage stability. In addition, compared with HEMT with field plate structure, the proposed structure exhibits a simplified fabrication process and a more effective suppression of high electric field.     

标准氟离子注入实现增强型GaN基功率器件

介绍了一种直接利用离子注入机对AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)器件的栅下进行氟(F)离子注入的方法,成功实现了增强型HEMT器件,阈值电压从耗尽型器件的-2.6V移动到增强型器件的+1.9V.研究了注入剂量对器件性能的影响,研究发现随着注入剂量的不断增加,阈值电压不断地正向移动,但由于存在高能F离子的注入损伤,器件的正向栅极漏电随着注入剂量的增加而不断上升,阈值电压正向移动也趋于饱和.因此,提出采用在AlGaN/GaN异质结表面沉积栅介质充当能量吸收层,降低离子注入过程中的损伤,成功实现了阈值电压为+3.3 V,饱和电流密度约为200 mA/mm,同时具有一个较高的开关比109的增强型金属-绝缘层-半导体HEMT (MIS-HEMT)器件.     

Recessed-gate structure approach toward normally off high-Voltage AlGaN/GaN HEMT for power electronics applications

A recessed-gate structure has been studied with a view to realizing normally off operation of high-voltage AlGaN/GaN high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) for power electronics applications. The recessed-gate structure is very attractive for realizing normally off high-voltage AlGaN/GaN HEMTs because the gate threshold voltage can be controlled by the etching depth of the recess without significant increase in on-resistance characteristics. With this structure the threshold voltage can be increased with the reduction of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) density only under the gate electrode without reduction of 2DEG density in the other channel regions such as the channel between drain and gate. The threshold-voltage increase was experimentally demonstrated. The threshold voltage of fabricated recessed-gate device increased to -0.14 V while the threshold voltage without the recessed-gate structure was about -4 V. The specific on-resistance of the device was maintained as low as 4 m/spl Omega//spl middot/cm/sup 2/ and the breakdown voltage was 435 V. The on-resistance and the breakdown voltage tradeoff characteristics were the same as those of normally on devices. From the viewpoint of device design, the on-resistance for the normally off device was modeled using the relationship between the AlGaN layer thickness under the gate electrode and the 2DEG density. It is found that the MIS gate structure and the recess etching without the offset region between recess edge and gate electrode will further improve the on-resistance. The simulation results show the possibility of the on-resistance below 1 m/spl Omega//spl middot/cm/sup 2/ for normally off AlGaN/GaN HEMTs operating at several hundred volts with threshold voltage up to +1 V.