Influence of growth conditions of oxide on electrical properties of AlGaN/GaN metal–insulator–semiconductor transistors

AlGaN/GaN metal–insulator–semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors(MIS-HEMTs) on a silicon substrate were fabricated with silicon oxide as a gate dielectric by sputtering deposition and electron-beam(EB) evaporation. It was found that the oxide deposition method and conditions have great influences on the electrical properties of HEMTs. The low sputtering temperature or oxygen introduction at higher temperature results in a positive equivalent charge density at the oxide/AlGaN interface(Nequ), which induces a negative shift of threshold voltage and an increase in both sheet electron density(ns) and drain current density(ID). Contrarily, EB deposition makes a negative Nequ, resulting in reduced ns and ID. Besides, the maximum transconductance(gm-max) decreases and the off-state gate current density(I_G-off) increases for oxides at lower sputtering temperature compared with that at higher temperature, possibly due to a more serious sputter-induced damage and much larger Nequ at lower sputtering temperature. At high sputtering temperature, I_G-off decreases by two orders of magnitude compared to that without oxygen, which indicates that oxygen introduction and partial pressure depression of argon decreases the sputter-induced damage significantly. I_G-off for EB-evaporated samples is lower by orders of magnitude than that of sputtered ones, possibly attributed to the lower damage of EB evaporation to the barrier layer surface.     

蓝宝石衬底上槽栅型X波段增强型AlGaN/GaN HEMT

研制了一款X波段增强型AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT)。在3英寸(1英寸=2.54 cm)蓝宝石衬底上采用低损伤栅凹槽刻蚀技术制备了栅长为0.3μm的增强型AlGaN/GaN HEMT。所制备的增强型器件的阈值电压为0.42 V,最大跨导为401 mS/mm,导通电阻为2.7Ω·mm。器件的电流增益截止频率和最高振荡频率分别为36.1和65.2 GHz。在10 GHz下进行微波测试,增强型AlGaN/GaN HEMT的最大输出功率密度达到5.76 W/mm,最大功率附加效率为49.1%。在同一材料上制备的耗尽型器件最大输出功率密度和最大功率附加效率分别为6.16 W/mm和50.2%。增强型器件的射频特性可与在同一晶圆上制备的耗尽型器件相比拟。     

新型RESURF AlGaN/GaN HEMTs器件耐压分析

本文首先从器件有源区耗尽过程分析表明AlGaN/GaN HEMTs器件具有与传统Si功率器件不同的耗尽过程,针对AlGaN/GaN HEMTs器件特殊的耐压机理,提出了一种降低表面电场,提高击穿电压的新型RESURF AlGaN/GaN HEMTs结构.新结构通过在极化的AlGaN层中引入分区负电荷,辅助耗尽二维电子气,有效降低了引起器件击穿的栅极边缘高电场,并首次在漏极附近引入正电荷使漏端高电场峰降低.利用仿真软件ISE分析验证了AlGaN/GaN HEMTs器件具有的"虚栅"效应,通过电场和击穿特性分析获得,新结构使器件击穿电压从传统结构的257V提高到550V.     

宽禁带半导体日盲紫外探测器研究进展

全固态日盲型紫外探测器具有体积小、功耗小和虚警率低等优点,在机载导弹预警方面具有广阔的应用前景。宽禁带半导体是这类探测器的首选材料,通过调节材料组分可以使响应波段落在日盲区。本文着重介绍以导弹预警为目的的宽禁带半导体紫外探测器的研究进展和前沿动态,分析了AlGaN、MgZnO等不同材料在制备和性能方面的优势和不足,并讨论了半导体日盲紫外探测器的发展方向。     

利用光致发光法测定AlxGa1-xN外延膜中的铝元素含量

采用深紫外光致发光技术测量AlxGa1-xN半导体异质外延膜的禁带宽度,结合Material Studio软件中的CASTEP模块模拟计算AlxGa1-xN异质外延膜材料的弯曲因子,测定了AlxGa1-xN外延膜样品中的Al元素物质的量分数。结果表明,发射波长为224.3nm的HeAg激光器能够激发AlxGa1-xN半导体材料产生发光现象。CASTEP软件模拟计算得到AlxGa1-xN的弯曲因子为1.01462±0.06772eV,认为其弯曲因子在1.0eV附近,由此可以理论计算得到具有Al组分梯度的一系列AlxGa1-xN外延膜样品中的Al元素物质的量分数。     

SiN钝化前的NF3等离子体处理对AlGaN/GaN HEMT性能的影响

研究了SiN钝化前利用感应耦合等离子体（ICP）对AlGaN/GaN HEMT表面进行NF3等离子体处理对器件性能的影响. 结果表明,运用低能量的NF3等离子体处理钝化前的AlGaN/GaN HEMT表面能有效抑制器件电流崩塌,而器件直流及微波小信号特性则未受影响. 微波功率测试表明,经过6min NF3等离子体处理的AlGaN/GaN HEMT在2GHz, 30V工作电压下达到6.15W/mm的输出功率密度,而未经过处理的器件只达到1.82W/mm的输出功率密度.     

氟基等离子体处理对高Al组分AlGaN肖特基接触反向漏电的改善

在沉积肖特基金属之前,对非掺的Al0.45Ga0.55N采用了不同时间的氟基等离子体处理,其中Al组分对应日盲波段。与未做氟基等离子体处理的样品相比,经过处理的Al0.45Ga0.55N肖特基二极管在反向-10V的漏电流密度随处理时间的增加而减少,其中处理1min的样品的漏电流密度减少了5个数量级。X射线光电子谱分析证明了处理过的样品表面Ga-F和Al-F键的形成。反向漏电的减少可能是由氟基等离子体处理耗尽了电子和有效钝化了表面态导致的。     

Phase equilibria in transition metal Al-Ga-N systems and thermal stability of contacts to AlGaN

As a first step in predicting the phase equilibria in TM-Al-Ga-N systems, where TM denotes a transition metal from the first three transition series, phase equilibria are calculated in the TM-Al-N systems, and the condensed phases in equilibrium with both AlN and N₂ gas are discussed with respect to the position of the transition metal in the periodic table, temperature, and nitrogen pressure. Possible phases for use as stable electrical contacts to AlGaN are identified using these predictions, similar previous predictions for the TM-Ga-N systems and experimental findings.     

Minimization of leakage current of recessed gate AlGaN/GaN HEMTs by optimizing the dry-etching process

The backward current of Schottky contacts on unintentionally doped GaN samples prepared by different dry-etching methods was investigated. It was found that an ion beam etching (IBE) process with an accelerating voltage of 250 V under an angle of 20 degrees to minimize channeling achieves the best results. The backward current in this case is 4 × 10⁻¹⁰ A/μm² compared to the backward current of the unetched sample of 1 × 10⁻⁷ A/μm² at −100 V. With this process, recessed gate HEMTs on AlGaN/GaN heterostructures grown by low pressure MOVPE were fabricated and compared to HEMTs without recess. The applied gate recess etching technique improves the leakage current by nearly a factor of two. The maximum transconductance is improved from 40 mS/mm to 60 mS/mm at a gate length of 4 μm.