Fabrication and characterization of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with high power gain and efficiency at 8 GHz

State-of-the-art AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility structures were grown on semi-insulating 4H-SiC substrates by MOCVD and X-band microwave power high electron mobility transistors were fabricated and characterized.Hall mobility of 2291.1 cm2/(V·s) and two-dimensional electron gas density of 9.954 × 1012 cm-2 were achieved at 300 K.The HEMT devices with a 0.45-μm gate length exhibited maximum drain current density as high as 1039.6 mA/mm and peak extrinsic transconduct-ance of 229.7 mS/mm.The fT of 30.89 GHz and fmax of 38.71 GHz were measured on the device.Load-pull measurements were performed and analyzed under (-3.5,28) V,(-3.5,34) V and (-3.5,40) V gate/drain direct current bias in class-AB,respectively.The uncooled device showed high linear power gain of 17.04 dB and high power-added efficiency of 50.56％ at 8 GHz when drain biased at (-3.5,28) V.In addition,when drain biased at (-3.5,40) V,the device exhibited a saturation output power dens-ity up to 6.21 W/mm at 8 GHz,with a power gain of 11.94 dB and a power-added efficiency of 39.56％.Furthermore,the low fmax/fT ratio and the variation of the power sweep of the device at 8 GHz with drain bias voltage were analyzed.     

Low-thermal-budget Au-free ohmic contact to an ultrathin barrier AlGaN/GaN heterostructure utilizing a micro-patterned ohmic recess

A pre-ohmic micro-patterned recess process,is utilized to fabricate Ti/Al/Ti/TiN ohmic contact to an ultrathin-barrier(UTB) AlGaN/GaN heterostructure,featuring a significantly reduced ohmic contact resistivity of 0.56 Ω.mm at an alloy temperat-ure of 550 ℃.The sheet resistances increase with the temperature following a power law with the index of +2.58,while the spe-cific contact resistivity decreases with the temperature.The contact mechanism can be well described by thermionic field emis-sion (TFE).The extracted Schottky barrier height and electron concentration are 0.31 eV and 5.52 × 1018 cm-3,which suggests an intimate contact between ohmic metal and the UTB-AlGaN as well as GaN buffer.A good correlation between ohmic trans-fer length and the micro-pattern size is revealed,though in-depth investigation is needed.A preliminary CMOS-process-compat-ible metal-insulator-semiconductor high-mobility transistor (MIS-HEMT) was fabricated with the proposed Au-free ohmic con-tact technique.     

AlGaN/GaN异质结中二维电子气多子带解析建模

为了能够方便精确地研究AxlGa1-xN/GaN异质结中二维电子气性质,提出一种多子带二维电子气的解析模型.利用此模型能够求出二维电子气能带、子能级、波函数和量子特性的解析解.通过模型计算还可以得到二维电子气的分布变化、面电子密度、基带能级、费米能级和势阱随Al组分及AlGaN层厚度的改变.与泊松-薛定谔自洽求解结果相比较,此模型能够给出精确的结论,并避免了泊松-薛定谔自洽求解复杂的数值计算和耗时长等缺点.     

六英寸Si基GaN功率电子材料及器件的制备与研究

氮化镓(GaN)作为第三代半导体材料的代表,具有优异的材料物理特性,更加适合于下一代电力电子系统对功率开关器件更大功率、更高频率、更小体积和更恶劣工作温度的要求。为了兼容Si基CMOS工艺流程,以及考虑到大尺寸、低成本等优势,在Si衬底上进行GaN材料的异质外延及器件制备已经成为业界主要技术路线。详细介绍了在6英寸Si衬底上外延生长的AlGaN/GaN HEMT结构功率电子材料,以及基于6英寸CMOS产线制造Si基GaN功率MIS-HEMT和常关型Cascode GaN器件的相关成果。     

氮化物紫外LED研究与应用

随着Ⅲ-族氮化物材料与器件技术的不断发展,基于高Al组分氮化物的紫外LED受到广泛关注。本文主要介绍近年来紫外LED在外延、芯片及应用方面的研究进展。紫外LED的量子效率受晶体质量、掺杂效率、光提取等技术难题的制约,还有很大的发展潜力。随着研究的不断深入,紫外LED的性能将进一步提升,并在消毒净化、环境监测、光固化、无创光疗、非视距保密通信等领域得到广泛应用。     

蓝宝石衬底上AlGaN外延材料的低压MOCVD生长

采用低温AlN成核层在1180℃温度下在(0001)蓝宝石衬底上用低压MOCVD设备生长了AlGaN外延层.Al组分高达0.6、厚度大于1μm的AlGaN外延层表面光亮,晶体质量较好,(0002)X射线衍射回摆曲线半峰宽FWHM为853弧秒.当反应室气压从5×103Pa降到2×103Pa后, AlGaN 外延层的生长速率和固相Al组分都显著提高.     

AlGaN/GaN异质结构的X射线衍射研究

在(0001)取向的蓝宝石(α-A12O3)基片上用金属有机物化学气相沉积(MOCVD)方法生长了势垒层厚度为1000A的Al0．22Ga0．78N／GaN异质结构,利用高分辨X射线衍射(HRXRD)技术测量了样品的对称反射(0002)和非对称反射(1014)的倒易空间Mapping(RSM)。结果表明,样品势垒层的内部微结构与应变状态和下层i-GaN的微结构与应变状态互相关联。样品势垒层的微应变已经发生弛豫,而且具有一种“非常规”应变弛豫状态,这种弛豫状态的来源可能与n-AIGaN的内部缺陷以及i-GaN／α-Al2O3界面应变弛豫状态有关。掠入射X射线衍射研究表明样品内部的应变是不均匀的,由表层的横向压应变状态过渡到下层的张应变状态,与根据倒易空间Mapping分析得到的结果一致。     

AlGaN/GaN 高电子迁移率晶体管解析模型

基于电荷控制理论,考虑到极化效应和寄生漏源电阻的影响,建立了能精确模拟AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管直流I-V特性和小信号参数的解析模型.计算表明,自发极化和压电极化的综合作用对器件特性影响尤为显著,2V栅压下,栅长为1μm的Al_0.2Ga_0.8N/GaN HEMT获得的最大漏电流为1370mA/mm;降低寄生源漏电阻可以获得更高的饱和电流、跨导和截至频率.模拟结果同已有的测试结果较为吻合,该模型具有物理概念明确且算法简单的优点,适于微波器件结构和电路设计.     

AlGaN/GaN HEMT高跨导特性的研究

报道了蓝宝石衬底、栅长为0.3 μ m AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件的制备,在未采用散热设备的条件下测得栅宽为100μ m器件的饱和电流为55.9mA,最大源漏电流为92.1mA.对器件的跨导特性进行了对比,得到最大跨导为306mS/mm的器件.同时对器件进行了微波小信号测试,推导出截止频率fT和最高振荡频率fmax分别为18.5GHz和46GHz.     

AlGaN/GaN异质结构的欧姆接触

通过改变Ti/Al的结构及退火条件,研究了AlGaN/GaN异质结构上Ti/Al/Ni/Au金属体系所形成的欧姆接触.结果表明,Ti/Al/Ni/Au金属厚度分别为20,120,55和45nm,退火条件为高纯N2气氛中850℃、30s时在AlGaN/GaN异质结构上获得了良好的欧姆接触,其比接触电阻率为3.30×10-6Ω·cm2.SEM分析表明该条件下的欧姆接触具有良好的表面形貌,可以很好地满足高性能AlGaN/GaN高电子迁移率晶体管制造的要求.