利用Ni纳米岛模板制备半极性晶面GaN纳米柱

报道了在GaN表面以Ni纳米岛结构作为模板,利用电感耦合等离子(ICP)刻蚀制备GaN纳米柱的研究结果。原子力显微镜(AFM)测试结果表明,金属Ni薄膜在快速热退火(RTA)作用下形成了平均直径和高度大约分别为325 nm和70 nm的纳米岛状结构。通过电子扫描显微镜(SEM)照片看出,以GaN表面所形成的Ni纳米岛作为模板图形,通过控制ICP刻蚀时间,在一定的刻蚀时间内(2 min)获得有序的并拥有半极性晶面的GaN纳米柱阵列。这种新颖的半极性GaN纳米柱作为氮化物量子阱或者超晶格结构的生长模板,可以有效减小甚至消除极化效应,提高光电子器件的效率和性能。     

GaN HEMT器件中子辐照效应实验研究

建立了GaN HEMT器件(氮化镓高电子迁移率晶体管)中子原位测试技术和辐照效应实验方法,开展了GaN HEMT器件脉冲反应堆中子辐照效应实验研究,重点研究了电离辐射和位移损伤对器件性能退化的影响,获取了GaN HEMT中子位移损伤效应敏感参数和效应规律.结果表明,阈值电压、栅极泄漏电流以及漏极电流是中子辐照损伤的敏感...     

SiC衬底AlGaN/GaN HEMT的热分析与测试

对SiC衬底AlGaN/GaN HEMT的结温进行了理论计算与实测。计算中考虑了衬底材料热导率随温度的变化以及器件源、漏电阻上的热损耗,不同耗散功率下的理论计算与红外显微镜实测结果比较表明,两者相差最大不超过10℃。由于理论计算结果是在解析解的基础上运用计算机迭代计算获得,所耗时间较短,故这一结果对于改善器件结构以提高AlGaN/GaN HEMT及其MMIC电路的性能将有较大帮助。     

Passivation of Surface and Interface States in AlGaN/GaN HEMT Structures by Annealing

The Ni/AlGaN interfaces in AlGaN/GaN Schottky diodes were investigated to explore the physical origin of post-annealing effects using electron beam induced current (EBIC), current–voltage (I–V) characteristics, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The EBIC images of the annealed diodes showed that the post-annealing process reduces electrically active states at the Schottky metal/AlGaN interfaces, leading to improvement of diode performance, for example a decrease in reverse leakage current and an increase in Schottky barrier heights. Pulsed I–V characteristics indicate the Fermi level is up-shifted after annealing, resulting in a larger sheet carrier density at the AlGaN/GaN interface. Unintentional oxidation of the free AlGaN surface during the post-annealing process, revealed by XPS analysis, may prevent electron trapping near the drain-side of the gate edges. We suggest that the post-annealing process under an optimized conditions can be an effective way of passivating AlGaN/GaN heterojunction field-effect transistors.     

GaN基HEMT微加速度计的压阻系数测试

介绍了GaN基HEMT微加速度计结构的设计、加工及测试过程,并对结果做出了分析。通过喇曼测试与ANSYS仿真软件相结合的方式进行应力测试分析,利用安捷伦4156C测试仪对GaN基HEMT进行不同应力状态及不同温度下IDS-VDS特性测试,并通过相关测试数据计算分析GaN基HEMT的压阻系数及其变化规律。结果表明:常温下GaN基HEMT的等效压阻系数为(2.47±0.04)×10-9Pa-1,高于Si的压阻系数(7.23±3.62)×10-10Pa-1。同时测试了HEMT在-40~50℃的输出特性,实验结果表明,HEMT饱和源漏电流随着温度的升高而下降。压阻系数具有负温度系数,且压阻系数随着温度的升高以226TPa-1/℃的速率减小。     

GaN生长工艺流程实时监控系统

文章分析了在ECR－MOCVD装置上外延生长GaN单晶薄膜的工艺过程特点和在此过程中影响GaN结晶质量的主要因素，在此基础上，设计了一套由80C31单片机为核心的光电隔离电路和PC机组成的两级系统，用于GaN薄膜外延生长的工艺流程监控，并提出了一种合适的工艺流程监控策略。     

Investigation of radiative tunneling in GaN/InGaN single quantum well light-emitting diodes

The mechanisms of carrier injection and recombination in a GaN/InGaN single quantum well light-emitting diodes have been studied. Strong defect-assisted tunneling behavior has been observed in both forward and reverse current–voltage characteristics. In addition to band-edge emission at 400 nm, the electroluminescence has also been attributed to radiative tunneling from band-to-deep level states and band-to-band tail states. The approximately current-squared dependence of light intensity at 400 nm even at high currents indicates dominant nonradiative recombination through deep-lying states within the space-charge region. Inhomogeneous avalanche breakdown luminescence, which is primarily caused by deep-level recombination, suggests a nonuniform spatial distribution of reverse leakage in these diodes.     

InGaN/GaN MQW p–n junction photodetectors

InGaN/GaN multiquantum well (MQW) p–n junction photodetectors with semi-transparent Ni/Au electrodes were fabricated and characterized. It was found that the fabricated InGaN/GaN MQW p–n junction photodetectors exhibit a 20 V breakdown voltage and a 3.5 V forward 20 mA turn on voltage. It was also found that the photocurrent to dark current contrast ratio is higher than 10⁵ when a 0.4 V reverse bias was applied to the InGaN/GaN MQW p–n junction photodetectors. Furthermore, it was found that the maximum responsivity was 1.28 and 1.76 A/W with a 0.1 and 3 V applied reverse bias, respectively.     

Nitrogen vacancy scattering in GaN grown by metal–organic vapor phase epitaxy

Electron mobility limited by nitrogen vacancy scattering was taken into account to evaluate the quality of n-type GaN grown by metal–organic vapor phase epitaxy. Two assumptions were made for this potential for the nitrogen vacancy (1) it acts in a short range, and (2) does not diverge at the vacancy core. According to the above assumptions, a general expression to describe the scattering potential U(r)=−U₀exp[−(r/β)ⁿ], (n=1,2,…,∞) was constructed, where β is the potential well width. The mobilities for n=1,2, and ∞ were calculated based on this equation, corresponding to the simple exponential, Gaussian and square well scattering potentials, respectively. In the limiting case of kβ1 (where k is the wave vector), all of the mobilities calculated for n=1,2, and ∞ showed a same result but different prefactor. Such difference was discussed in terms of the potential tail and was found that all of the calculated mobilities have T^−1/2 temperature and β⁻⁶ well width dependences. A mobility taking account of a spatially complicate scattering potential was studied and the same temperature dependence was also found. A best fit between the calculated results and experimental data was obtained by taking account of the nitrogen vacancy scattering.     

GaN and AlGaN high-voltage rectifiers grown by metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition

In this paper, we report the study of the electrical characteristics of GaN and AlGaN vertical p-i-n junctions and Schottky rectifiers grown on both sapphire and SiC substrates by metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition. For GaN p-i-n rectifiers grown on SiC with a relatively thin “i” region of 2 μm, a breakdown voltage over 400 V, and forward voltage as low as 4.5 V at 100 A/cm² are exhibited for a 60-μm-diameter device. A GaN Schottky diode with a 2-μm-thick undoped layer exhibits a blocking voltage in excess of ∼230 V at a reverse-leakage current density below 1 mA/cm², and a forward-voltage drop of 3.5 V at a current density of 100 A/cm². It has been found that with the same device structure and process approach, the leakage current of a device grown on a SiC substrate is much lower than a device grown on a sapphire substrate. The use of Mg ion implantation for p-guard rings as planar-edge terminations in mesageometry GaN Schottky rectifiers has also been studied.