频道层厚度对高频应用的GaN HEMT性能的影响
Qian Yu1, Sheng Wu2, Meng Zhang1
1School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China.
Micromachines
|January 25, 2025
概括
这项研究调查了化/化 (AlGaN/GaN) 高电子流动性晶体管 (HEMT),该研究揭示了UID-GaN通道厚度会影响铁尾部,影响设备性能并提供表轴设计见解.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 半导体物理 半导体物理
- 电子工程 电子工程
背景情况:
- 化/化 (AlGaN/GaN) 高电子流动性晶体管 (HEMT) 对于高功率和高频应用至关重要.
- HEMT的性能受到化 (GaN) 通道和缓冲层的特性显著的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查非故意兴奋剂GaN (UID-GaN) 通道厚度对AlGaN/GaN HEMT的性能的影响.
- 分析不同UID-GaN厚度对铁尾部的影响及其与二维电子气体 (2DEG) 的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 具有不同UID-GaN通道厚度的AlGaN/GaN HEMT的制造和表征.
- 使用一种常见的200nm GaN缓冲层,具有特定的铁 (Fe) 合度 (8 × 10^17 cm^-3).
- 基于UID-GaN层厚度,分析到达2DEG的Fe轨道的度.
主要成果:
- 断裂电压 (Vbr) 随着 GaN 缓冲层中的 Fe-doping 度的增加而增加.
- 与度较高的设备相比,度较低的Fe-doped尾巴设备的移动性更高.
- 不同的UID-GaN厚度导致不同度的Fe轨道影响2DEG.
结论:
- UID-GaN层的厚度极大地影响了Fe-doped尾部度,因此影响了2DEG的特性.
- 优化UID-GaN厚度对于在AlGaN/GaN HEMT中平衡分解电压和电子流动性至关重要.
- 这些发现为旨在提高GaN HEMT性能的表轴设计策略提供了宝贵的指导.
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