We report a novel structure of AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field effect transistors(HFETs) with a Si and Mg pairdoped interlayer grown on Si substrate. By optimizing the doping concentrations of the pair-doped interlayers, the mobility of 2DEG increases by twice for the conventional structure under 5 K due to the improved crystalline quality of the conduction channel. The proposed HFET shows a four orders lower off-state leakage current, resulting in a much higher on/off ratio(～ 109). Further temperature-dependent performance of Schottky diodes revealed that the inhibition of shallow surface traps in proposed HFETs should be the main reason for the suppression of leakage current.
The influences of dry-etching damage on the electrical properties of an AlGaN/GaN Schottky barrier diode with ICPrecessed anode was investigated for the first time. It was found that the turn-on voltage is decreased with the increase of dry-etching power. Furthermore, the leakage currents in the reverse bias region above pinch-off voltage rise as radio frequency(RF) power increases, while below pinch-off voltage, leakage currents tend to be independent of RF power.Based on detailed current–voltage–temperature(I–V –T) measurements, the barrier height of thermionic-field emission(TFE) from GaN is lowered as RF power increases, which results in early conduction. The increase of leakage current can be explained by Frenkel–Poole(FP) emission that higher dry-etching damage in the sidewall leads to the higher tunneling current, while below pinch-off voltage, the leakage is only related to the AlGaN surface, which is independent of RF power.
Group Ⅲ-nitride material system possesses some unique properties,such as large spectrum coverage from infrared to deep ultraviolet,wide energy band gap,high electron saturation velocity,high electrical breakdown field,and strong polarization effect,which enables the big family has a very wide application range from optoelectronic to power electronic area.Furthermore,the successful growth of GaN-related III-nitride material on large size silicon substrate enable the above applications easily realize the commercialization,because of the cost-effective device fabrication on the platform of Si-based integrated circuits.In this article,the progress and development of the GaN-based materials and light-emitting diodes grown on Si substrate were summarized,in which some key issues regarding to the material growth and device fabrication were reviewed.
利用模拟软件研究施主表面态特性与AlGaN/GaN异质结构中二维电子气(2dimensional electron gas,2DEG)形成之间的关系,分析施主表面态电离过程以及表面态能级位置、表面态密度的影响。结果表明:施主表面态为2DEG的电子来源;AlGaN能带分布及2DEG密度随AlGaN厚度、施主表面态能级位置、施主表面态密度的改变而改变。
