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Title: O{sub 3}-sourced atomic layer deposition of high quality Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} gate dielectric for normally-off GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors

Abstract

High quality Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} film grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD), with ozone (O{sub 3}) as oxygen source, is demonstrated for fabrication of normally-off AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MIS-HEMTs). Significant suppression of Al–O–H and Al–Al bonds in ALD-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} has been realized by substituting conventional H{sub 2}O source with O{sub 3}. A high dielectric breakdown E-field of 8.5 MV/cm and good TDDB behavior are achieved in a gate dielectric stack consisting of 13-nm O{sub 3}-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} and 2-nm H{sub 2}O-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} interfacial layer on recessed GaN. By using this 15-nm gate dielectric and a high-temperature gate-recess technique, the density of positive bulk/interface charges in normally-off AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMTs is remarkably suppressed to as low as 0.9 × 10{sup 12 }cm{sup −2}, contributing to the realization of normally-off operation with a high threshold voltage of +1.6 V and a low specific ON-resistance R{sub ON,sp} of 0.49 mΩ cm{sup 2}.

Authors:
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  1. Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 (China)
  2. School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22415159
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ALUMINIUM; ALUMINIUM OXIDES; BREAKDOWN; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; GALLIUM NITRIDES; HYDROGEN; LAYERS; OXYGEN; OZONE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TRANSISTORS; WATER

Citation Formats

Huang, Sen, Liu, Xinyu, Wei, Ke, Liu, Guoguo, Wang, Xinhua, Sun, Bing, Yang, Xuelin, Shen, Bo, Liu, Cheng, Liu, Shenghou, Hua, Mengyuan, Yang, Shu, and Chen, Kevin J., E-mail: eekjchen@ust.hk. O{sub 3}-sourced atomic layer deposition of high quality Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} gate dielectric for normally-off GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4906601.
Huang, Sen, Liu, Xinyu, Wei, Ke, Liu, Guoguo, Wang, Xinhua, Sun, Bing, Yang, Xuelin, Shen, Bo, Liu, Cheng, Liu, Shenghou, Hua, Mengyuan, Yang, Shu, & Chen, Kevin J., E-mail: eekjchen@ust.hk. O{sub 3}-sourced atomic layer deposition of high quality Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} gate dielectric for normally-off GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906601
Huang, Sen, Liu, Xinyu, Wei, Ke, Liu, Guoguo, Wang, Xinhua, Sun, Bing, Yang, Xuelin, Shen, Bo, Liu, Cheng, Liu, Shenghou, Hua, Mengyuan, Yang, Shu, and Chen, Kevin J., E-mail: eekjchen@ust.hk. 2015. "O{sub 3}-sourced atomic layer deposition of high quality Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} gate dielectric for normally-off GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906601.
@article{osti_22415159,
title = {O{sub 3}-sourced atomic layer deposition of high quality Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} gate dielectric for normally-off GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors},
author = {Huang, Sen and Liu, Xinyu and Wei, Ke and Liu, Guoguo and Wang, Xinhua and Sun, Bing and Yang, Xuelin and Shen, Bo and Liu, Cheng and Liu, Shenghou and Hua, Mengyuan and Yang, Shu and Chen, Kevin J., E-mail: eekjchen@ust.hk},
abstractNote = {High quality Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} film grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD), with ozone (O{sub 3}) as oxygen source, is demonstrated for fabrication of normally-off AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MIS-HEMTs). Significant suppression of Al–O–H and Al–Al bonds in ALD-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} has been realized by substituting conventional H{sub 2}O source with O{sub 3}. A high dielectric breakdown E-field of 8.5 MV/cm and good TDDB behavior are achieved in a gate dielectric stack consisting of 13-nm O{sub 3}-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} and 2-nm H{sub 2}O-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} interfacial layer on recessed GaN. By using this 15-nm gate dielectric and a high-temperature gate-recess technique, the density of positive bulk/interface charges in normally-off AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMTs is remarkably suppressed to as low as 0.9 × 10{sup 12 }cm{sup −2}, contributing to the realization of normally-off operation with a high threshold voltage of +1.6 V and a low specific ON-resistance R{sub ON,sp} of 0.49 mΩ cm{sup 2}.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4906601},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22415159}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 3,
volume = 106,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}