Investigation of trap states under Schottky contact in GaN/AlGaN/AlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors
- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071 (China)
- Key Lab of Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Materials and Devices, School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071 (China)
Forward gate-bias stress experiments are performed to investigate the variation of trap states under Schottky contact in GaN-based high electron mobility transistors. Traps with activation energy E{sub T} ranging from 0.22 eV to 0.31 eV are detected at the gate-semiconductor interface by dynamic conductance technique. Trap density decreases prominently after stressing, particularly for traps with E{sub T} > 0.24 eV. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements reveal a weaker Ga-O peak on the stressed semiconductor surface. It is postulated that oxygen is stripped by Ni to form NiO upon electrical stress, contributing to the decrease in O{sub N} donor sates under the gate contact.
- OSTI ID:
- 22283082
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 9; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ACTIVATION ENERGY
ALUMINIUM NITRIDES
DENSITY
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRON MOBILITY
GALLIUM NITRIDES
HETEROJUNCTIONS
INTERFACES
NICKEL OXIDES
OXYGEN
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
STRESSES
SURFACES
TRANSISTORS
TRAPS
X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ACTIVATION ENERGY
ALUMINIUM NITRIDES
DENSITY
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRON MOBILITY
GALLIUM NITRIDES
HETEROJUNCTIONS
INTERFACES
NICKEL OXIDES
OXYGEN
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
STRESSES
SURFACES
TRANSISTORS
TRAPS
X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY