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Selective area doping of GaN toward high-power applications

Journal Article · · Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics

Abstract

Selective area doping in GaN, especially p-type, is a critical and inevitable building block for the realization of advanced device structures for high-power applications, including, but not limited to, current-aperture vertical electron transistors, junction termination extensions, junction barrier Schottky diodes, junction field-effect transistors (JFETs), vertical-channel JFETs, U-shaped metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (U-MOSFETs), and Fin MOSFETs. This paper reviews and summarizes some of the recent advances in the fields of selective area etching and regrowth, ion implantation, and polarity-dependent doping that may lead to the practical realization of GaN-based power devices.

Research Organization:
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
DOE Contract Number:
AR0000871
OSTI ID:
2418420
Journal Information:
Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics Journal Issue: 37 Vol. 56; ISSN 0022-3727
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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