High Threshold Voltage Normally off Ultra-Thin-Barrier GaN MISHEMT with MOCVD-Regrown Ohmics and Si-Rich LPCVD-SiNx Gate Insulator

Hsiang-Chun Wang, Hsien-Chin Chiu, Chong-Rong Huang, Hsuan-Ling Kao and Feng-Tso Chien
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Hsiang-Chun Wang: Department of Electronics Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Hsien-Chin Chiu: Department of Electronics Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Chong-Rong Huang: Department of Electronics Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Hsuan-Ling Kao: Department of Electronics Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Feng-Tso Chien: Department of Electronics Engineering, Feng-Chia University, Taichung 407, Taiwan

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-9

Abstract: A high threshold voltage (V TH ) normally off GaN MISHEMTs with a uniform threshold voltage distribution (V TH = 4.25 ± 0.1 V at I DS = 1 μA/mm) were demonstrated by the selective area ohmic regrowth technique together with an Si-rich LPCVD-SiN x gate insulator. In the conventional GaN MOSFET structure, the carriers were induced by the inversion channel at a high positive gate voltage. However, this design sacrifices the channel mobility and reliability because a huge number of carriers are beneath the gate insulator directly during operation. In this study, a 3-nm ultra-thin Al 0.25 Ga 0.75 N barrier was adopted to provide a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) channel underneath the gate terminal and selective area MOCVD-regrowth layer to improve the ohmic contact resistivity. An Si-rich LPCVD-SiN x gate insulator was employed to absorb trace oxygen contamination on the GaN surface and to improve the insulator/GaN interface quality. Based on the breakdown voltage, current density, and dynamic R ON measured results, the proposed LPCVD-MISHEMT provides a potential candidate solution for switching power electronics.

Keywords: normally off; MISHEMT; MOCVD-regrowth; leakage current; dynamic R ON (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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