1. Fast switching performance by 20 A / 730 V AlGaN/GaN MIS-HFET using AlON gate insulator
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Takahiro Yamada, Tsuguyasu Hatsuda, Hong-An Shih, Heiji Watanabe, Tetsuzo Ueda, Tamotsu Hashizume, Takuji Hosoi, Yoshiharu Anda, Mikito Nozaki, Naohiro Tsurumi, Takayoshi Shimura, and Satoshi Nakazawa
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010302 applied physics ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Transistor ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Heterojunction ,High voltage ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Epitaxy ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Hafnium ,Threshold voltage ,Hysteresis ,chemistry ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Optoelectronics ,Breakdown voltage ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
In this paper, high current and high voltage AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) heterojunction field-effect transistors (HFETs) on Si are demonstrated. The devices exhibit a drain current of 20 A as well as a breakdown voltage of 730 V, serving normally-off operations. Stable interfacial characteristics free from the hysteresis in the transfer characteristics are enabled by the introduction of AlON gate insulator. A recessed gate structure formed by epitaxial regrowth of AlGaN over the grooved AlGaN/GaN heterojunction successfully reduces the on-state resistance and eliminates the processing damage on the surface of the grooved structure. Note that an oxygen annealing followed by the deposition of AlON shifts the threshold voltage V th to positive side. The resultant switching performance by the 20 A / 730 V AlGaN/GaN MIS-HFET is very fast with dV/dt of 78 V/ns and 169 V/ns for turn-on and turn-off transitions, respectively, indicating that the proposed MIS-HFETs are very promising for practical power switching applications.
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- 2017