Lateral Charge Distribution and Recovery of Dynamic RON in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

William M. Waller*, Mark Gajda, Saurabh Pandey, Michael J. Uren, Martin Kuball

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Abstract

Lateral distribution of buffer charge trapping is investigated in AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) using a capacitance-based sense-node technique. Devices which are a Schottky-gate HEMT with an additional Schottky sense contact positioned between gate and drain can be used to monitor a lateral variation in 2-D electron gas (2-DEG) depletion as the device recovers from trapping. This paper reveals three distinct trapping types and subsequent recovery behavior in devices with varying passivation nitride stoichiometry. The results demonstrate that the two time-constant recoveries often seen in GaN HEMTs is in part due to a laterally localized charge and in part a distributed charge in the buffer. In addition, the observation of a shoulder in the capacitance-voltage curves during device recovery indicates a pinchoff shift for only a fraction of the area under the sense contact. This effect suggests a submicrometer lateral variation of trapping in the device.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8447266
Pages (from-to)4462-4468
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume65
Issue number10
Early online date27 Aug 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2018

Research Groups and Themes

  • CDTR

Keywords

  • AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT)
  • buffer trapping
  • passivation

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