Impact of carbon impurities on the initial leakage current of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors
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Sasangka, W.A.; Gao, Y.; Gan, C.L.; Thompson, Carl Vernette
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We have systematically studied the origin of high gate-leakage currents in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). Devices that initially had a low gate-leakage current (good devices) are compared with ones that had a high gate-leakage current (bad devices). The apparent zero-bias Schottky barrier height of bad devices (0.4 < ϕ[subscript B0] < 0.62 eV) was found to be lower than that of the good devices (ϕB0 = 0.79 eV). From transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) analysis, we found that this difference is due to the presence of carbon impurities in the nickel layer in the gate region. Keywords: AlGaN/GaN HEMTs; Leakage current; Carbon impurities; TEM; EELS; Schottky barrier height
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2018-09Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and EngineeringJournal
Microelectronics Reliability
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Elsevier BV
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Sasangka, W.A.et al. "Impact of carbon impurities on the initial leakage current of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors." Microelectronics Reliability, 88-90 (September 2018): 393-396 © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
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0026-2714
1872-941X