Crack-Free High-Composition (>35%) Thick-Barrier (>30 nm) AlGaN/AlN/GaN High-Electron-Mobility Transistor on Sapphire with Low Sheet Resistance (<250 Ω/□)

Abstract

In this article, a high-composition (>35%) thick-barrier (>30 nm) AlGaN/AlN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) structure grown on a sapphire substrate with ultra-low sheet resistivity (<250 Ω/□) is reported. The optimization of growth conditions, such as reduced deposition rate, and the thickness optimization of different epitaxial layers allowed us to deposit a crack-free high-composition and thick AlGaN barrier layer HEMT structure. A significantly high two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) density of 1.46 × 1013 cm−2 with a room-temperature mobility of 1710 cm2/V·s was obtained via Hall measurement using the Van der Pauw method. These state-of-the-art results show great potential for high-power Ga-polar HEMT design on sapphire substrates.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2023
Source ID
10.3390/cryst13101456

Entities

People

  • Cheng Liu
  • Chirag Gupta
  • Guangying Wang
  • Jiahao Chen
  • Md Tahmidul Alam
  • Ruixin Bai
  • Shubhra S Pasayat
  • Surjava Sanyal
  • Swarnav Mukhopadhyay

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene