Device Performance and Reliability Improvements of AlGaN/GaN/Si MOSFET Using Defect-Free Gate Recess and Laser Annealing

Abstract

This is the first annual report on in-situ studies conducted of atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Al2O3 on GaN and Al0.25Ga0.75N (AlGaN) substrates. For GaN substrates, it was found that O3 exposure at 400 degree C results in adequate functionalization of the GaN surface to enable subsequent ALD growth of Al2O3 in a much shorter incubation period relative to a HF-treated GaN surface, and the O3 exposure also results in detectable N-O bonding. In contrast to III-arsenide-based substrates, no detectable Ga-oxide reduction "clean-up" effect was observed for the GaN surface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 18, 2012
Accession Number
ADA564724

Entities

People

  • Robert M Wallace

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Dallas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aluminum Oxides
  • Annealing
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Chemistry
  • Contrast
  • Electrons
  • High Electron Mobility Transistors
  • Materials
  • Metal Oxide Semiconductors
  • Oxidation
  • Oxides
  • Reliability
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectra
  • Substrates
  • X Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition