Reduction of Current Collapse in GaN High-Electron Mobility Transistors Using a Repeated Ozone Oxidation and Wet Surface Treatment
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- 15 June 2015
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Electron Device Letters
- Vol. 36 (8) , 757-759
Abstract
This letter reports a GaN high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT) with reduced current collapse using a multicycle combined plasma-free ozone oxidation and wet surface treatment before Si 3 N 4 passivation. The surface oxide and decomposed layers could be effectively removed and a perfect AlGaN surface is obtained after the treatment. Pulsed $IV$ and RF power measurement indicate that the current collapse is greatly suppressed due to the removal of imperfect surface layer and damage free nature, providing an effective surface treatment method to improve the effect of passivation in GaN HEMT.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (61204099, 61361166007)
- National Science and Technology Major Project 02 (2013ZX02308-003)
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