High Device Performances and Noise Characteristics of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs Using In Situ SiCN and SiN Cap Layeropen access
- Authors
- Im, Ki-Sik; Mallem, Siva Pratap Reddy; Choi, Jin-Seok; Hwang, Young-Min; Roh, Jae-Seung; An, Sung-Jin; Lee, Jae-Hoon
- Issue Date
- Feb-2022
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- AlGaN; GaN HEMT; in situ cap layer; low-frequency noise; pulse measurement
- Citation
- NANOMATERIALS, v.12, no.4
- Journal Title
- NANOMATERIALS
- Volume
- 12
- Number
- 4
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/kumoh/handle/2020.sw.kumoh/21030
- DOI
- 10.3390/nano12040643
- ISSN
- 2079-4991
- Abstract
- We fabricated and characterized AlGaN/GaN high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with a nano-sized in situ cap layer (one is a silicon carbon nitride (SiCN) layer, and the other is a silicon nitride (SiN) layer) comparing to the conventional device without an in situ cap layer. The pulse characteristics and noise behaviors for two devices with in situ cap layers are much superior to those of the reference device without a cap layer, which means that the in situ cap layer effectively passivates the AlGaN surface. On the other hand, the device with an in situ SiCN cap layer showed the excellent device characteristics and noise performances compared to the other devices because of the reduced positive ionic charges and enhanced surface morphology caused by carbon (C) surfactant atoms during the growth of the SiCN cap layer. These results indicate that the AlGaN/GaN HEMT with the in situ SiCN cap layer is very promising for the next high-power device by replacing the conventional HEMT.
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