Effect of growth termination conditions on the performance of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors

The effect of the growth conditions of the top 2.5 nm thick AlGaN cap layer and wafer cool down conditions on AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor performance was investigated. The AlGaN/GaN heterostructures were deposited on sapphire by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition and consisted of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2001-05, Vol.78 (20), p.3088-3090
Hauptverfasser: Keller, S., Vetury, R., Parish, G., DenBaars, S. P., Mishra, U. K.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The effect of the growth conditions of the top 2.5 nm thick AlGaN cap layer and wafer cool down conditions on AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor performance was investigated. The AlGaN/GaN heterostructures were deposited on sapphire by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition and consisted of a 3 μm thick semi-insulating GaN layer and an 18 nm thick Al0.33Ga0.67N layer, the top 2.5 nm of which was deposited under various conditions. The power performance of the devices severely degraded for all samples where the Al content of the top 2.5 nm of AlGaN was increased and/or the ammonia flow during growth of the top layer was decreased. A modest improvement in the output power density was observed when the growth conditions of the cap layer were identical of those of the rest of the AlGaN layer, but when the wafer was cooled down in pure nitrogen.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.1372620