Initial leakage current paths in the vertical-type GaN-on-GaN Schottky barrier diodes

Electrical characteristics of leakage current paths in vertical-type n-GaN Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) on free-standing GaN substrates are investigated by using photon emission microscopy (PEM). The PEM mapping shows that the initial failure of the SBD devices at low voltages is due to the leakag...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2017-09, Vol.111 (12)
Hauptverfasser: Sang, Liwen, Ren, Bing, Sumiya, Masatomo, Liao, Meiyong, Koide, Yasuo, Tanaka, Atsushi, Cho, Yujin, Harada, Yoshitomo, Nabatame, Toshihide, Sekiguchi, Takashi, Usami, Shigeyoshi, Honda, Yoshio, Amano, Hiroshi
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Zusammenfassung:Electrical characteristics of leakage current paths in vertical-type n-GaN Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) on free-standing GaN substrates are investigated by using photon emission microscopy (PEM). The PEM mapping shows that the initial failure of the SBD devices at low voltages is due to the leakage current paths from polygonal pits in the GaN epilayers. It is observed that these polygonal pits originate from carbon impurity accumulation to the dislocations with a screw-type component by microstructure analysis. For the SBD without polygonal pits, no initial failure is observed and the first leakage appeals at the edge of electrodes as a result of electric field concentration. The mechanism of leakage at pits is explained in terms of trap assisted tunneling through fitting current-voltage characteristics.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.4994627