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Near-surface processing on AlGaN/GaN heterostructures: a nanoscale electrical and structural characterization.


ABSTRACT: The effects of near-surface processing on the properties of AlGaN/GaN heterostructures were studied, combining conventional electrical characterization on high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), with advanced characterization techniques with nanometer scale resolution, i.e., transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM). In particular, a CHF3-based plasma process in the gate region resulted in a shift of the threshold voltage in HEMT devices towards less negative values. Two-dimensional current maps acquired by C-AFM on the sample surface allowed us to monitor the local electrical modifications induced by the plasma fluorine incorporated in the material.The results are compared with a recently introduced gate control processing: the local rapid thermal oxidation process of the AlGaN layer. By this process, a controlled thin oxide layer on surface of AlGaN can be reliably introduced while the resistance of the layer below increase locally.

SUBMITTER: Greco G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3211179 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Near-surface processing on AlGaN/GaN heterostructures: a nanoscale electrical and structural characterization.

Greco Giuseppe G   Giannazzo Filippo F   Frazzetto Alessia A   Raineri Vito V   Roccaforte Fabrizio F  

Nanoscale research letters 20110211 1


The effects of near-surface processing on the properties of AlGaN/GaN heterostructures were studied, combining conventional electrical characterization on high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), with advanced characterization techniques with nanometer scale resolution, i.e., transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM). In particular, a CHF3-based plasma process in the gate region resulted in a shift of the threshold voltage i  ...[more]

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