Investigation of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor structures on 200-mm silicon (111) substrates employing different buffer layer configurations.

ABSTRACT: AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structures are grown on 200-mm diameter Si(111) substrates by using three different buffer layer configurations: (a) Thick-GaN/3?×?{AlxGa1-xN}/AlN, (b) Thin-GaN/3?×?{AlxGa1-xN}/AlN, and (c) Thin-GaN/AlN, so as to have crack-free and low-bow (<50??m) wafer. Scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, high resolution-cross section transmission electron microscopy, optical microscopy, atomic-force microscopy, cathodoluminescence, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (?/2? scan and symmetric/asymmetric ? scan (rocking curve scan), reciprocal space mapping) and Hall effect measurements are employed to study the structural, optical, and electrical properties of these AlGaN/GaN HEMT structures. The effects of buffer layer stacks (i.e. thickness and content) on defectivity, stress, and two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) mobility and 2DEG concentration are reported. It is shown that 2DEG characteristics are heavily affected by the employed buffer layers between AlGaN/GaN HEMT structures and Si(111) substrates. Particularly, we report that in-plane stress in the GaN layer affects the 2DEG mobility and 2DEG carrier concentration significantly. Buffer layer engineering is shown to be essential for achieving high 2DEG mobility (>1800?cm2/V?s) and 2DEG carrier concentration (>1.0?×?1013?cm-2) on Si(111) substrates.

SUBMITTER: Lee HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5116587 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature