학술논문

Sensitivity of Novel Micro-AlN/GaN/AlN Quantum Well Hall Sensors
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Sensors Journal IEEE Sensors J. Sensors Journal, IEEE. 24(4):4343-4349 Feb, 2024
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Robotics and Control Systems
Sensors
Temperature sensors
Magnetic sensors
Voltage measurement
Sensor systems
Temperature measurement
III-V semiconductor materials
Gallium nitride (GaN)
heterostructure
high electron mobility transistor (HEMT)
micro-Hall sensor
molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)
offset voltage
quantum well (QW)
Language
ISSN
1530-437X
1558-1748
2379-9153
Abstract
We have grown AlN/gallium nitride (GaN)/AlN heterostructures by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and fabricated Hall sensors. In a comparison with fabricated AlGaN/AlN/GaN Hall sensors, we find that the AlN/GaN/AlN quantum well (QW) Hall sensors have higher sensitivity under constant current bias. In addition, the application of a gate voltage shows a further increase in the Hall sensitivity from 3.6 to 6.1 VW $^{-{1}}\text {T}^{{-{1}}}$ , without a significant change in the operating parameters. This is because the gate voltage restricted the current flow resulting in an increase carrier velocity and electric field at precisely the Hall measurement site while keeping the device applied power approximately the same.