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AlGaN/GaN Enhancement-Mode MOSHEMTs Utilizing Hybrid Gate-Recessed Structure and Ferroelectric Charge Trapping/Storage Stacked LiNbO 3 /HfO 2 /Al 2 O 3 Structure.
Document Type
Article
Source
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. Aug2021, Vol. 68 Issue 8, p3768-3774. 7p.
Subject
*METAL oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors
*INDIUM gallium zinc oxide
*THRESHOLD voltage
*GALLIUM nitride
*WIDE gap semiconductors
*ALUMINUM gallium nitride
*FREQUENCIES of oscillating systems
Language
ISSN
0018-9383
Abstract
The hybrid gate-recessed structure and ferroelectric charge trapping/storage stacked structure were used in AlGaN/GaN enhancement-mode metal–oxide–semiconductor high-electron mobility transistors (E-MOSHEMTs). The stacked structure consisted of a bottom 10-nm-thick Al2O3 tunnel oxide layer, a middle 4-nm-thick HfO2 charge trapping/storage layer, and a top 40-nm-thick LiNbO3 ferroelectric blocking layer. Using the postannealing process, a high polarized C+ domain of the pulsed laser-deposited LiNbO3 ferroelectric blocking layer was formed and the interface quality of the stacked structure was improved simultaneously. Consequently, positive threshold voltage for enhancement-mode operation was obtained. By studying the performances of the resulting devices, it was found that enhancement-mode behaviors were observed for initializing gate more than 5 V, and the threshold voltage of 1.6 V was obtained for initializing gate at 12 V. The high-frequency performances of the extrinsic unit gain cutoff frequency of 5.9 GHz and maximum oscillation frequency of 10.1 GHz were obtained. Furthermore, a low normalized noise power density of about $1.9\times 10^{-14}$ Hz−1 was achieved for the devices operating at a frequency of 10 Hz, a gate–source voltage of 5 V, and a drain–source voltage of 1 V. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]