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10 MHz-Switching on GaN Trench CAVET up to 300 °C Operation Enabled by High Channel Mobility
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Electron Device Letters IEEE Electron Device Lett. Electron Device Letters, IEEE. 45(4):653-656 Apr, 2024
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Switches
HEMTs
Gallium nitride
Temperature measurement
Logic gates
Electric breakdown
Temperature
Gallium nitride (GaN)
current aperture vertical electron transistor (CAVET)
double pulse test (DPT)
Language
ISSN
0741-3106
1558-0563
Abstract
High-frequency, up to 10 MHz, switching of normally-on GaN trench CAVETs was demonstrated using an on-wafer double pulse test (DPT) system, along with high-temperature switching up to 300 °C reported for the first time. By innovatively inserting a low-temperature (LT) GaN interfacial layer to inhibit Mg out-diffusion from p-GaN, a record-high field effect mobility of 1821 cm2/( $\text{V}\cdot \text{s}$ ) in a regrown AlGaN/GaN channel was confirmed from device transconductance characteristics, which enabled low-loss high-frequency switching capability of the fabricated device. CAVETs were effectively scaled up to 3-finger structures with reduced specific on-resistance ( $\text{R}_{\text {on,sp}})$ to 0.98 $\text{m}\Omega \cdot $ cm2. The device was switched using DPT, showing low turn-off/on times of 2.6/4.8 ns at 1 MHz and 4.5/7.0 ns at 10 MHz switching frequency. The high channel mobility of CAVET not only facilitates robust 10-MHz switching at room temperature but also ensures effective switching functionality even under high-temperature conditions reaching up to 300 °C.