학술논문

Recess-free AlGaN/GaN lateral Schottky barrier controlled Schottky rectifier with low turn-on voltage and high reverse blocking
Document Type
Conference
Source
2018 IEEE 30th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD) Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD), 2018 IEEE 30th International Symposium on. :280-283 May, 2018
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Schottky diodes
Anodes
Schottky barriers
Gallium nitride
Aluminum gallium nitride
Wide band gap semiconductors
HEMTs
AlGaN/GaN
Schottky-barrier-diode
SBD
Lateral
high breakdown voltage
low turn-on voltage
Language
ISSN
1946-0201
Abstract
High-performance AlGaN/GaN-on-Si diodes are fabricated with lateral Schottky barrier controlled Schottky rectifier (LSBS) on thin-barrier (5nm) AlGaN/GaN heterostructures, which features a recess-free process, enabling better electrostatic control to pinch off the channel under the anode region. In this way, low leakage currents (3-orders of magnitude lower than conventional recessed Schottky-barrier-diode (SBD)) and a high reverse breakdown voltage of 1700 V (@10μA/mm) are reached, together with a low onset voltage of only 0.37 V and a record low on-state resistance R on, sp of 10 mΩ·cm 2 for GaN-based SBDs with an Anode-to-Cathode distance (L AC ) of 10 μm. This is attributed to the combination of an effectively preserved 2DEG by LPCVD SiN x passivation and a hybrid Schottky /Ohmic anode. Thanks to the recess free technology and low damage in the Schottky region, stable preliminary HTRB performance are obtained. The proposed diode fabrication is compatible with GaN depletion/enhancement MIS-HEMTs process flow, enabling integration in the promising smart GaN platform.