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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 50, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa5208
Keywords
AlGaN; high electron mobility transistor; silicon; x-ray diffraction; mobility; Hall effect; transmission electron microscopy
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- Office of Naval Research
- Defense Advanced Research Project Agency [N00014-13-C-0167]
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) [FA9550-16-1-0224]
- Undergraduate Independent Study Funds of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
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An AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor ( HEMT) structure is grown on a 200 mm Si(111) substrate. The AlGaN/AlN/GaN heterostructure atop, which forms the 2D electron gas, is studied via transmission electron microscopy ( TEM), scanning tunneling microscopy, and TEM chemical analysis. To quantify the uniformity of structural, optical, and electrical properties of these AlGaN/GaN HEMT structures, scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy, atomic-force microscopy, x-ray diffraction (omega/2 theta scan and reciprocal space mapping) and Hall effect measurements are employed across the center, middle, and edge of the 200 mm wafer. Small thickness (< 3%) and Al-content (< 3%) variations in (Al) GaN layers across the wafer are recorded whereas a considerable change (28%) in the electron mobility is observed across the wafer that correlates with variations in surface roughness, defectivity, and layer stress. We attribute the higher mobility in the middle of the wafer to lower interface scattering, thanks to lower surface roughness and less edge-type dislocation density. Additionally, argon (Ar) ion implantation is used as a means for planar electrical isolation, and a seven orders of magnitude decrease in leakage current is achieved when an optimum Ar dose of 1013 cm(-2) is used. The feasibility of scaling AlGaN/GaN HEMTs on a 200 mm Si(111) platform is discussed.
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