This paper demonstrates the compensation of the intrinsic positive charges in Al2O3 gate dielectric by fluorine ions in GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MOS-HEMTs). Negatively-charged fluorine ions diffused into the oxide from the AlGaN barrier during the 250 °C atomic layer deposition compensate the intrinsic positive charge present in the Al2O3. This compensation is key to control the threshold voltage (Vth) of enhancement-mode (E-mode) transistors. A comprehensive analytical model for the Vth of fluorinated MOS-HEMTs was established and verified by experimental data. This model allows the calculation of the different charge components in order to optimize the transistor structure for E-mode operation. Using the proposed charge compensation, the Vth increases with gate dielectric thickness, exceeding 3.5 V for gate dielectrics 25 nm thick.
Obtaining a subthreshold swing (SS) below the thermionic limit of 60 mV dec by exploiting the negative-capacitance (NC) effect in ferroelectric (FE) materials is a novel effective technique to allow the reduction of the supply voltage and power consumption in field effect transistors (FETs). At the same time, two-dimensional layered semiconductors, such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS), have been shown to be promising candidates to replace silicon MOSFETs in sub-5 nm-channel technology nodes. In this paper, we demonstrate NC MoS FETs by incorporating a ferroelectric Al-doped HfO (Al : HfO), a technologically compatible material, in the FET gate stack. Al : HfO thin films were deposited on Si wafers by atomic layer deposition. Voltage amplification up to 1.25 times was observed in a FE bilayer stack of Al : HfO/HfO with a Ni metallic intermediate layer. The minimum SS (SS) of the NC-MoS FET built on the FE bilayer improved to 57 mV dec at room temperature, compared with SS = 67 mV dec for the MoS FET with only HfO as a gate dielectric.
Variable-range-hopping through disl identified as the main off-state leakage m GaN vertical diodes on different substrates. of leakage current for vertical devices as dislocation density and electric field was der simulations, after careful calibration with ex literature data. Designed GaN vertical diode 2-4 orders of magnitude lower leakage supporting 3-5 times higher electric field, GaN lateral, Si and SiC devices.
A BCl3 surface plasma treatment technique to reduce the resistance and to increase the uniformity of ohmic contacts in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors with a GaN cap layer has been established. This BCl3 plasma treatment was performed by an inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching system under conditions that prevented any recess etching. The average contact resistances without plasma treatment, with SiCl4, and with BCl3 plasma treatment were 0.34, 0.41, and 0.17 Ω mm, respectively. Also, the standard deviation of the ohmic contact resistance with BCl3 plasma treatment was decreased. This decrease in the standard deviation of contact resistance can be explained by analyzing the surface condition of GaN with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and positron annihilation spectroscopy. We found that the proposed BCl3 plasma treatment technique can not only remove surface oxide but also introduce surface donor states that contribute to lower the ohmic contact resistance.
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