GaN HEMT reliability

JA del Alamo, J Joh - Microelectronics reliability, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the experimental evidence behind a new failure mechanism recently
identified in GaN high-electron mobility transistors subject to electrical stress. Under high …

Breakdown mechanisms in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs: an overview

G Meneghesso, M Meneghini… - Japanese Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the physical mechanisms responsible for breakdown current in
AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). Through a critical comparison …

A current-transient methodology for trap analysis for GaN high electron mobility transistors

J Joh, JA Del Alamo - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Trapping is one of the most deleterious effects that limit performance and reliability in GaN
HEMTs. In this paper, we present a methodology to study trapping characteristics in GaN …

Effects of gate field plates on the surface state related current collapse in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

H Huang, YC Liang, GS Samudra… - … on Power Electronics, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During off-state, the influence of surface-trapped electron charges induced by high-field
stress near the gate electrode of AlGaN/GaN power high-electron mobility transistor devices …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature dependent pulsed IV and RF characterization of β-(AlxGa1− x) 2O3/Ga2O3 hetero-structure FET with ex situ passivation

CN Saha, A Vaidya, U Singisetti - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we report a study of the temperature dependent pulsed current voltage and RF
characterization of β-(Al x Ga 1− x) 2 O 3/Ga 2 O 3 hetero-structure FETs (HFETs) before and …

Current collapse modeling in AlGaN/GaN HEMT using small signal equivalent circuit for high power application

D Nirmal, L Arivazhagan, ASA Fletcher, J Ajayan… - Superlattices and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, the drain current collapse in AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor
(HEMT) with field plate engineering is investigated. A small signal equivalent circuit of …

Reliability studies of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors

DJ Cheney, EA Douglas, L Liu, CF Lo… - Semiconductor …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors are gaining commercial acceptance for use in
high power and high frequency applications, but the degradation mechanisms that drive …

Degradation mechanisms for GaN and GaAs high speed transistors

DJ Cheney, EA Douglas, L Liu, CF Lo, BP Gila, F Ren… - Materials, 2012 - mdpi.com
We present a review of reliability issues in AlGaN/GaN and AlGaAs/GaAs high electron
mobility transistors (HEMTs) as well as Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBTs) in the …

Interface engineering of an AlNO/AlGaN/GaN MIS diode induced by PEALD alternate insertion of AlN in Al 2 O 3

Q Wang, X Cheng, L Zheng, L Shen, J Li, D Zhang… - RSC …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, AlNO nano-films have been deposited on an AlGaN/GaN heterojunction by
alternating growth of AlN and Al2O3 using plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition …

Slow detrapping transients due to gate and drain bias stress in high breakdown voltage AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

S DasGupta, M Sun, A Armstrong… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Charge trapping and slow (from 10 s to>; 1000 s) detrapping in AlGaN/GaN high electron
mobility transistors (HEMTs) designed for high breakdown voltages (>; 1500 V) is studied …