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Low-Damage Etching for AlGaN/GaN HEMTs Using Photo-Electrochemical Reactions
| Title: | Low-Damage Etching for AlGaN/GaN HEMTs Using Photo-Electrochemical Reactions |
| Authors: | Sato, Taketomo Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Toguchi, Masachika Browse this author | | Komatsu, Yuto Browse this author | | Uemura, Keisuke Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Etching | | Aluminum gallium nitride | | Wide band gap semiconductors | | HEMTs | | MODFETs | | Pins | | AlGaN | | GaN heterostructures | | HEMTs | | low damage etching | | photo-electrochemical reactions |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2019 |
| Publisher: | IEEE | | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Journal Title: | IEEE transactions on semiconductor manufacturing |
| Volume: | 32 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page: | 483 |
| End Page: | 488 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1109/TSM.2019.2934727 |
| Abstract: | This paper describes our recent efforts to optimize photo-electrochemical (PEC) etching for fabricating recessed-gate aluminum gallium nitride/gallium nitride (AlGaN/GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs). Selecting the proper light wavelength and voltage conditions enabled PEC etching on AlGaN/GaN heterostructures to produce smooth and flat surfaces. Self-termination phenomena observed under optimal PEC condition were useful for precisely controlling the etching depth in the AlGaN layer. Two types of HEMTs, i.e., Schottky-gate and metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS)-gate, were fabricated. A recessed-gate AlGaN/GaN structure fabricated with PEC etching showed positive threshold voltage, and its variation was very small with a standard deviation of only 0.019 V for the Schottky-gate HEMTs and 0.032 V for the MIS-gate HEMTs. A recessed-gate structure with PEC etching showed better current transport controllability with a small subthreshold-slope than that of planar-gate and dry-etched-gate AlGaN/GaN structures. |
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| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/76691 |
| Appears in Collections: | 量子集積エレクトロニクス研究センター (Research Center for Integrated Quantum Electronics) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 佐藤 威友
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