Low specific on-resistance GaN-based vertical heterostructure field effect transistors with nonuniform doping superjunctions

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/4/047305

Abstract A novel GaN-based vertical heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET) with nonuniform doping superjunctions (non-SJ HFET) is proposed and studied by Silvaco-ATLAS, for minimizing the specific on-resistance (R_onA) at no expense of breakdown voltage (BV). The feature of non-SJ HFET lies in the nonuniform doping concentration from top to bottom in the n-and p-pillars, which is different from that of the conventional GaN-based vertical HFET with uniform doping superjunctions (un-SJ HFET). A physically intrinsic mechanism for the nonuniform doping superjunction (non-SJ) to further reduce R_onA at no expense of BV is investigated and revealed in detail. The design, related to the structure parameters of non-SJ, is optimized to minimize the R_onA on the basis of the same BV as that of un-SJ HFET. Optimized simulation results show that the reduction in R_onA depends on the doping concentrations and thickness values of the light and heavy doping parts in non-SJ. The maximum reduction of more than 51% in R_onA could be achieved with a BV of 1890 V. These results could demonstrate the superiority of non-SJ HFET in minimizing R_onA and provide a useful reference for further developing the GaN-based vertical HFETs.

Keywords: GaN-based vertical HFETs nonuniform doping superjunctions minimized specific on-resistance breakdown voltage

Received: 21 December 2017
Revised: 08 February 2018
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PACS:	73.40.Kp	(III-V semiconductor-to-semiconductor contacts, p-n junctions, and heterojunctions)
	85.30.Tv	(Field effect devices)
	85.30.De	(Semiconductor-device characterization, design, and modeling)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61574112, 61334002, 61474091, and 61574110) and the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province, China (Grant No. 605119425012).

Corresponding Authors: Xiao-Fei Wang
E-mail: mxfwang@xjtu.edu.cn

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Wei Mao(毛维), Hai-Yong Wang(王海永), Peng-Hao Shi(石朋毫), Xiao-Fei Wang(王晓飞), Ming Du(杜鸣), Xue-Feng Zheng(郑雪峰), Chong Wang(王冲), Xiao-Hua Ma(马晓华), Jin-Cheng Zhang(张进成), Yue Hao(郝跃) Low specific on-resistance GaN-based vertical heterostructure field effect transistors with nonuniform doping superjunctions 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 047305

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