1. Quasi-Vertical GaN-on-Silicon Schottky Barrier Diode Terminated With Hydrogen Modulated In-Situ pn Junction
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Xuan Liu, Maojun Wang, Jin Wei, Yilong Hao, Xingyu Fu, Xuelin Yang, and Bo Shen
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GaN-on-Si ,Schottky barrier diode ,vertical ,junction termination extension ,breakdown voltage ,hydrogen ,Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,TK1-9971 - Abstract
In this letter, a high performance quasi-vertical GaN-on-Si Schottky barrier diode (SBD) was fabricated by combing in-situ p-GaN layer with hydrogen plasma treatment and controlled diffusion as edge terminations (ETs), where the main junction region of Schottky contact is emerged by pattern etching the top p-GaN layer. The p-n junction with higher barrier height can screen the Schottky contact from high electric field induced by field crowding effect. The hydrogen plasma treatment and controlled diffusion applied to the p-GaN layer further reduces the electric field crowding effect near the p-n junction edge via a gradient junction termination extension structure. As a result, the breakdown voltage of the edge p-GaN terminated SBD with H treatment and diffusion is significantly boosted from 140 V in conventional SBD to 500 V with optimized fabrication process. The on/off current ratio of the diode is as high as 1011@±3 V. The forward current density is 1.45 kA/cm2@3 V and the specific on-resistance is 1.57 $\text{m}\Omega \cdot $ cm2.
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- 2023
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