• Chinese Physics B
  • Vol. 29, Issue 8, (2020)
Xin-Xing Fei1, Ying Wang2、†, Xin Luo1, and Cheng-Hao Yu2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 5000, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of RF Circuits and Systems, Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab90f7 Cite this Article
    Xin-Xing Fei, Ying Wang, Xin Luo, Cheng-Hao Yu. Simulation study of high voltage GaN MISFETs with embedded PN junction[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(8): Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic diagram of (a) FPC-MISFET and (b) EJ-MISFET.
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of (a) FPC-MISFET and (b) EJ-MISFET.
    Schematic diagram of fabrication steps for proposed structure.
    Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of fabrication steps for proposed structure.
    (a) The ID–VDS characteristic curves and (b) blocking characteristic cuves from simulation and experiment to validate effectiveness of models used in simulation.
    Fig. 3. (a) The IDVDS characteristic curves and (b) blocking characteristic cuves from simulation and experiment to validate effectiveness of models used in simulation.
    Channel electric field distribution of C-MISFET (without field plates), FPC-MISFET, and EJ-MISFET.
    Fig. 4. Channel electric field distribution of C-MISFET (without field plates), FPC-MISFET, and EJ-MISFET.
    Off-state breakdown voltage from simulation of C-MISFET (without field plate), FPC-MISFET, and EJ-MISFET.
    Fig. 5. Off-state breakdown voltage from simulation of C-MISFET (without field plate), FPC-MISFET, and EJ-MISFET.
    Lateral electron density distribution in 2DEG for FPC-MISFET and EJ-MISHFET.
    Fig. 6. Lateral electron density distribution in 2DEG for FPC-MISFET and EJ-MISHFET.
    Output characteristics of FPC-MISFET and EJ-MISFET.
    Fig. 7. Output characteristics of FPC-MISFET and EJ-MISFET.
    Transfer characteristics of FPC-MISFET and EJ-MISFET.
    Fig. 8. Transfer characteristics of FPC-MISFET and EJ-MISFET.
    Plot of optimized VBK and RONversusNN+ with NN+ ranging from 6× 1018 cm−3 to 2.4× 1019 cm−3 and LGN taking optimized value.
    Fig. 9. Plot of optimized VBK and RONversusNN+ with NN+ ranging from 6× 1018 cm−3 to 2.4× 1019 cm−3 and LGN taking optimized value.
    Plot of optimized VBK and RONversusLGN with LGN ranging from 3 μm to 14 μm and NN+ bing 1× 1019 cm−3.
    Fig. 10. Plot of optimized VBK and RONversusLGN with LGN ranging from 3 μm to 14 μm and NN+ bing 1× 1019 cm−3.
    Plot of VBK and RONversusWN with WN ranging from 1 μm to 1.8 μm.
    Fig. 11. Plot of VBK and RONversusWN with WN ranging from 1 μm to 1.8 μm.
    Plot of VBK and RONversusHN with HN ranging from 36 nm to 71 nm and HP being 31 nm.
    Fig. 12. Plot of VBK and RONversusHN with HN ranging from 36 nm to 71 nm and HP being 31 nm.
    Plot of VBK and RONversusHP with HP ranging from 23 nm to 37 nm and HN being 41 nm.
    Fig. 13. Plot of VBK and RONversusHP with HP ranging from 23 nm to 37 nm and HN being 41 nm.
    Plot of VBK and RONversusNP, NP ranging from 1 × 1017 cm−3 to 1 × 1018 cm−3.
    Fig. 14. Plot of VBK and RONversusNP, NP ranging from 1 × 1017 cm−3 to 1 × 1018 cm−3.
    ParametersUnitValues
    Distance from source to gate (LSG)μm2
    Gate length (LG)μm1.5
    Gate field plate length (LGFP)μm3
    Drain field plate length (LDFP)μm0.5
    Distance from gate to drain (LGD)μm15
    Thickness of gate dielectric (TGd)nm17
    Thickness of passivation layer (Tpass)nm100
    Thickness of Al0.25Ga0.75N barrier layer (Tbar)nm21
    Thickness of GaN buffer layer (Tbuff)μm1.6
    Thickness of Al-containing transition layer (Ttransition)μm2.4
    Distance from gate to N-type layer (LGN)μm13
    Distance from N-type layer to P-type layer (LPN)μm0.01
    N-type layer length (WN)μm1.5
    Thickness of N-type layer (HN)nm41
    Thickness of P-type layer (HP)nm31
    P-type layer doping concentration (NP+)cm−31 × 1017
    N-type layer doping concentration (NN+)cm−31 × 1019
    GaN buffer doping concentration (Nbuff)cm−31 × 1015
    Table 1. Key structural parameters.
    VBK/V@1 μA/mmRON/Ω⋅mmReferences
    86814.98C-MISFET
    154614.98FPC-MISFET
    205015.37EJ-MISFET
    65013.2[24]
    129010.3[37]
    14009.2[38]
    145610.1[39]
    152813.3[40]
    Table 2. Comparison of device characteristic between device in this paper and other reported GaN devices.
    Xin-Xing Fei, Ying Wang, Xin Luo, Cheng-Hao Yu. Simulation study of high voltage GaN MISFETs with embedded PN junction[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(8):
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