• Chinese Physics B
  • Vol. 29, Issue 10, (2020)
Tao-Tao Que1, Ya-Wen Zhao1, Qiu-Ling Qiu1, Liu-An Li1..., Liang He2, Jin-Wei Zhang1, Chen-Liang Feng1, Zhen-Xing Liu1, Qian-Shu Wu1, Jia Chen1, Cheng-Lang Li1, Qi Zhang1, Yun-Liang Rao1, Zhi-Yuan He3 and Yang Liu1,†|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 50275, China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 51075, China
  • 3Science and Technology on Reliability Physics and Application of Electronic Component Laboratory, No. 5 Electronics Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Guangzhou 510610, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/abaed8 Cite this Article
    Tao-Tao Que, Ya-Wen Zhao, Qiu-Ling Qiu, Liu-An Li, Liang He, Jin-Wei Zhang, Chen-Liang Feng, Zhen-Xing Liu, Qian-Shu Wu, Jia Chen, Cheng-Lang Li, Qi Zhang, Yun-Liang Rao, Zhi-Yuan He, Yang Liu. Evaluation of stress voltage on off-state time-dependent breakdown for GaN MIS-HEMT with SiNx gate dielectric[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10): Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Transfer and (b) off-state blocking voltage characteristics of the GaN MIS-HEMT.
    Fig. 1. (a) Transfer and (b) off-state blocking voltage characteristics of the GaN MIS-HEMT.
    (a) Test diagrams of negative bias stress and (b) time-dependent breakdown with VGS = −295 V, −300 V, −305 V, respectively, and (c) lifetime extrapolation for 20 years based on 1/E model with failure rate of 63.2% and 0.01%.
    Fig. 2. (a) Test diagrams of negative bias stress and (b) time-dependent breakdown with VGS = −295 V, −300 V, −305 V, respectively, and (c) lifetime extrapolation for 20 years based on 1/E model with failure rate of 63.2% and 0.01%.
    (a) Test diagrams of off-state stress and (b) time-dependent breakdown during off-state stress with VDS = 280 V and VDS = 270 V @VDG = 295 V.
    Fig. 3. (a) Test diagrams of off-state stress and (b) time-dependent breakdown during off-state stress with VDS = 280 V and VDS = 270 V @VDG = 295 V.
    (a) The comparison of time-dependent breakdown between negative gate voltage stress and off-state stress. (b) Two sudden increasing trends of gate leakage occur during both stress conditions.
    Fig. 4. (a) The comparison of time-dependent breakdown between negative gate voltage stress and off-state stress. (b) Two sudden increasing trends of gate leakage occur during both stress conditions.
    Breakdown time distribution (β) of (a) negative gate bias with VGS = −295 V, −300 V, −305 V, respectively and (b) off-state stress with VDS = 280 V and VDS = 270 V @VDG = 295 V.
    Fig. 5. Breakdown time distribution (β) of (a) negative gate bias with VGS = −295 V, −300 V, −305 V, respectively and (b) off-state stress with VDS = 280 V and VDS = 270 V @VDG = 295 V.
    Simulation of electric field distribution for rapid breakdown under (a) negative bias stress @VDG = 295 V and (b) off-state stress @VDG = 295 V. (c) Extraction of electric field distribution at the cutline of 10 nm below SiNx/AlGaN interface for both of the two stress conditions.
    Fig. 6. Simulation of electric field distribution for rapid breakdown under (a) negative bias stress @VDG = 295 V and (b) off-state stress @VDG = 295 V. (c) Extraction of electric field distribution at the cutline of 10 nm below SiNx/AlGaN interface for both of the two stress conditions.
    The evolution of threshold voltage and on resistance during stress and recovery conditions of VGS = −200 V, VDS = 0 V, and VGS = −15 V, VDS = 185 V @VDG = 200 V.
    Fig. 7. The evolution of threshold voltage and on resistance during stress and recovery conditions of VGS = −200 V, VDS = 0 V, and VGS = −15 V, VDS = 185 V @VDG = 200 V.
    The evolution of leakage during (a) negative gate bias at VGS = −200 V, VDS = 0 V @VDG = 295 V and (b) off-state stress at VGS = −15 V, VDS = 185 V @VDG = 200 V.
    Fig. 8. The evolution of leakage during (a) negative gate bias at VGS = −200 V, VDS = 0 V @VDG = 295 V and (b) off-state stress at VGS = −15 V, VDS = 185 V @VDG = 200 V.
    The schematic mechanism for the negative bias stress (a)–(c) and off-state time-dependent breakdown process (e)–(g).
    Fig. 9. The schematic mechanism for the negative bias stress (a)–(c) and off-state time-dependent breakdown process (e)–(g).
    Transfer characteristics and IGS before stress and after adequate recovery of (a) negative bias stress at VGS = −200 V, VDS = 0 V @VDG = 200 V and (b) off-state stress at VGS = −15 V, VDS = 185 V @VDG = 200 V.
    Fig. 10. Transfer characteristics and IGS before stress and after adequate recovery of (a) negative bias stress at VGS = −200 V, VDS = 0 V @VDG = 200 V and (b) off-state stress at VGS = −15 V, VDS = 185 V @VDG = 200 V.
    Tao-Tao Que, Ya-Wen Zhao, Qiu-Ling Qiu, Liu-An Li, Liang He, Jin-Wei Zhang, Chen-Liang Feng, Zhen-Xing Liu, Qian-Shu Wu, Jia Chen, Cheng-Lang Li, Qi Zhang, Yun-Liang Rao, Zhi-Yuan He, Yang Liu. Evaluation of stress voltage on off-state time-dependent breakdown for GaN MIS-HEMT with SiNx gate dielectric[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10):
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