• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 42, Issue 2, 024103 (2021)
Xiangdong Li1、2, Karen Geens1, Nooshin Amirifar1, Ming Zhao1, Shuzhen You1, Niels Posthuma1, Hu Liang1, Guido Groeseneken1、2, and Stefaan Decoutere1
Author Affiliations
  • 1imec, Leuven 3001, Belgium
  • 2Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven 3001, Belgium
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/2/024103 Cite this Article
    Xiangdong Li, Karen Geens, Nooshin Amirifar, Ming Zhao, Shuzhen You, Niels Posthuma, Hu Liang, Guido Groeseneken, Stefaan Decoutere. Integration of GaN analog building blocks on p-GaN wafers for GaN ICs[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2021, 42(2): 024103 Copy Citation Text show less
    (Color online) Fabricated 200 mm GaN-on-SOI wafer with CMOS-compatible processing.
    Fig. 1. (Color online) Fabricated 200 mm GaN-on-SOI wafer with CMOS-compatible processing.
    (Color online) (a) Schematic cross-section of the epitaxial layer stack and (b) processing flow.
    Fig. 2. (Color online) (a) Schematic cross-section of the epitaxial layer stack and (b) processing flow.
    (Color online) (a) Microscope images, (b) transfer characteristics, and (c) OFF-state leakage characteristics of the logic HEMTs with LGD of 1.5 μm and WG scaling from 6 μm to 2 μm.
    Fig. 3. (Color online) (a) Microscope images, (b) transfer characteristics, and (c) OFF-state leakage characteristics of the logic HEMTs with LGD of 1.5 μm and WG scaling from 6 μm to 2 μm.
    (Color online) (a) Microscope image, (b) schematic, and (c) measured voltage transfer characteristic (VTC) of the integrated RTL inverter.
    Fig. 4. (Color online) (a) Microscope image, (b) schematic, and (c) measured voltage transfer characteristic (VTC) of the integrated RTL inverter.
    (Color online) (a) Comparator designed by RTL and (b) the microscope image of the processed comparator.
    Fig. 5. (Color online) (a) Comparator designed by RTL and (b) the microscope image of the processed comparator.
    (Color online) (a) Voltage transfer characteristics of the comparator with (a) various VDD and (b) various reference voltage VREF.
    Fig. 6. (Color online) (a) Voltage transfer characteristics of the comparator with (a) various VDD and (b) various reference voltage VREF.
    (Color online) (a) Undervoltage lockout GaN circuit, (b) layout, and (c) voltage transfer characteristics show the IC shuts down when VDD VDD > 5.7 V.
    Fig. 7. (Color online) (a) Undervoltage lockout GaN circuit, (b) layout, and (c) voltage transfer characteristics show the IC shuts down when VDD < 5 V and restarts when VDD > 5.7 V.
    Xiangdong Li, Karen Geens, Nooshin Amirifar, Ming Zhao, Shuzhen You, Niels Posthuma, Hu Liang, Guido Groeseneken, Stefaan Decoutere. Integration of GaN analog building blocks on p-GaN wafers for GaN ICs[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2021, 42(2): 024103
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