Micromachines (Jul 2023)

Effect of P-Type GaN Buried Layer on the Temperature of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

  • Hanghang Lv,
  • Yanrong Cao,
  • Maodan Ma,
  • Zhiheng Wang,
  • Xinxiang Zhang,
  • Chuan Chen,
  • Linshan Wu,
  • Ling Lv,
  • Xuefeng Zheng,
  • Yongkun Wang,
  • Wenchao Tian,
  • Xiaohua Ma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14071457
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 7
p. 1457

Abstract

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In this paper, a P-type GaN buried layer is introduced into the buffer layer of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs, and the effect of the P-type GaN buried layer on the device’s temperature characteristics is studied using Silvaco TCAD software. The results show that, compared to the conventional device structure, the introduction of a P-type GaN buried layer greatly weakens the peak of the channel electric field between the gate and drain of the device. This leads to a more uniform electric field distribution, a substantial reduction in the lattice temperature of the device, and a more uniform temperature distribution. Therefore, the phenomenon of negative resistance caused by self-heating effect is significantly mitigated, while the breakdown performance of the device is also notably enhanced.

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