On the impact of substrate electron injection on dynamic Ron in GaN-on-Si HEMTs
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Authors
Pagnano, Dario
Sun, J
Imam, M
Garg, R
Kim, H
Charles, A
Publication Date
2018-09Journal Title
Microelectronics Reliability
ISSN
0026-2714
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
88-90
Pages
610-614
Type
Article
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Pagnano, D., Longobardi, G., Udrea, F., Sun, J., Imam, M., Garg, R., Kim, H., & et al. (2018). On the impact of substrate electron injection on dynamic Ron in GaN-on-Si HEMTs. Microelectronics Reliability, 88-90 610-614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2018.07.102
Abstract
The impact of electron injection from the substrate on the dynamic Ron of GaN-on-Si High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) has been investigated by means of back-bias transient and vertical leakage measurements and TCAD simulations. A strong correlation between electrons injected from the substrate and on-state drain current transients is demonstrated. Moreover, the contribution of the electron-type traps in the buffer layer as opposed to the usually studied hole-like traps to the dynamic Ron is discussed. In particular, the impact of electron-like traps for different levels of substrate leakage current is studied. A TCAD model has been developed and
calibrated by taking into account both off-state vertical leakage and on-state drain current transient experimental results. The proposed charge dynamic has also been assessed against state-of-the-art theories. This analysis
contributes to a deeper understanding of the complex scenario of different types of traps in the buffer layer of GaN-on-Si devices and highlights the impact that trap-states can have on the on-state and off-state currents.
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EPSRC (1638868)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2018.07.102
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/286182
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Licence URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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