Quantitative characterization of interface traps in Al2O3/AlGaN/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors by dynamic capacitance dispersion technique
- 15 July 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 103 (3), 033510
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4813912
Abstract
In this letter, the interface traps of Al2O3/AlGaN/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MOS-HEMTs) were characterized quantitatively by dynamic capacitance dispersion technique. An analysis of Al2O3/AlGaN interface states demonstrated deep traps in the range of 0.53 eV-1.16 eV below the conduction band, with trap density nearly constant and two orders of magnitude smaller than that at AlGaN surface due to the use of atomic layer deposition-grown Al2O3 insulator. As much as 2.23 × 1013 eV−1 cm−2 fast traps with time constant smaller than 0.3 μs were observed at AlGaN/GaN interface of MOS-HEMTs, which was consistent with the qualitative prediction from pulsed I-V test.Keywords
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