Characterization of AlGaN/GaN MOSHFETs with Al2O3 as Gate Oxide,
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Gregušová, D.[Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia]
Stoklas, R.[Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia]
Čičo, K.[Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia]
Heidelberger, G.[Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany]
Marso, Michel[Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany]
Kordoš, P.[Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia, and Department of Microelectronics, Slovak Technical University, 81219 Bratislava, Slovakia]
Novák, J.[Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia]
[en] We report on AlGaN/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor heterostructure field-effect transistors
(MOSHFETs) with MOCVD deposited Al2O3 as a gate oxide. Properties of MOSHFETs with 9 nm and 14 nm thick Al2O3 are compared with conventional HFETs prepared simultaneously on the same layer structure. Lower gate leakage current (~10−5 A/mm at −10 V) and higher saturated drain current (up to 40%) are obtained for MOSHFETs than those for HFETs. In contradiction to previously reported data, the extrinsic transconductance for MOSHFETs is also higher (up to 37% of peak values) than that for HFET. This indicates on semi-conductive rather than insulating properties of Al2O3 gate oxide. Pulsed I−V measurements (pulse width 1 μs) yielded lower but still measurable current collapse in MOSHFETs compared to HFETs. Nevertheless, obtained results show that Al2O3 gate oxide, after optimising its microstructure and thickness, can be preferable for the preparation of AlGaN/GaN MOSHFETs.
[Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, Research Centre Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany]
