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Identification of Local Current Leakage Location for Mechanism of Leak Current in GaN Transistors

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K06014
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Electron device/Electronic equipment
Research InstitutionNagoya Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Wakejima Akio  名古屋工業大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (80588575)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywords窒化物半導体 / トランジスタ / リーク電流 / AFM / 電流AFM / AlGaN/GaN HEMT / 欠陥 / 転位 / 原子間力顕微鏡 / 透過型電子顕微鏡
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Local leakage current of GaN/Si transistors were evaluated. Instead of a metal based electrode, a transparent ITO base electrode was fabricated for the gate, with which we can observed current base emission through the gate electrode.
Relationship between amounts of leakage current and number of photos of emission. Also, from cross-sectional STEM observation just under the gate where emission occurred, we found there are unexpected disordered epitaxial growth at the very deep area of the epitaxial structure.
For the purpose of leakage current observation at the non-metalized GaN based epitaxial structure, nano-current was successfully observed using an AFM equipment. The location of the leakage current was not found to be related to the surface morphology of the sample.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2016

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Local gate leakage current induced by inhomogeneous epitaxial growth in AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors2016

    • Author(s)
      Tomotaka Narita, Akio Wakejima and Takashi Egawa
    • Journal Title

      Appl. Phys. Express

      Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 031002-031002

    • DOI

      10.7567/apex.9.031002

    • NAID

      210000137805

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Observation of 8600 K electron temperature in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors on Si substrate2016

    • Author(s)
      Tomotaka Narita, Yuichi Fujimoto, Akio Wakejima and Takashi Egawa
    • Journal Title

      Semicond. Sci. Technol.

      Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Pages: 035007-035007

    • DOI

      10.1088/0268-1242/31/3/035007

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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