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Study on III-Nitride Based MIS-Transistors with Low-loss and High-breakdown voltage Characteristics

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25420328
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Electron device/Electronic equipment
Research InstitutionUniversity of Fukui

Principal Investigator

Kuzuhara Masaaki  福井大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (20377469)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TOKUDA HIROKUNI  福井大学, 大学院工学研究科, 特命助教 (10625932)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywords窒化物半導体 / HEMT / MOSFET / ゲート絶縁膜 / パッシベーション / 耐圧 / 電流コラプス / パワーデバイス / 表面保護膜 / トランジスタ / MIS / ゲート電流 / ヘテロ接合
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this work is to develop AlGaN/GaN MIS HEMTs with a low reverse gate leakage current and a suppressed increase in dynamic on-resistance. It was found that ALD-deposited composite layers of Al2O3 and ZrO2 were effective as an MIS gate insulator.
We then studied surface passivation films, such as SiN, SiON, and SiO2, in terms of improvement in current collapse characteristics. It was found that SiN or SiO2 film was effective to reduce dynamic on-resistance in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs. In addition, we found that more significant reduction in current collapse was achievable by introducing O2 plasma treatment before surface passivation film deposition. The fabricated MIS-HEMT with separately optimized gate insulator and passivation film demonstrated very promising breakdown characteristics of more than 2 kV with a very reduced gate leakage current.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 5 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Current Collapse Reduction in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs by High-Pressure Water Vapor Annealing2015

    • Author(s)
      Joel T. Asubar, Yohei Kobayashi, Koji Yoshitsugu, Zenji Yatabe, Hirokuni Tokuda, Masahiro Horita; Yukiharu Uraoka, Tamotsu Hashizume, Masaaki Kuzuhara
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

      Volume: 62 Issue: 8 Pages: 2423-2428

    • DOI

      10.1109/ted.2015.2440442

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Impact of oxygen plasma treatment on the dynamic on-resistance of AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility2015

    • Author(s)
      Joel T. Asubar, Yoshiki Sakaida, Satoshi Yoshidai, Zenji Yatabe, Hirokuni Tokuda, Tamotsu Hashizume, Masaaki Kuzuhara
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Express

      Volume: 8 Issue: 11 Pages: 1110011-4

    • DOI

      10.7567/apex.8.111001

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] ZrO2/Al2O3積層膜をゲート絶縁膜に用いたn-GaN MISダイオードの比誘電率と界面特性2015

    • Author(s)
      樹神 真太郎、徳田 博邦、葛原 正明
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会 和文論文誌C

      Volume: Vol. J98-C Pages: 27-33

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Low-Loss and High-Voltage III-Nitride Transistors for Power Switching Applications2015

    • Author(s)
      1.M. Kuzuhara, and H. Tokuda
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Trans. Electron Devices

      Volume: 62 Issue: 2 Pages: 405-413

    • DOI

      10.1109/ted.2014.2359055

    • NAID

      120005541053

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Reduced gate leakage and high thermal stability of AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMTs using ZrO2/Al2O3 gate dielectric stack2014

    • Author(s)
      2. M. Hatano, Y. Taniguchi, S. Kodama, H. Tokuda, and M. Kuzuhara
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Express

      Volume: 7 Issue: 4 Pages: 44101-44101

    • DOI

      10.7567/apex.7.044101

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] GaN-based Heterojunction FETs for Power Applications2016

    • Author(s)
      M. Kuzuhara
    • Organizer
      China Semiconductor Technology International Conference 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Shanghai, China
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-13
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] GaN-based HEMTs for High-voltage and Low-loss Power Applications2015

    • Author(s)
      M. Kuzuhara, J. T. Asubar, and H. Tokuda
    • Organizer
      46 th IEEE Semiconductor Interface Specialists Conf.
    • Place of Presentation
      Washington D.C., USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-02
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Highly Reduced Current Collapse in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs by Combined2015

    • Author(s)
      J. T. Asubar, S. Yoshida, H. Tokuda, and M. Kuzuhara
    • Organizer
      SSDM 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Sapporo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-27
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Characterization and Reduction of Current Collapse in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs2015

    • Author(s)
      M. Kuzuhara, J. T. Asubar, and H. Tokuda
    • Organizer
      2015 German-Japanese-Spanish Joint Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-12
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] GaN-based Power Devices2015

    • Author(s)
      M. Kuzuhara, J. T. Asubar, and H. Tokuda
    • Organizer
      EM-NANO 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Niigata, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Electrical characterization of stepped AlGaN/GaN heterostructures2015

    • Author(s)
      S. Kodama, J. T. Asubar, H. Tokuda, S. Nakazawa, M. Ishida, T. Ueda, and M. Kuzuhara
    • Organizer
      WOCSDICE 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Smolenice, Slovakia
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-08
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Current Collapse in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with a GaN Cap Layer2015

    • Author(s)
      S. Yoshida, Y. Sakaida, J. T. Asubar, H. Tokuda, and M. Kuzuhara
    • Organizer
      IEEE IMFEDK 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-04
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Suppressed Current Collapse in High Pressure Water Vapor Annealed AlGaN/GaN HEMTs2015

    • Author(s)
      Y. Kobayashi, J. T. Asubar, K. Yoshitsugu, H. Tokuda, M. Horita, Y. Uraoka, and M. Kuzuhara
    • Organizer
      CS-MANTECH 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Arizona, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Correlation between Luminescence and Current Collapse in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs2015

    • Author(s)
      S. Ohi, Y. Sakaida, J. T. Asubar, H. Tokuda, and M. Kuzuhara
    • Organizer
      CS-MANTECH 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Arizona, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Analysis of time dependent current collapse in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs2014

    • Author(s)
      R. Maeta, H. Tokuda, and M. Kuzuhara
    • Organizer
      ASDAM 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      スロバキア
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-22
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Challenges of GaN-based transistors for power electronics applications2014

    • Author(s)
      M. Kuzuhara, and H. Tokuda
    • Organizer
      AWAD 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      金沢
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-01
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Interface Properties of n-GaN MIS Diodes with ZrO2/Al2O3 Laminated Films as a Gate Insulator2014

    • Author(s)
      S. Kodama, H. Tokuda, and M. Kuzuhara
    • Organizer
      IMFEDK2014
    • Place of Presentation
      京都
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-19
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Improved current collapse in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs by O2 plasma treatment2014

    • Author(s)
      Y. Sakaida, H. Tokuda, and M. Kuzuhara
    • Organizer
      CS-MANTECH
    • Place of Presentation
      米国、コロラド
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-21
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 福井大学 葛原研究室

    • URL

      http://fuee.u-fukui.ac.jp/~kuzuhara/index.html

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report

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