Vertical Leakage/Breakdown Mechanisms in AlGaN/GaN-on-Si Structures

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Zhou, Chunhua [1 ]
Jiang, Qimeng [1 ]
Huang, Sen [1 ]
Chen, Kevin J. [1 ]
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[1] Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
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AlGaN/GaN-on-Si structures; vertical leakage and breakdown; space-charge-limited current conduction; acceptor level; donor level; CHARGE-LIMITED CURRENTS; CURRENT COLLAPSE; BUFFER; TRAPS; HEMTS; SILICON;
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In this paper, we studied the vertical leakage/breakdown mechanisms in AlGaN/GaN structures grown on low resistivity p-type (111) Si substrate by temperature-dependent current-voltage measurements. We suggested that the top-to-substrate vertical leakage/breakdown is dominated by the space-charge-limited current (SCLC) conduction mechanism involving both acceptor and donor traps in buffer/transition layer. Based on temperature-dependent transient backgating measurements, the acceptor level and donor level were determined to be at E-V+543 meV and E-C-616 meV, respectively.
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