Double-channel hemt device and manufacturing method thereof

An HEMT device (1), comprising: a semiconductor body (15) including a heterojunction structure (13); a dielectric layer (7) on the semiconductor body; a gate electrode (8); a drain electrode (12), facing a first side (8') of the gate electrode (8); and a source electrode (10), facing a second side (8") opposite to the first side (8') of the gate electrode; an auxiliary channel layer (20), which extends over the heterojunction structure (13) between the gate electrode (8) and the drain electrode (12), in electrical contact with the drain electrode (12) and at a distance from the gate electrode, and forming an additional conductive path for charge carriers that flow between the source electrode and the drain electrode

Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of RON Degradation in GaN HEMTs during Pulse-Mode Operation

The on-resistance (RON) degradation in normally-OFF GaN high electron mobility transistors has been evaluated both experimentally and by means of numerical simulations by analyzing its drift during device pulse-mode operation. Experimental data showed that the device RON measured during the on-time interval of the switching period increased with time resulting in a thermally activated process with an activation energy $EA=0.83$ eV. For the first time, numerical simulations have been carried out in order to evaluate the device RON drift during pulse-mode operation and to understand the physical phenomena involved. A good qualitative agreement between experimental and simulated data has been obtained when considering in the simulated device simply a hole trap located at 0.83 eV from the GaN valence-band, an energy level which has been linked in previous works to carbon-doping within the GaN buffer

Hemt transistor including field plate regions and manufacturing process thereof

HEMT transistor (50; 100; 150) having a semiconductor body (52) forming a semiconductive heterostructure (54, 56); a gate region (60), of conductive material, arranged above and in contact with the semiconductor body (52); a first insulating layer (58) extending above the semiconductor body, laterally to the conductive gate region (60); a second insulating layer (62) extending above the first insulating layer (58) and the gate region (60); a first field plate region (84), of conductive material, extending between the first and the second insulating layers (58), laterally spaced from the conductive gate region (60); and a second field plate region (85), of conductive material, extending above the second insulating layer (62), vertically aligned with the first field plate region (84)

Double-channel hemt device and manufacturing method thereof

An HEMT device, comprising: a semiconductor body including a heterojunction structure; a dielectric layer on the semiconductor body; a gate electrode; a drain electrode, facing a first side of the gate electrode; and a source electrode, facing a second side opposite to the first side of the gate electrode; an auxiliary channel layer, which extends over the heterojunction structure between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, in electrical contact with the drain electrode and at a distance from the gate electrode, and forming an additional conductive path for charge carriers that flow between the source electrode and the drain electrode

Double-channel hemt device and manufacturing method thereof

An HEMT device, comprising: a semiconductor body including a heterojunction structure; a dielectric layer on the semiconductor body; a gate electrode; a drain electrode, facing a first side of the gate electrode; and a source electrode, facing a second side opposite to the first side of the gate electrode; an auxiliary channel layer, which extends over the heterojunction structure between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, in electrical contact with the drain electrode and at a distance from the gate electrode, and forming an additional conductive path for charge carriers that flow between the source electrode and the drain electrode

Double-channel HEMT device and manufacturing method thereof

An HEMT device, comprising: a semiconductor body including a heterojunction structure; a dielectric layer on the semiconductor body; a gate electrode; a drain electrode, facing a first side of the gate electrode; and a source electrode, facing a second side opposite to the first side of the gate electrode; an auxiliary channel layer, which extends over the heterojunction structure between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, in electrical contact with the drain electrode and at a distance from the gate electrode, and forming an additional conductive path for charge carriers that flow between the source electrode and the drain electrode

High electron mobility transistor and manufacturing method thereof

HEMT (1; 21; 31; 51) including a buffer layer (4), a hole-supply layer (6) on the buffer layer (4), a heterostructure (7) on the hole-supply layer (6), and a source electrode (16). The hole-supply layer (6) is made of P-type doped semiconductor material, the buffer layer (4) is doped with carbon, and the source electrode (16) is in direct electrical contact with the hole-supply layer (6), such that the hole-supply layer (6) can be biased to facilitate the transport of holes from the hole-supply layer (6) to the buffer layer (4)

HEMT transistor of the normally off type including a trench containing a gate region and forming at least one step, and corresponding manufacturing method

A method forms an HEMT transistor of the normally off type, including: a semiconductor heterostructure, which comprises at least one first layer and one second layer, the second layer being set on top of the first layer; a trench, which extends through the second layer and a portion of the first layer; a gate region of conductive material, which extends in the trench; and a dielectric region, which extends in the trench, coats the gate region, and contacts the semiconductor heterostructure. A part of the trench is delimited laterally by a lateral structure that forms at least one first step. The semiconductor heterostructure forms a first edge and a second edge of the first step, the first edge being formed by the first layer