Analysis of breakdown characteristics in gate and source field-plate AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

H. Onodera, H. Hanawa, K. Horio

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Abstract

Two-dimensional analysis of breakdown characteristics of field-plate AlGaN/GaN HEMTs is performed by considering a deep donor and a deep acceptor in a buffer layer. It is shown that the introduction of field plate is effective in improving the breakdown voltage, but it can decrease with the fielld-plate length, and hence its optimum length should exist. It is also shown that the breakdown voltage of the source field-plate structure is a little smaller than that of the gate field-plate structure when the field-plate length is short, because the electric field at the drain edge of the gate becomes higher.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTechnical Proceedings of the 2014 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2014
PublisherNano Science and Technology Institute
Pages499-502
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781482258271
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Jan 1
EventNanotechnology 2014: MEMS, Fluidics, Bio Systems, Medical, Computational and Photonics - 2014 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2014 - Washington, DC, United States
Duration: 2014 Jun 152014 Jun 18

Publication series

NameTechnical Proceedings of the 2014 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2014
Volume2

Conference

ConferenceNanotechnology 2014: MEMS, Fluidics, Bio Systems, Medical, Computational and Photonics - 2014 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington, DC
Period14/6/1514/6/18

Keywords

  • Breakdown voltage
  • Field plate
  • GaN
  • HEMT
  • Two-dimensional analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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