IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
Special Section on Heterostructure Microelectronics with TWHM 2011
Improvement of the Interface Quality of the Al2O3/III-Nitride Interface by (NH4)2S Surface Treatment for AlGaN/GaN MOSHFETs
Eiji MIYAZAKIShigeru KISHIMOTOTakashi MIZUTANI
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2012 Volume E95.C Issue 8 Pages 1337-1342

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We performed the (NH4)2S surface treatments before Al2O3 deposition to improve the Al2O3/III-Nitride interface quality in Al2O3/AlGaN/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor heterostructure field-effect transistors (MOSHFETs). Interface state density at the Al2O3/GaN interface was decreased by the (NH4)2S treatment. The hysteresis width in ID-VGS and gm-VGS characteristics of the Al2O3/AlGaN MOSHFETs with the (NH4)2S treatment was smaller than that without the (NH4)2S treatment. In addition, transconductance (gm) decrease at a large gate voltage was relaxed by the (NH4)2S treatment. We also performed ultraviolet (UV) illumination during the (NH4)2S treatment for further improvement of the Al2O3/III-Nitride interface quality. Interface state density of the Al2O3/GaN MOS diodes with the UV illumination was smaller than that without the UV illumination.

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