Deep Level Transient Fourier Spectroscopy Investigation of Electron Traps on AlGaN/GaN-on-Si Power Diodes

Autor: Florian Rigaud-Minet, Christophe Raynaud, Julien Buckley, Matthew Charles, Patricia Pimenta-Barros, Romain Gwoziecki, Charlotte Gillot, Véronique Sousa, Hervé Morel, Dominique Planson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 16, Iss 2, p 599 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
49618040
DOI: 10.3390/en16020599
Popis: Many kinds of defects are present in AlGaN/GaN-on-Si based power electronics devices. Their identification is the first step to understand and improve device performance. Electron traps are investigated in AlGaN/GaN-on-Si power diodes using deep level transient Fourier spectroscopy (DLTFS) at different bias conditions for two Schottky contact’s etching recipes. This study reveals seven different traps corresponding to point defects. Their energy level ET ranged from 0.4 eV to 0.57 eV below the conduction band. Among them, two new traps are reported and are etching-related: D3 (ET = 0.47–0.48 eV; σ ≈ 10−15 cm2) and D7 (ET = 0.57 eV; σ = 4.45 × 10−12 cm2). The possible origin of the other traps are discussed with respect to the GaN literature. They are proposed to be related to carbon and nitrogen vacancies or to carbon, such as CN-CGa. Some others are likely due to crystal surface recombination, native defects or a related complex, or to the nitrogen antisite: NGa.
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