A TCAD-based approach has been used to investigate the leakage current and breakdown regime of vertical GaN/AlGaN/Si structures at different ambient temperatures. TCAD modeling has been used to assess possible mechanisms of the forward-bias leakage current. A good agreement with experimental data has been obtained by implementing both trap-assisted and Poole-Frenkel conduction mechanisms into the deeper buffer layers, indicating that conduction is dominated by electron injection from silicon into a continuum of states at a given energy offset in the transition layer, which might be associated with conductive dislocation defects. The latter mechanisms have been proven to anticipate the onset of breakdown at high temperatures.
Cornigli, D., Monti, F., Reggiani, S., Gnani, E., Gnudi, A., Baccarani, G. (2016). TCAD analysis of the leakage current and breakdown versus temperature of GaN-on-Silicon vertical structures. SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS, 115(Part B), 173-178 [10.1016/j.sse.2015.08.005].
TCAD analysis of the leakage current and breakdown versus temperature of GaN-on-Silicon vertical structures
CORNIGLI, DAVIDE;MONTI, FEDERICO;REGGIANI, SUSANNA;GNANI, ELENA;GNUDI, ANTONIO;BACCARANI, GIORGIO
2016
Abstract
A TCAD-based approach has been used to investigate the leakage current and breakdown regime of vertical GaN/AlGaN/Si structures at different ambient temperatures. TCAD modeling has been used to assess possible mechanisms of the forward-bias leakage current. A good agreement with experimental data has been obtained by implementing both trap-assisted and Poole-Frenkel conduction mechanisms into the deeper buffer layers, indicating that conduction is dominated by electron injection from silicon into a continuum of states at a given energy offset in the transition layer, which might be associated with conductive dislocation defects. The latter mechanisms have been proven to anticipate the onset of breakdown at high temperatures.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.