High breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well electron-blocking layers

In this paper, we numerically study an enhancement of breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) by using the AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well (QW) electron-blocking layer (EBL) structure. This concept is based on the superior confinement of two-dimensional electron gases...

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Main Authors:	Lee, Ya-Ju, Yao, Yung-Chi, Huang, Chun-Ying, Lin, Tai-Yuan, Cheng, Li-Lien, Liu, Ching-Yun, Wang, Mei-Tan, Hwang, Jung-Min
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Springer 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4148684/

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spelling	pubmed-41486842014-09-09 High breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well electron-blocking layers Lee, Ya-Ju Yao, Yung-Chi Huang, Chun-Ying Lin, Tai-Yuan Cheng, Li-Lien Liu, Ching-Yun Wang, Mei-Tan Hwang, Jung-Min Nano Express In this paper, we numerically study an enhancement of breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) by using the AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well (QW) electron-blocking layer (EBL) structure. This concept is based on the superior confinement of two-dimensional electron gases (2-DEGs) provided by the QW EBL, resulting in a significant improvement of breakdown voltage and a remarkable suppression of spilling electrons. The electron mobility of 2-DEG is hence enhanced as well. The dependence of thickness and composition of QW EBL on the device breakdown is also evaluated and discussed. Springer 2014-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4148684/ /pubmed/25206318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-433 Text en Copyright © 2014 Lee et al.; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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author	Lee, Ya-Ju Yao, Yung-Chi Huang, Chun-Ying Lin, Tai-Yuan Cheng, Li-Lien Liu, Ching-Yun Wang, Mei-Tan Hwang, Jung-Min
spellingShingle	Lee, Ya-Ju Yao, Yung-Chi Huang, Chun-Ying Lin, Tai-Yuan Cheng, Li-Lien Liu, Ching-Yun Wang, Mei-Tan Hwang, Jung-Min High breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well electron-blocking layers
author_facet	Lee, Ya-Ju Yao, Yung-Chi Huang, Chun-Ying Lin, Tai-Yuan Cheng, Li-Lien Liu, Ching-Yun Wang, Mei-Tan Hwang, Jung-Min
author_sort	Lee, Ya-Ju
title	High breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well electron-blocking layers
title_short	High breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well electron-blocking layers
title_full	High breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well electron-blocking layers
title_fullStr	High breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well electron-blocking layers
title_full_unstemmed	High breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well electron-blocking layers
title_sort	high breakdown voltage in algan/gan hemts using algan/gan/algan quantum-well electron-blocking layers
description	In this paper, we numerically study an enhancement of breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) by using the AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well (QW) electron-blocking layer (EBL) structure. This concept is based on the superior confinement of two-dimensional electron gases (2-DEGs) provided by the QW EBL, resulting in a significant improvement of breakdown voltage and a remarkable suppression of spilling electrons. The electron mobility of 2-DEG is hence enhanced as well. The dependence of thickness and composition of QW EBL on the device breakdown is also evaluated and discussed.
publisher	Springer
publishDate	2014
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4148684/
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High breakdown voltage in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs using AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN quantum-well electron-blocking layers

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