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Nanoscale investigation of AlGaN/GaN-on-Si high electron mobility transistors
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Fontserè, A., Pérez-Tomás, Amador, Placidi, M., Llobet, J., Baron, N., Chenot, S., Cordier, Y., Moreno, J. C., Jennings, M. R., Gammon, P. M., Fisher, Craig A., Iglesias, V., Porti, M., Bayerl, A., Lanza, M. and Nafría, M. (2012) Nanoscale investigation of AlGaN/GaN-on-Si high electron mobility transistors. Nanotechnology, Vol.23 (No.39). Article no. 395204. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/23/39/395204 ISSN 0957-4484.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/23/39/395204
Abstract
AlGaN/GaN HEMTs are devices which are strongly influenced by surface properties such as donor states, roughness or any kind of inhomogeneity. The electron gas is only a few nanometers away from the surface and the transistor forward and reverse currents are considerably affected by any variation of surface property within the atomic scale. Consequently, we have used the technique known as conductive AFM (CAFM) to perform electrical characterization at the nanoscale. The AlGaN/GaN HEMT ohmic (drain and source) and Schottky (gate) contacts were investigated by the CAFM technique. The estimated area of these highly conductive pillars (each of them of approximately 20-50nm radius) represents around 5% of the total contact area. Analogously, the reverse leakage of the gate Schottky contact at the nanoscale seems to correlate somehow with the topography of the narrow AlGaN barrier regions producing larger currents. © 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Nanotechnology | ||||
Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0957-4484 | ||||
Official Date: | 5 October 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.23 | ||||
Number: | No.39 | ||||
Page Range: | Article no. 395204 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1088/0957-4484/23/39/395204 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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