Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4971704 | Microelectronics Reliability | 2016 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
In this work gallium nitride (GaN) grown on silicon substrates was investigated in order to determine critical defects responsible for differences in the vertical breakdown of HEMT structures. Cathodoluminescence studies at the SEM revealed a direct correlation between the intensity of the blue luminescence (BL) band and the carbon doping concentration. Observing this, carbon depletion zones were found around threading dislocations in the active GaN layer, as well as a deep depletion in growth columns concluded from a reduction of the BL intensity. Using the given results a model of a defect, here called the deep carbon depletion (DCD), is proposed to explain the correlation between carbon variations and the vertical breakdown.
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Authors
Michael Knetzger, Elke Meissner, Joff Derluyn, Marianne Germain, Jochen Friedrich,