kV-Class Lateral NiOx/GaN Super-Heterojunction Diode via Ammonia Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NH3-MBE)

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Hauptverfasser: Liu, Yizheng, Biegler, Zachary J., Wissel-Garcia, Ashley E., Speck, James S., Krishnamoorthy, Sriram
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author Liu, Yizheng
Biegler, Zachary J.
Wissel-Garcia, Ashley E.
Speck, James S.
Krishnamoorthy, Sriram
author_facet Liu, Yizheng
Biegler, Zachary J.
Wissel-Garcia, Ashley E.
Speck, James S.
Krishnamoorthy, Sriram
contents This work reports the demonstration of lateral p-NiOx/p-GaN/n-GaN-based super-heterojunction (SHJ) diodes using p-GaN with additional sputtered p-type nickel oxide (NiOx) layers to realize charge-balanced structures. The heterojunction diode capacitance-voltage (C-V) model is applied to extract effective the acceptor concentration from the p-NiOx. Net donor and acceptor concentration in n-GaN and p-GaN are extracted by using metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) test structures. The fabricated p-NiOx/p-GaN/n-GaN SHJ diodes with charge-balanced region between anode and cathode exhibit a forward on-state current density of 10-30 mA/mm across an anode-to-cathode distance (LAC) from 16 μm to 80 μm. The SHJ diodes show rectifying behavior with a maximum on/off ratio of 10^9 and a low reverse leakage density. The highest breakdown voltage achieved for the SHJ diodes is ~2.8 kV with reverse leakage density of 10^-4 mA/mm at ~80% of devices catastrophic breakdown voltage. The SHJ diodes across all types of dimensions exhibit significant breakdown voltage improvements (~6X on average) with ultra-low reverse leakage current compared to corresponding reference structures without a charge-balanced extension, clearly demonstrating the superjunction effect for devices fabricated on GaN epitaxial layer with ~10^17 cm^-3 electron density.
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spellingShingle kV-Class Lateral NiOx/GaN Super-Heterojunction Diode via Ammonia Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NH3-MBE)
Liu, Yizheng
Biegler, Zachary J.
Wissel-Garcia, Ashley E.
Speck, James S.
Krishnamoorthy, Sriram
Applied Physics
This work reports the demonstration of lateral p-NiOx/p-GaN/n-GaN-based super-heterojunction (SHJ) diodes using p-GaN with additional sputtered p-type nickel oxide (NiOx) layers to realize charge-balanced structures. The heterojunction diode capacitance-voltage (C-V) model is applied to extract effective the acceptor concentration from the p-NiOx. Net donor and acceptor concentration in n-GaN and p-GaN are extracted by using metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) test structures. The fabricated p-NiOx/p-GaN/n-GaN SHJ diodes with charge-balanced region between anode and cathode exhibit a forward on-state current density of 10-30 mA/mm across an anode-to-cathode distance (LAC) from 16 μm to 80 μm. The SHJ diodes show rectifying behavior with a maximum on/off ratio of 10^9 and a low reverse leakage density. The highest breakdown voltage achieved for the SHJ diodes is ~2.8 kV with reverse leakage density of 10^-4 mA/mm at ~80% of devices catastrophic breakdown voltage. The SHJ diodes across all types of dimensions exhibit significant breakdown voltage improvements (~6X on average) with ultra-low reverse leakage current compared to corresponding reference structures without a charge-balanced extension, clearly demonstrating the superjunction effect for devices fabricated on GaN epitaxial layer with ~10^17 cm^-3 electron density.
title kV-Class Lateral NiOx/GaN Super-Heterojunction Diode via Ammonia Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NH3-MBE)
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05060