Title :
Study of fractal features morphology of surface HEMT GAN heterostructures on foreign substrates
Author :
Torkhov, N.A. ; Bozhkov, V.G. ; Novikov, V.A. ; Ivonin, I.V. ; Sveshnikov, Yu.N. ; Tsyplenkov, I.N.
Author_Institution :
Sci.-Res. Inst. of Semicond. Devices, Tomsk, Russia
Abstract :
It was found that as a result of self-affine (fractal) geometry of GaN / AlGaN hetero-epitaxial layers, electrons in DEG-channel HEMT-structures move not in 2D, but in 3D plane. It leads to additional scattering of electrons and the linear resistance depends on DEG-channel source-drain HEMT-transistor size. Self-affine properties of the DEG-channel depend on self-affine (fractal) geometry of GaN buffer layer surface relief, which is replicated by the heteroepitaxial layers of HEMT-structures during epitaxial growth. The strong differences between the fractal geometry of heteroepitaxial layers and the fractal geometry of the surface of the buffer layer leads to a significant increase in their area and, consequently, to changes in the morphology of the surface at the nanoscale.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; epitaxial growth; gallium compounds; high electron mobility transistors; wide band gap semiconductors; DEG-channel HEMT structures; DEG-channel source-drain HEMT-transistor size; GaN-AlGaN; buffer layer surface relief; electron scattering; epitaxial growth; foreign substrates; fractal feature morphology; fractal geometry; heteroepitaxial layers; linear resistance; self-affine geometry; self-affine properties; surface HEMT heterostructures; Aluminum gallium nitride; Fractals; Gallium nitride; HEMTs; Morphology; Surface morphology;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Telecommunication Technology (CriMiCo), 2011 21th International Crimean Conference
Conference_Location :
Sevastopol
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0883-1