High-power AlGaN/GaN MIS-HFETs with field-plates on Si substrates

In this paper, GaN-based MIS-HFET devices on 4-inch Si substrates were fabricated, and the device characteristics were examined. As a result, the breakdown voltage was improved to be over 2.45 kV using high-resistive carbon doped buffer layers with a larger thickness of over 7.3 mum. The maximum drain current was estimated to be over 115 A using MIS-structures. A trade-off between the specific on-resistance (RonA) and the breakdown voltage (Vb) was improved using carbon doped buffer layers, resulting in obtaining RonA = 5.9 mOmegacm² and Vb = 1730 V simultaneously with the gate-width of a 340 mm. Furthermore, the field-plate structure was introduced into MIS-HFET structures. We have examined the suppression of a current collapse phenomenon owing to the combination of the gate field-plate structure and a conductive Si substrate with MIS-HFET devices.