GaN-based MIS-HEMTs with Al2O3 dielectric deposited by low-cost and environmental-friendly mist-CVD technique

Abstract

We report on the fabrication and characterization of AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) capacitors and high-electron-mobility transistors (MIS-HEMTs) using a 5 nm thick Al2O3 dielectric deposited by cost-effective and environmental-friendly mist chemical vapor deposition (mist-CVD) technique. Practically hysteresis-free capacitance-voltage profiles were obtained from the fabricated two-terminal MIS-capacitors indicating high quality of the mist-Al2O3/AlGaN interface. Compared with reference Schottky-gate HEMTs, mist MIS-HEMTs exhibited much improved performance including higher drain current on-to-off ratio, much lower gate leakage current in both forward and reverse directions and lower subthreshold swing. These results demonstrate the potential and viability of non-vacuum mist-CVD Al2O3 in the development of high-performance GaN-based MIS-HEMTs.