Wafer-level MOCVD growth of AlGaN/GaN-on-Si HEMT structures with ultra-high room temperature 2DEG mobility

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the influence of growth temperature, impurity concentration, and metal contact structure on the uniformity and two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) properties of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structure grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on 4-inch Si substrate. High uniformity of 2DEG mobility (standard deviation down to 0.72%) across the radius of the 4-inch wafer has been achieved, and 2DEG mobility up to 1740.3 cm2/V s at room temperature has been realized at low C and O impurity concentrations due to reduced ionized impurity scattering. The 2DEG mobility is further enhanced to 2161.4 cm2/V s which is comparable to the highest value reported to date when the contact structure is switched from a square to a cross pattern due to reduced piezoelectric scattering at lower residual strain. This work provides constructive insights and promising results to the field of wafer-scale fabrication of AlGaN/GaN HEMT on Si.