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AlGaN/GaN high election mobility transistor (HEMT) has important application prospects in satellite communication, radar, nuclear reactors and other extreme environments, owing to its excellent electrical performance and strong radiation resistance. Heavy ion radiation mainly causes single-event effect and displacement damage effect in AlGaN/GaN HEMT device. In this work, the displacement damage defects introduced by heavy ion radiation are analyzed in detail. With the increase of heavy ion radiation influence, more defects are introduced by displacement damage. These defects reduce the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) concentration through carrier capture and removal effect, and reduce the carrier mobility through scattering mechanism, resulting in gradual degradation of the electrical characteristics of the device. In this work, AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors are irradiated by 181Ta32+ ions with fluences of 1×108 ions/cm2, 1×109 ions/cm2 and 1×1010 ions/cm2. The electrical characteristics, EMMI and low-frequency noise characteristics of the device before and after heavy ion radiation are measured. The results show that heavy ion radiation can lead to the degradation of electrical parameters. When the heavy ion radiation dose reaches 1×1010 ions/cm2, the electrical characteristics of the device deteriorate seriously, the threshold voltage shifts forward by 25%, and the drain saturation current deteriorates obviously. The defect locations introduced by irradiation are analyzed by EMMI test, and it is found that the number of “hot spots” increases significantly after the having been irradiated by heavy ions with a fluence of 1×1010 ions/cm2, indicating that the radiation leads to the increase of defect density and serious damage to the device. Through the noise test, it is found that with the increase of the radiation fluence, the current noise power spectral density gradually increases. When the fluence reaches 1×1010 ions/cm2, the defect density increases to 3.19×1018 cm–3·eV–1, and the Hooge parameter increases after having been irradiated by heavy ions. We believe that the radiation leads to the defect density and parasitic series resistance of AlGaN/GaN HEMT device to increases, resulting in larger Hooge parameters. Through analyzing the variation of the normalized power spectral density of the drain current noise with bias voltage, it is found that the defects caused by heavy ion radiation will cause the parasitic series resistance to increase.
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Keywords:
- heavy ion radiation /
- GaN /
- high electron mobility transistor /
- low frequency noise
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图 1 AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件结构示意图
Figure 1. Schematic cross-section of AlGaN/GaN HEMT.
图 2 重离子辐射前后器件阈值电压变化
Figure 2. Change of threshold voltage before and after heavy ion radiaton.
图 3 重离子辐射前后不同栅压下的最大饱和电流
Figure 3. Maximum saturation current under different gate voltages before and after heavy ion radiation.
图 4 重离子辐射前后EMMI测试结果图 (a)辐射前; (b) 1×108 ions/cm2; (c) 1×109 ions/cm2; (d) 1×1010 ions/cm2
Figure 4. EMMI test results before and after heavy ion radiation: (a) Before radiation; (b) 1×108 ions/cm2; (c) 1×109 ions/cm2; (d) 1×1010 ions/cm2.
图 5 辐射前器件在不同栅压下的噪声测试结果
Figure 5. Noise test results of the devices under different gate voltages before irradiation.
图 6 重离子辐射前后漏极电流噪声归一化功率谱密度与频率的关系
Figure 6. Relationship between frequency and normalized power spectral density of drain current noise before and after heavy ion radiation.
图 7 重离子辐射前后归一化漏极电流噪声与漏极电流的函数关系
Figure 7. Normalized drain current noise as a function of drain current before and after heavy ion irradiation.
图 8 辐射前后Hooge参数和过驱动电压的关系
Figure 8. Relationship between Hooge parameters and overdrive voltage before and after heavy ion irradiation.
图 9 归一化漏极电流噪声与过驱动栅压的函数关系 (a)辐射前; (b)辐射后
Figure 9. Function relationship between normalized drain current noise and overactuated gate voltage: (a) Before radiation; (b) after radiation.
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Google Scholar
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Hao R J, Guo H X, Pan X Y, Lü L, Lei Z F, Li B, Zhong X L, Ouyang X P Dong S J 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 207301
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Wei F 2007 M. S. Thesis (Shanghai: Fudan University
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Google Scholar
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