Annealing behavior of a proton irradiated Al/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/N/GaN high electron mobility transistor grown by MBE

S.J. Cai, Yi Tang, R. Li, L. W. Wong, Y.L. Chen, K.L. Wang, Mary Chen, Ronald D. Schrimpf, J. C. Keay, K.F. Galloway

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices · 2000 · 95 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

The influence of proton irradiation (1.8 MeV, 1/spl times/10/sup 14/ cm/sup -2/) on the properties of an Al/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/N/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) is studied from current-voltage (I-V) and Raman scattering measurements as a function of rapid thermal annealing (RTA) temperature after irradiation. The I-V curves show that the saturation current (I/sub ds/) and the transconductance (g/sub m/) of the HEMT were seriously reduced by the irradiation. However, the dc characteristics of the HEMT could be mostly recovered by RTA at over 800/spl deg/C.

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