Control of the inversion-channel MOS properties by Mg doping in homoepitaxial p-GaN layers

Abstract

Lateral GaN MOSFETs on homoepitaxial p-GaN layers with different Mg doping concentrations ([Mg]) have been evaluated to investigate the impact of [Mg] on MOS channel properties. It is demonstrated that the threshold voltage (Vth) can be controlled by [Mg] along with the theoretical curve. The field effect mobility also shows [Mg] dependence and a maximum field effect mobility of 123 cm2 V−1 s−1 is achieved on [Mg] = 6.5 × 1016 cm−3 layer with Vth = 3.0 V. The obtained results indicate that GaN MOSFETs can be designed on the basis of the doping concentration of the p-GaN layer with promising characteristics for the realization of power MOSFETs.