摘要:
A field effect transistor having a source and drain region arranged vertically in a semi-conductor body with an insulating layer separating them, a rectifying metal/semiconductor contact on a side surface of the semiconductor body to form a gate electrode, and a thin conductive layer arranged on the side surface to bridge the insulating layer at least in the region beneath the gate electrode.
摘要:
Improved high frequency GaAs FETs have a higher breakdown voltage, lower input gate capacitance and lower source (or drain) resistance. A preferentially etched groove structure yields parallel trapezoidal semiconductor fingers that are wider at the top than at the bottom. Every finger intersects a high resistivity, semi-insulating region which surrounds the active device area and is fabricated by high energy particle bombardment. Metal gates are deposited within the grooves on three sides of the trapezoidal fingers.
摘要:
A planar field effect transistor (FET) includes a plurality of spaced-apart, floating Schottky barrier, epitaxial metal gate electrodes which are embedded within a semiconductor body. A drain electrode and a gate control electrode are formed on one major surface of the body whereas a source electrode, typically grounded, is formed on an opposite major surface of the body. The FET channel extends vertically between the source and drain, and current flow therein is controlled by application of suitable gate voltage. Two modes of operation are possible: (1) the depletion regions of the control gates and the floating gates pinch off the channel so that with zero control gate voltage no current flows from source to drain; then, forward biasing the control gate opens the channel; and (2) the depletion regions of the control gates and the floating gates do not pinch off the channel, but reverse biasing the control gate produces pinch off. Specifically described is a GaAs FET in which the floating gate electrodes are Al epitaxial layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy.
摘要:
A vertical field effect transistor (10) includes a relatively wide bandgap, lowly doped active layer (18) epitaxially grown on, and substantially lattice matched to, an underlying semiconductor body portion (13). A mesa (20) of lower bandgap material is epitaxially grown on and substantially lattice matched to the active layer. A source electrode (22) is formed on a bottom major surface (34) of the semiconductor body portion, a drain electrode (24) is formed on the top of the mesa, and a pair of gate electrode stripes (26) are formed on the active layer adjacent both sides of the mesa. When voltage (V.sub.G), negative with respect to the drain, is applied to the gate electrodes, the depletion regions (28) thereunder extend laterally in the active layer until they intersect, thereby pinching off the flow of current in the channel extending from the drain and source electrodes. Also described is an embodiment in which spaced-apart, high impedance zones (30) underlie the active layer and the mesas, and the spaces between zones underlie the gate stripes.
摘要:
An interdigitated field effect transistor for high power, high frequency applications has a vertical configuration with current flow essentially normal to the surface, as compared to planar devices in which current flow is parallel to the surface. Each channel region is of the same conductivity type as the source and drain regions and is in a mesa structure surrounded by the gate metallization such that the gate metal forms an electronically blocking contact to the channel semiconductor. The device geometry has a natural strip line configuration.
摘要:
The present invention discloses a high-threshold power semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high-threshold power semiconductor device includes, in sequence from bottom to top: a metal drain electrode, a substrate, a buffer layer, and a drift region; further including: a composite column body which is jointly formed by a drift region protrusion, a columnar p-region and a columnar n-region on the drift region, a channel layer, a passivation layer, a dielectric layer, a heavily doped semiconductor layer, a metal gate electrode and a source metal electrode. The composite column body is formed by sequentially depositing a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer on the drift region and then etching same. The channel layer and the passivation layer are formed in sequence by deposition. Thus, the above devices are divided into a cell region and a terminal region. The dielectric layer, the heavily doped semiconductor layer, the metal gate electrode and the source metal electrode only exist in the cell region, and the passivation layer of the terminal region extends upwards and is wrapped outside the channel layer. This structure can increase a threshold voltage of the device, improve the blocking characteristics of the device and reduce the size of a gate capacitance.
摘要:
A Field Effect Transistor including: a channel with one end designated the source and the other end designated the drain; a means for connecting to said source end of said channel; a means for connecting to said drain end of said channel; a gate divided into a plurality of segments each insulated from one another; a means for adjusting the bias of each of said segments independently of one another, whereby the depletion region in said channel can be adjusted to avoid pinch-off and to maximize the efficiency of said Field Effect Transistor.
摘要:
The present invention discloses an electronic device using a group III nitride substrate fabricated via the ammonothermal method. By utilizing the high-electron concentration of ammonothermally grown substrates having the dislocation density less than 105 cm−2, combined with a high-purity active layer of Ga1-x-yAlxInyN (0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1) grown by a vapor phase method, the device can attain high level of breakdown voltage as well as low on-resistance. To realize a good matching between the ammonothermally grown substrate and the high-purity active layer, a transition layer is optionally introduced. The active layer is thicker than a depletion region created by a device structure in the active layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor structure includes a III-nitride substrate and a drift region coupled to the III-nitride substrate along a growth direction. The semiconductor substrate also includes a channel region coupled to the drift region. The channel region is defined by a channel sidewall disposed substantially along the growth direction. The semiconductor substrate further includes a gate region disposed laterally with respect to the channel region.
摘要:
Provided is a semiconductor device in which the trade-off between the withstand voltage and the on-resistance is improved and the performance is increased. A semiconductor device comprises a substrate 1, a first n-type semiconductor layer 21′, a second n-type semiconductor layer 23, a p-type semiconductor layer 24, and a third n-type semiconductor layer 25′, wherein the first n-type semiconductor layer 21′, the second n-type semiconductor layer 23, the p-type semiconductor layer 24, and the third n-type semiconductor layer 25′ are laminated at the upper side of the substrate 1 in this order. The drain electrode 13 is in ohmic-contact with the first n-type semiconductor layer 21′ and the source electrode 12 is in ohmic-contact with the third n-type semiconductor layer 25′. A gate electrode 14 is arranged so as to fill an opening portion to be filled that extends from the third n-type semiconductor layer 25′ to the second n-type semiconductor layer 23, and the gate electrode 14 is in contact with the upper surface of the second n-type semiconductor layer 23, the side surfaces of the p-type semiconductor layer 24, and the side surfaces of the third n-type semiconductor layer 25′. The second n-type semiconductor layer 23 has composition that changes from the drain electrode 13 side toward the source electrode 12 side in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate 1 and contains donor impurity.