EPITAXIAL BUFFER LAYERS FOR GROUP III-N TRANSISTORS ON SILICON SUBSTRATES
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    发明申请
    EPITAXIAL BUFFER LAYERS FOR GROUP III-N TRANSISTORS ON SILICON SUBSTRATES 有权
    硅基板上III-N族晶体管的外延缓冲层

    公开(公告)号:US20140094223A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-03

    申请号:US13631514

    申请日:2012-09-28

    摘要: Embodiments include epitaxial semiconductor stacks for reduced defect densities in III-N device layers grown over non-III-N substrates, such as silicon substrates. In embodiments, a metamorphic buffer includes an AlxIn1-xN layer lattice matched to an overlying GaN device layers to reduce thermal mismatch induced defects. Such crystalline epitaxial semiconductor stacks may be device layers for HEMT or LED fabrication, for example. System on Chip (SoC) solutions integrating an RFIC with a PMIC using a transistor technology based on group III-nitrides (III-N) capable of achieving high Ft and also sufficiently high breakdown voltage (BV) to implement high voltage and/or high power circuits may be provided on the semiconductor stacks in a first area of the silicon substrate while silicon-based CMOS circuitry is provided in a second area of the substrate.

    摘要翻译: 实施例包括用于在诸如硅衬底的非III-N衬底上生长的III-N器件层中的缺陷密度降低的外延半导体堆叠。 在实施例中,变质缓冲器包括与上覆GaN器件层匹配的Al x In 1-x N层晶格以减少热失配引起的缺陷。 这种结晶外延半导体叠层可以是用于例如HEMT或LED制造的器件层。 使用基于能够实现高Ft的III族氮化物(III-N)的晶体管技术并且还具有足够高的击穿电压(BV)来实现高电压和/或高电平的片上系统(SoC)解决方案集成RFIC与PMIC 电源电路可以设置在硅衬底的第一区域中的半导体堆叠上,而硅基CMOS电路设置在衬底的第二区域中。