摘要:
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes: a first layer (145) with a first surface (144); and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The apparatus also includes a second layer (140) having: a third surface interfacing the second surface; and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The apparatus further includes a third layer (150) having: a fifth surface interfacing the fourth surface; and a sixth surface opposite the fifth surface. The apparatus also includes a fourth layer (160) having a seventh surface interfacing the sixth surface to form a heteroj unction, which generates a two-dimensional electron gas channel formed in the fourth layer. Further, the apparatus includes a recess (146, 147, 149) that extends from the first surface to the fifth surface.
摘要:
Diodes employing a Group III-N heterostructure that may provide lower on-resistance for a given diode area relative to conventional III-N diode structures. A III-N heterostructure may include two or more first III-N material layers interleaved with two or more second III-N material layers, thereby forming a heterostructure with three or more heterojunctions. Through control of the III-N material layer composition, a two-dimensional charge sheet (e.g., 2D electron gas) may be induced within each of the first III-N material layers.
摘要:
Techniques are disclosed for forming tunneling transistors including source and drain (S/D) regions employing different material. Using material bandgap engineering, the techniques enhance the ability of transistor devices that employ quantum tunneling, such as tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs) and Fermi filter FETs (FFFETs), to resist off-state leakage currents from source to drain (through the channel) and from source to ground/substrate. The material bandgap engineering can incorporate a material-based band offset component to control off-state leakage. Such a band offset can expand upon the limited energy band offset achievable using conventional material configurations (e.g., single composition material configurations), because with such conventional material configurations, above a threshold doping concentration, there is no additional decrease in leakage current for a given source to drain voltage at fixed dimensions. For example, increasing the band offset can increase the barrier that carriers must overcome to reach the channel region, thereby reducing off-state leakage.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for semiconductor manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a Gallium Nitride (GaN) substrate; a p-type GaN region positioned on the GaN substrate; a p-type Indium Nitride (InN) region positioned on the GaN substrate and sharing an interface with the p-type GaN region; and a n-type Indium Gallium Nitride (InGaN) region positioned on the GaN substrate and sharing an interface with the p-type InN region.
摘要:
An optoelectronic or electronic device structure, including an active region on or above a polar substrate, wherein the active region comprises a polar p region. The device structure further includes a hole supply region on or above the active region. Holes in the hole supply region are driven by a field into the active region, the field arising at least in part due to a piezoelectric and/or spontaneous polarization field generated by a composition and grading of the active region.
摘要:
Methods for stress control in thin silicon (Si) wafer-based semiconductor materials. By a specific interrelation of process parameters (e.g., temperature, reactant supply, time), a highly uniform nucleation layer is formed on the Si substrate that mitigates and/or better controls the stress (tensile and compressive) in subsequent layers formed on the thin Si substrate.
摘要:
A semiconductor device (100) includes a semiconductor structure (170) forming a carrier channel (140), a barrier layer (171) arranged in proximity with the semiconductor structure, and a set of electrodes (120, 125, 130) for providing and controlling carrier charge in the carrier channel. The barrier layer is at least partially doped by impurities having a conductivity type opposite to a conductivity type of the carrier channel. The material of the barrier layer has a bandgap and thermal conductivity larger than a bandgap and thermal conductivity of material in the semiconductor structure.
摘要:
Semiconductor devices including an elevated or raised doped crystalline structure extending from a device layer are described. In embodiments, III-N transistors include raised crystalline n+ doped source/drain structures on either side of a gate stack. In embodiments, an amorphous material is employed to limit growth of polycrystalline source/drain material, allowing a high quality source/drain doped crystal to grow from an undamaged region and laterally expand to form a low resistance interface with a two-degree electron gas (2DEG) formed within the device layer. In some embodiments, regions of damaged GaN that may spawn competitive polycrystalline overgrowths are covered with the amorphous material prior to commencing raised source/drain growth.
摘要:
In described examples, a microelectronic device (102) contains a high performance silicon nitride layer, which is stoichiometric within 2 atomic percent, has a low stress of 600 MPa to 1000 MPa, and has a low hydrogen content, less than 5 atomic percent, formed by an LPCVD process. The LPCVD process uses ammonia NH3 and dichlorosilane DCS gases in a ratio of 4 to 6, at a pressure of 150 millitorr to 250 millitorr, and at a temperature of 800°C to 820°C.