A series of slow drain current recovery transients at different gate biases after a short-term stress are observed in an AIGaN/GaN HEMT. As the variation of the time constants of the transients is small, the working t...A series of slow drain current recovery transients at different gate biases after a short-term stress are observed in an AIGaN/GaN HEMT. As the variation of the time constants of the transients is small, the working trap is determined to be electronic. A numerical simulation verifies this conclusion and reproduces the measured transients. The electron traps at different spatial positions in the device-on the ungated surface of the AIGaN layer,in the AIGaN barrier, and in the GaN layer are considered;corresponding behaviors in the stress and the transients are discussed;and for the simulated transients, agreement with and deviation from the measured transients are explained. Based on this discussion, we suggest that the measured transients are caused by the combined effects of a deep surface trap and a bulk trap in the GaN layer.展开更多
文摘A series of slow drain current recovery transients at different gate biases after a short-term stress are observed in an AIGaN/GaN HEMT. As the variation of the time constants of the transients is small, the working trap is determined to be electronic. A numerical simulation verifies this conclusion and reproduces the measured transients. The electron traps at different spatial positions in the device-on the ungated surface of the AIGaN layer,in the AIGaN barrier, and in the GaN layer are considered;corresponding behaviors in the stress and the transients are discussed;and for the simulated transients, agreement with and deviation from the measured transients are explained. Based on this discussion, we suggest that the measured transients are caused by the combined effects of a deep surface trap and a bulk trap in the GaN layer.