Degradation effects and origin in H-terminated diamond MESFETs

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De Santi, Carlo [1 ]
Pavanello, L. [1 ]
Nardo, A. [1 ]
Verona, C. [2 ]
Rinati, G. Verona [2 ]
Meneghesso, G. [1 ]
Zanoni, E. [1 ]
Meneghini, M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Padua, Dept Informat Engn, Via Gradenigo 6-B, Padua, Italy
[2] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dept Ind Engn, Via Politecn 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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TERAHERTZ, RF, MILLIMETER, AND SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS XIII, 2020 | 2020年 / 11279卷
关键词
Charge trapping; Defects; Degradation; Diamond; H-termination; MESFET; Reliability; FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS;
D O I
10.1117/12.2546149
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
H-terminated diamond MESFETs are emerging devices for RF and power electronics applications, but few studies reported in the literature analyze their charge-trapping phenomena and long-term stability. We analyze the effects of stress in off-state condition at increasing drain bias. The main variations are an increase in on-resistance (R-on) and in threshold voltage (V-th) and a decrease in the peak transconductance value, whereas the gate diode remains stable during the test. The R-on and V-th variations are correlated, suggesting a common degradation mechanism for both effects. By means of sampled filling and recovery measurements, it is possible to highlight a trapping process occurring in off-state condition and dependent on the drain filling bias. This process is related to deep levels located both in the access regions and in the region under the gate, since it results in both R-on and V-th shifts. By means of temperature-dependent recovery measurements, a dominant thermal activation energy of 0.30 eV was found. The good fit quality according to the "stretched exponential" model indicates that the deep levels are extended defects or energy mini-bands. The amplitude of the recovery transient collected after the same filling condition increases after stress at higher drain voltage, confirming that the deep levels causing the detected dynamic variation are increasing in concentration as a consequence of the stress. The good correlation between the amplitude and the R-on variation suggests that the detected variation in concentration is the root cause for the degradation of the device.
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