Abstract

Electrical reliability of GaN HEMT system in both the on state and the off state regime is still a fundamental problem to be solved. To get an insight for the occurrence of the current collapse phenomena in GaN HEMTs, an electro-thermal particle based device simulator consisting of a Monte Carlo-Poisson solver, self consistently coupled with an energy balance solver for both acoustic and optical phonons, was developed. We observe that the incorporation of self-heating effects leads to an increase in the vertical electric field in the gate to drain extension region which can lead to large charge trapping on the surface and also the possibility of forming cracks or pits.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMicroelectronics Technology and Devices, SBMicro 2012
PublisherElectrochemical Society Inc.
Pages103-109
Number of pages7
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781607683636
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event27th Symposium on MicroelectronicsTechnology and Devices, SBMicro 2012 - Brasilia, Brazil
Duration: Aug 30 2012Sep 2 2012

Publication series

NameECS Transactions
Number1
Volume49
ISSN (Print)1938-5862
ISSN (Electronic)1938-6737

Other

Other27th Symposium on MicroelectronicsTechnology and Devices, SBMicro 2012
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityBrasilia
Period8/30/129/2/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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