High Voltage Vertical GaN p-n Diodes with Hydrogen-Plasma Based Guard Rings

Houqiang Fu; Jossue Montes; Xuguang Deng; Xin Qi; Stephen M. Goodnick; Fernando A. Ponce; Yuji Zhao; Kai Fu; Shanthan R. Alugubelli; Chi Yin Cheng; Xuanqi Huang; Hong Chen; Tsung Han Yang; Chen Yang; Jingan Zhou

doi:10.1109/LED.2019.2954123

High Voltage Vertical GaN p-n Diodes with Hydrogen-Plasma Based Guard Rings

Houqiang Fu, Jossue Montes, Xuguang Deng, Xin Qi, Stephen M. Goodnick, Fernando A. Ponce, Yuji Zhao, Kai Fu, Shanthan R. Alugubelli, Chi Yin Cheng, Xuanqi Huang, Hong Chen, Tsung Han Yang, Chen Yang, Jingan Zhou

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This letter demonstrates novel hydrogen-plasma based guard rings (GRs) for high voltage vertical GaN p-n diodes grown on bulk GaN substrates by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The GR structure can significantly improve breakdown voltages (BV) and critical electric fields (E_c) of the devices. Not having field plates or passivation, the p-n diodes with a 9 μm drift layer and 10 GRs showed BV/on-resistance (R_on) of 1.70 kV/0.65 mΩ cm², which are close to the GaN theoretical limit. Moreover, the device also exhibited good rectifying behaviors with an on-current of 2.6 kA/cm², an on/off ratio of 10¹⁰, and a turn-on voltage of 3.56 V. This work represents one of the first effective GR techniques for high performance kV-class GaN p-n diodes.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	8906086
Pages (from-to)	127-130
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2019.2954123
State	Published - Jan 2020

Keywords

Gallium nitride
edge termination
guard ring
p-n diodes
power electronics
wide bandgap semiconductor

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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High Voltage Vertical GaN p-n Diodes with Hydrogen-Plasma Based Guard Rings. / Fu, Houqiang; Montes, Jossue; Deng, Xuguang; Qi, Xin; Goodnick, Stephen M.; Ponce, Fernando A.; Zhao, Yuji; Fu, Kai; Alugubelli, Shanthan R.; Cheng, Chi Yin; Huang, Xuanqi; Chen, Hong; Yang, Tsung Han; Yang, Chen; Zhou, Jingan.

In: IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 41, No. 1, 8906086, 01.2020, p. 127-130.

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Fu, Houqiang ; Montes, Jossue ; Deng, Xuguang ; Qi, Xin ; Goodnick, Stephen M. ; Ponce, Fernando A. ; Zhao, Yuji ; Fu, Kai ; Alugubelli, Shanthan R. ; Cheng, Chi Yin ; Huang, Xuanqi ; Chen, Hong ; Yang, Tsung Han ; Yang, Chen ; Zhou, Jingan. / High Voltage Vertical GaN p-n Diodes with Hydrogen-Plasma Based Guard Rings. In: IEEE Electron Device Letters. 2020 ; Vol. 41, No. 1. pp. 127-130.

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