spatially resolved surface potential transients were made after bias switching on AlGaN/GaN
high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). We find an E c− 0.57 eV trap, previously
correlated with HEMT degradation, located in the GaN buffer and not in the AlGaN barrier or
at the AlGaN surface. The amplitude of the E c− 0.57 eV trap in RTs depends strongly on the
Fe-concentration in the GaN buffer. Filling of this trap occurs only under bias conditions …