Diamond as the heat spreader for the thermal dissipation of GaN-based electronic devices

L Sang - Functional Diamond, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
With the increasing power density and reduced size of the GaN-based electronic power
converters, the heat dissipation in the devices becomes the key issue toward the real …

A critical review of thermal boundary conductance across wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconductor interfaces

T Feng, H Zhou, Z Cheng, LS Larkin… - ACS applied materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The emergence of wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconductors has revolutionized the
advancement of next-generation power, radio frequency, and opto-electronics, paving the …

The 2018 GaN power electronics roadmap

H Amano, Y Baines, E Beam, M Borga… - Journal of Physics D …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Gallium nitride (GaN) is a compound semiconductor that has tremendous potential to
facilitate economic growth in a semiconductor industry that is silicon-based and currently …

Record-low thermal boundary resistance between diamond and GaN-on-SiC for enabling radiofrequency device cooling

M Malakoutian, DE Field, NJ Hines… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The implementation of 5G-and-beyond networks requires faster, high-performance, and
power-efficient semiconductor devices, which are only possible with materials that can …

Interfacial thermal conductance across room-temperature-bonded GaN/diamond interfaces for GaN-on-diamond devices

Z Cheng, F Mu, L Yates, T Suga… - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The wide bandgap, high-breakdown electric field, and high carrier mobility makes GaN an
ideal material for high-power and high-frequency electronics applications, such as wireless …

Development of GaN HEMTs fabricated on silicon, silicon-on-insulator, and engineered substrates and the heterogeneous integration

LH Hsu, YY Lai, PT Tu, C Langpoklakpam, YT Chang… - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
GaN HEMT has attracted a lot of attention in recent years owing to its wide applications from
the high-frequency power amplifier to the high voltage devices used in power electronic …

Fundamental cooling limits for high power density gallium nitride electronics

Y Won, J Cho, D Agonafer, M Asheghi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The peak power density of GaN high-electron-mobility transistor technology is limited by a
hierarchy of thermal resistances from the junction to the ambient. Here, we explore the …

GaN-On-Diamond HEMT Technology With TAVG = 176°C at PDC,max = 56 W/mm Measured by Transient Thermoreflectance Imaging

MJ Tadjer, TJ Anderson, MG Ancona… - IEEE Electron …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Record DC power has been demonstrated in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors
fabricated using a substrate replacement process in which a thick diamond substrate is …

Embedded cooling for wide bandgap power amplifiers: A review

A Bar-Cohen, JJ Maurer… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Successful utilization of the inherent capability of wide bandgap materials and architectures
for radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers (PAs) necessitates the creation of an alternative …

Thermal transport and mechanical stress mapping of a compression bonded GaN/diamond interface for vertical power devices

W Delmas, A Jarzembski, M Bahr… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bonding diamond to the back side of gallium nitride (GaN) electronics has been shown to
improve thermal management in lateral devices; however, engineering challenges remain …