The doping process and dopant characteristics of GaN

JK Sheu, GC Chi - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
The characteristic effects of doping with impurities such as Si, Ge, Se, O, Mg, Be, and Zn on
the electrical and optical properties of GaN-based materials are reviewed. In addition, the …

Buffer design to minimize current collapse in GaN/AlGaN HFETs

MJ Uren, J Moreke, M Kuball - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The bulk trap-induced component of current collapse (CC) in GaN/AlGaN heterojunction
field-effect transistors is studied in drift diffusion simulations, distinguishing between …

Current collapse and the role of carbon in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors grown by metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy

PB Klein, SC Binari, K Ikossi, AE Wickenden… - Applied Physics …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
The two deep traps responsible for current collapse in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility
transistors grown by metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy have been studied by …

AlGaN/GaN/GaN:C Back-Barrier HFETs With Breakdown Voltage of Over 1 kV and Low

E Bahat-Treidel, F Brunner, O Hilt, E Cho… - … on Electron Devices, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A systematic study of GaN-based heterostructure field-effect transistors with an insulating
carbon-doped GaN back barrier for high-voltage operation is presented. The impact of …

Role of carbon in GaN

CH Seager, AF Wright, J Yu, W Götz - Journal of applied physics, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
The role of C introduced as an impurity into GaN is an unsettled issue, despite a
considerable amount of experimental effort on this system. Part of the impetus for this work …

Photoionization spectroscopy of deep defects responsible for current collapse in nitride-based field effect transistors

PB Klein, SC Binari - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
This review is concerned with the characterization and identification of the deep centres that
cause current collapse in nitride-based field effect transistors. Photoionization spectroscopy …

Substitutional and interstitial carbon in wurtzite GaN

AF Wright - Journal of Applied physics, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
First-principles theoretical results are presented for substitutional and interstitial carbon in
wurtzite GaN. Carbon is found to be a shallow acceptor when substituted for nitrogen (CN) …

Two-dimensional electron mobility limitation mechanisms in heterostructures

MN Gurusinghe, SK Davidsson, TG Andersson - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
We analyze electron scattering from phonons, ionized impurities, line dislocations, and
interface roughness at an Al x Ga 1− x N∕ GaN interface. These mechanisms are …

Effect of carbon doping on buffer leakage in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors

C Poblenz, P Waltereit, S Rajan, S Heikman… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
Carbon doping via CBr 4 in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors grown by rf-plasma-
assisted molecular beam epitaxy on 4H–SiC (0001) was investigated as a means to reduce …

Properties of carbon-doped GaN

H Tang, JB Webb, JA Bardwell, S Raymond… - Applied Physics …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
The properties of carbon-doped GaN epilayers grown by molecular-beam epitaxy have
been studied by temperature-dependent resistivity, Hall-effect measurements, x-ray …