Next generation electronics on the ultrawide-bandgap aluminum nitride platform

AL Hickman, R Chaudhuri, SJ Bader… - Semiconductor …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistors (GaN HEMTs) are at a point of rapid growth
in defense (radar, SATCOM) and commercial (5G and beyond) industries. This growth also …

[HTML][HTML] Toward AlGaN channel HEMTs on AlN: Polarization-induced 2DEGs in AlN/AlGaN/AlN heterostructures

J Singhal, R Chaudhuri, A Hickman, V Protasenko… - APL Materials, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Due to its high breakdown electric field, the ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor AlGaN has
garnered much attention recently as a promising channel material for next-generation high …

[HTML][HTML] Surface control and MBE growth diagram for homoepitaxy on single-crystal AlN substrates

K Lee, YJ Cho, LJ Schowalter, M Toita, HG Xing… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The evolution of surface morphology for single-crystal bulk Al-polar aluminum nitride
substrates during ex situ cleaning, in situ cleaning, and subsequent homoepitaxy is …

Molecular beam homoepitaxy of N-polar AlN: Enabling role of aluminum-assisted surface cleaning

Z Zhang, Y Hayashi, T Tohei, A Sakai, V Protasenko… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
N-polar aluminum nitride (AlN) is an important building block for next-generation high-power
radio frequency electronics. We report successful homoepitaxial growth of N-polar AlN by …

Properties for thermally conductive interfaces with wide band gap materials

S Khan, F Angeles, J Wright… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The goal of this study is to determine how bulk vibrational properties and interfacial structure
affect thermal transport at interfaces in wide band gap semiconductor systems. Time-domain …

[HTML][HTML] High thermal conductivity and ultrahigh thermal boundary conductance of homoepitaxial AlN thin films

G Alvarez-Escalante, R Page, R Hu, HG Xing, D Jena… - APL Materials, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Wurtzite aluminum nitride (AlN) has attracted increasing attention for high-power and high-
temperature operations due to its high piezoelectricity, ultrawide-bandgap, and large …

[HTML][HTML] Polarization-induced 2D hole gases in pseudomorphic undoped GaN/AlN heterostructures on single-crystal AlN substrates

Z Zhang, J Encomendero, R Chaudhuri, Y Cho… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A high-conductivity two-dimensional (2D) hole gas is the enabler of wide-bandgap p-
channel transistors. Compared to commonly used AlN template substrates with high …

AlN quasi-vertical Schottky barrier diode on AlN bulk substrate using Al0. 9Ga0. 1N current spreading layer

T Maeda, R Page, K Nomoto, M Toita… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
An aluminum nitride (AlN) quasi-vertical Schottky barrier diode (SBD) was fabricated on an
AlN bulk substrate. An undoped AlN layer, a Si-doped Al 0.9 Ga 0.1 N current spreading …

[HTML][HTML] MBE growth and donor doping of coherent ultrawide bandgap AlGaN alloy layers on single-crystal AlN substrates

K Lee, R Page, V Protasenko, LJ Schowalter… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Single-crystal Aluminum Nitride (AlN) crystals enable the epitaxial growth of ultrawide
bandgap Al (Ga) N alloys with drastically lower extended defect densities. Here, we report …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular beam homoepitaxy of N-polar AlN on bulk AlN substrates

J Singhal, J Encomendero, Y Cho, L van Deurzen… - AIP Advances, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
N-polar AlN epilayers were grown on the N-face of single-crystal bulk AlN substrates by
plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. A combination of in situ thermal deoxidation and …