A NiO/β-Ga_(2)O_(3) heterojunction-gate field effect transistor(HJ-FET)is fabricated and it_(s)instability mechanisms are exper-imentally investigated under different gate stress voltage(V_(G,s))and stress times(t_(s...A NiO/β-Ga_(2)O_(3) heterojunction-gate field effect transistor(HJ-FET)is fabricated and it_(s)instability mechanisms are exper-imentally investigated under different gate stress voltage(V_(G,s))and stress times(t_(s)).Two different degradation mechanisms of the devices under negative bias stress(NBS)are identified.At low V_(G,s)for a short t_(s),NiO bulk traps trapping/de-trapping elec-trons are responsible for decrease/recovery of the leakage current,respectively.At higher V_(G,s)or long t_(s),the device transfer char-acteristic curves and threshold voltage(V_(TH))are almost permanently negatively shifted.This is because the interface dipoles are almost permanently ionized and neutralize the ionized charges in the space charge region(SCR)across the heterojunction inter-face,resulting in a narrowing SCR.This provides an important theoretical guide to study the reliability of NiO/β-Ga_(2)O_(3) hetero-junction devices in power electronic applications.展开更多
基金supported by the Fundamental Strengthening Program Key Basic Research Project(Grant No.2021-173ZD-057).
文摘A NiO/β-Ga_(2)O_(3) heterojunction-gate field effect transistor(HJ-FET)is fabricated and it_(s)instability mechanisms are exper-imentally investigated under different gate stress voltage(V_(G,s))and stress times(t_(s)).Two different degradation mechanisms of the devices under negative bias stress(NBS)are identified.At low V_(G,s)for a short t_(s),NiO bulk traps trapping/de-trapping elec-trons are responsible for decrease/recovery of the leakage current,respectively.At higher V_(G,s)or long t_(s),the device transfer char-acteristic curves and threshold voltage(V_(TH))are almost permanently negatively shifted.This is because the interface dipoles are almost permanently ionized and neutralize the ionized charges in the space charge region(SCR)across the heterojunction inter-face,resulting in a narrowing SCR.This provides an important theoretical guide to study the reliability of NiO/β-Ga_(2)O_(3) hetero-junction devices in power electronic applications.