论文信息 - Minority carrier diffusion lengths in MOVPE-grown n- and p-InGaN and performance of AlGaN/InGaN/GaN double heterojunction bipolar transistors

Minority carrier diffusion lengths in MOVPE-grown n- and p-InGaN and performance of AlGaN/InGaN/GaN double heterojunction bipolar transistors

Abstract We fabricated InGaN p–n junction diode structures on SiC substrates by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy, and investigated the minority carrier diffusion length in n- and p-InGaN layers by electron beam induced current measurements. The minority electron diffusion length in p-InGaN was little affected by the In content in InGaN. The diffusion length decreased with increasing Mg-doping concentration. The minority hole diffusion length in n-InGaN was little affected by Si-doping concentration but slightly decreased with increasing In content in InGaN. We also fabricated pnp AlGaN/InGaN/GaN double heterojunction bipolar transistors and investigated their common-emitter current–voltage characteristics. The Si-doping concentration in the base was 4×10 19 cm −3 . The maximum current gain was 21 at a collector current of −10 mA for an emitter size of 30 μm×50 μm. This good performance is ascribed to the large conduction band discontinuity between the AlGaN emitter and InGaN base.

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