GaN transistor characteristics at elevated temperatures

The characteristics of different GaN transistor devices characterized at elevated temperatures for power applications are compared in this paper. High temperature characteristics of GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) and GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are reported. For MOSFETs, the transconductance current (gm) increases with temperature, while for HEMTs is reduced. Their specific on resistance (Ron) follows the same trend. Specific contact resistivity (ρc) to implanted Si N+ GaN also diminishes with T, whereas for AlGaN/GaN ρc remains practically constant. We bring a more physical insight into the temperature behavior of these GaN devices by means of physics-based modeling in Sec. VI of this paper. The MOSFET’s field-effect mobility increases with T due to interface trap Coulomb scattering. Analogously, the HEMT’s gm decrease with T is attributed to a significant reduction in the two-dimensional electron gas carrier mobility due to polar-optical-phonon scatte...

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