Mechanism of leakage current increase in p-GaN gate AlGaN/GaN power devices induced by ON-state gate bias
Author(s)
Tang, Xi
Li, Baikui
Moghadam, Hamid Amini
Tanner, Philip
Han, Jisheng
Li, Hui
Dimitrijev, Sima
Wang, Jiannong
Year published
2018
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An increase in OFF-state leakage current in p-GaN gate AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs), induced by ON-state gate bias, was observed and reported in this paper. Higher OFF-state leakage current was observed with higher gate bias voltage and longer bias duration. We propose that the initial increase in OFF-state leakage current and its subsequent decay with time are due to persistent photoconductivity effects in GaN induced by hole injection and electroluminescence during the ON-state gate bias. At room temperature, it took more than 20 s for the increased leakage current to reduce to its equilibrium level ...
View more >An increase in OFF-state leakage current in p-GaN gate AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs), induced by ON-state gate bias, was observed and reported in this paper. Higher OFF-state leakage current was observed with higher gate bias voltage and longer bias duration. We propose that the initial increase in OFF-state leakage current and its subsequent decay with time are due to persistent photoconductivity effects in GaN induced by hole injection and electroluminescence during the ON-state gate bias. At room temperature, it took more than 20 s for the increased leakage current to reduce to its equilibrium level in the dark. The related physical mechanisms underlying this phenomenon in the p-GaN gate HEMT structure are also proposed.
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View more >An increase in OFF-state leakage current in p-GaN gate AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs), induced by ON-state gate bias, was observed and reported in this paper. Higher OFF-state leakage current was observed with higher gate bias voltage and longer bias duration. We propose that the initial increase in OFF-state leakage current and its subsequent decay with time are due to persistent photoconductivity effects in GaN induced by hole injection and electroluminescence during the ON-state gate bias. At room temperature, it took more than 20 s for the increased leakage current to reduce to its equilibrium level in the dark. The related physical mechanisms underlying this phenomenon in the p-GaN gate HEMT structure are also proposed.
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Journal Title
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
57
Subject
Mathematical sciences
Physical sciences
Engineering
Microelectronics