Electrical characterization of 60Co gamma radiation-exposed InAlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors

Hong Yeol Kim; Jihyun Kim; Lu Liu; Chien Fong Lo; Fan Ren; Stephen J. Pearton

doi:10.1116/1.4820129

Electrical characterization of ⁶⁰Co gamma radiation-exposed InAlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors

Hong Yeol Kim, Jihyun Kim, Lu Liu, Chien Fong Lo, Fan Ren, Stephen J. Pearton

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Abstract

In_0.17Al_0.83N/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) were cumulatively subjected to ⁶⁰Co gamma-ray irradiation doses up to 500 Mrad. Source-drain current-voltage characteristics (I _DS-V_DS) showed little change after lower dose gamma-ray irradiations (<200 Mrad). However, the electrical properties were significantly degraded after 500 Mrad irradiations, indicating that the radiation-induced damage near the active region of the devices was severe. The saturation current level at V_GS = 0 V was degraded by 48% after 500 Mrad irradiation. The effective carrier removal rate was not linear with dose, but was 0.54 × 10¹⁰ cm^-2 Mrad^-1 in the range from 200 to 500 Mrad. The cumulative gamma-ray irradiation of In _0.17Al_0.83N/GaN HEMTs caused much larger reductions in drain-source current compared to AlGaN/GaN devices exposed under the same conditions.

Original language	English
Article number	051210
Journal	Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4820129
Publication status	Published - 2013 Sept

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The research at Korea University was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Grant No. 2012R1A1A2042761) and the Human Resources Development program (Grant No. 20124030200120) of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the Korea government Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy. The work at University of Florida was supported by HDTRA (James Reed) under contract U.S. DOD HDTRA Grant No. 1-11-1-0020.

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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