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The effect of AlN nucleation temperature on inverted pyramid defects in GaN layers grown on 200 mm silicon wafers

Publié le 29 mars 2018
The effect of AlN nucleation temperature on inverted pyramid defects in GaN layers grown on 200 mm silicon wafers
Auteurs
Charles M., Baines Y., Bos S., Escoffier R., Garnier G., Kanyandekwe J., Lebreton J., Vandendaele W.
Year2017-0209
Source-TitleJournal of Crystal Growth
Affiliations
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, CEA, LETI, MINATEC Campus, Grenoble, France
Abstract
We have examined 200 mm GaN on silicon wafers, while varying the AlN nucleation temperature, and have found that higher temperatures result in a more convex bow on the wafers. In addition, by performing full wafer defect mapping, we have found that a higher nucleation temperature results in a higher density of inverted pyramid defects, which have previously been found to reduce the breakdown voltage of GaN on silicon layers. We have performed electrical measurements on a wafer with the lowest temperature AlN layer, which is still within our bow specification, and which therefore has the lowest density of inverted pyramid defects. This wafer showed the same leakage current density for both very small and very large test structures (2×10?3 and 18.7 mm2 respectively), with all but one of our large structures maintaining a breakdown voltage greater than 700 V. This is a very promising result for high yield of devices on 200 mm GaN on silicon wafers. © 2016 Elsevier B.V.
Author-Keywords
A1. Defects, A1. Nucleation, A3. Metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy, B1. Nitrides
Index-Keywords
Defect density, Defects, Electric breakdown, Gallium nitride, Metallorganic vapor phase epitaxy, Nucleation, Organometallics, Silicon, AlN layers, Defect mapping, Electrical measurement, GaN on silicon, Large structures, Metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy, Nucleation temperature, Test structure, Silicon wafers
ISSN220248
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