Abnormal Temperature and Bias Dependence of Threshold Voltage Instability in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

In this work, we investigated the instability of threshold voltage (Vth) in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) under positive gate biases and high temperatures. We reveal an abnormal temperature dependence of threshold voltage instability, suggesting that threshold voltage in...

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Main Authors: Myeongsu Chae, Ho-Young Cha, Hyungtak Kim
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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description In this work, we investigated the instability of threshold voltage (Vth) in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) under positive gate biases and high temperatures. We reveal an abnormal temperature dependence of threshold voltage instability, suggesting that threshold voltage instability significant differences at elevated temperatures and is primarily attributed to the trapping/detrapping of charged carriers. Notably, the positive shift in threshold voltage diminished and eventually reversed at low gate bias as the temperature increased. In contrast, the negative shift intensified with increasing temperature but began to mitigate above 100°C at high gate bias due to an enhanced de-trapping process of electrons and holes. These results suggest the presence of multiple mechanisms behind the threshold voltage instability under varying thermal conditions.
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spelling doaj-art-ab1ad5f573de4b1e8a372aaca85675e02025-01-28T00:00:36ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society2168-67342024-01-011258158610.1109/JEDS.2024.343682010620298Abnormal Temperature and Bias Dependence of Threshold Voltage Instability in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMTsMyeongsu Chae0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4432-2365Ho-Young Cha1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1363-3152Hyungtak Kim2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4659-1814Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaIn this work, we investigated the instability of threshold voltage (Vth) in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) under positive gate biases and high temperatures. We reveal an abnormal temperature dependence of threshold voltage instability, suggesting that threshold voltage instability significant differences at elevated temperatures and is primarily attributed to the trapping/detrapping of charged carriers. Notably, the positive shift in threshold voltage diminished and eventually reversed at low gate bias as the temperature increased. In contrast, the negative shift intensified with increasing temperature but began to mitigate above 100°C at high gate bias due to an enhanced de-trapping process of electrons and holes. These results suggest the presence of multiple mechanisms behind the threshold voltage instability under varying thermal conditions.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10620298/p-GaN gate HEMTsthreshold voltage instabilitypositive bias temperature instability (PBTI)temperature dependencetrappingde-trapping
spellingShingle Myeongsu Chae
Ho-Young Cha
Hyungtak Kim
Abnormal Temperature and Bias Dependence of Threshold Voltage Instability in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society
p-GaN gate HEMTs
threshold voltage instability
positive bias temperature instability (PBTI)
temperature dependence
trapping
de-trapping
title Abnormal Temperature and Bias Dependence of Threshold Voltage Instability in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
title_full Abnormal Temperature and Bias Dependence of Threshold Voltage Instability in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
title_fullStr Abnormal Temperature and Bias Dependence of Threshold Voltage Instability in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
title_full_unstemmed Abnormal Temperature and Bias Dependence of Threshold Voltage Instability in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
title_short Abnormal Temperature and Bias Dependence of Threshold Voltage Instability in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
title_sort abnormal temperature and bias dependence of threshold voltage instability in p gan algan gan hemts
topic p-GaN gate HEMTs
threshold voltage instability
positive bias temperature instability (PBTI)
temperature dependence
trapping
de-trapping
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10620298/
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