Progress in the semiconductor/diamond heterogeneous integrations: Technical methods, interfacial phonon transport, and thermal characterizations

X Zhao, W Hu - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024 - Elsevier
Excellent physical properties of wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconductor materials have
significantly advanced the miniaturization of high-power devices, radio frequency devices …

Boosting phonon transport across AlN/SiC interface by fast annealing amorphous layers

S Tian, T Wu, S Hu, D Ma, L Zhang - Applied Physics Letters, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The high increase in interface density has become the main bottleneck for heat dissipation
in gallium nitride/aluminum nitride (AlN)/silicon carbide (SiC) based nanodevices. In this …

Enhanced thermal boundary conductance across GaN/SiC interfaces with AlN transition layers

R Li, K Hussain, ME Liao, K Huynh… - … applied materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Heat dissipation plays a crucial role in the performance and reliability of high-power GaN-
based electronics. While AlN transition layers are commonly employed in the heteroepitaxial …

Wafer-scale bonded GaN–AlN with high interface thermal conductance

M Li, K Pan, Y Ge, K Huynh, MS Goorsky… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconductors, such as GaN, play a crucial role in high-
power applications, yet their performance is often constrained by thermal management …

Thermal boundary conductance and thermal conductivity strongly depend on nearby environment

KZ Adnan, T Feng - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
At the nanoscale, thermal boundary conductance (TBC) and thermal conductivity are not
intrinsic properties of interfaces or materials but depend on the nearby environment …

Mechanical regulation to interfacial thermal transport in GaN/diamond heterostructures for thermal switch

X Yu, Y Li, R He, Y Wen, R Chen, B Xu, Y Gao - Nanoscale Horizons, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Gallium nitride offers an ideal material platform for next-generation high-power electronics
devices, which enable a spectrum of applications. The thermal management of the ever …

Inversion for thermal properties with frequency domain thermoreflectance

B Treweek, V Akcelik, W Hodges… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
3D integration of multiple microelectronic devices improves size, weight, and power while
increasing the number of interconnections between components. One integration method …

Measurements of thermal resistance across buried interfaces with frequency-domain thermoreflectance and microscale confinement

RJ Warzoha, AA Wilson, BF Donovan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Confined geometries are used to increase measurement sensitivity to thermal boundary
resistance at buried SiO2 interfaces with frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR). We …

Optical and acoustic phonons in turbostratic and cubic boron nitride thin films on diamond substrates

E Guzman, F Kargar, A Patel, S Vishwakarma… - Diamond and Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
We report an investigation of the bulk optical, bulk acoustic, and surface acoustic phonons in
thin films of turbostratic boron nitride (t-BN) and cubic boron nitride (c-BN) grown on B …

Interdiffusion mechanism and thermal conductance at the interfaces in Cu-to-Cu bonds achieved by coating nanolayers

X Jiang, Z Tao, Y Li, F Sun, D Yu, Y Zhong - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstracts Efficient heat dissipation is a critical consideration in the design of high-
performance electronics packaging. However, the current die-attach techniques suffer from …