Next generation electronics on the ultrawide-bandgap aluminum nitride platform

AL Hickman, R Chaudhuri, SJ Bader… - Semiconductor …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistors (GaN HEMTs) are at a point of rapid growth
in defense (radar, SATCOM) and commercial (5G and beyond) industries. This growth also …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal conductivity of crystalline AlN and the influence of atomic-scale defects

RL Xu, M Muñoz Rojo, SM Islam, A Sood… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Aluminum nitride (AlN) plays a key role in modern power electronics and deep-ultraviolet
photonics, where an understanding of its thermal properties is essential. Here, we measure …

High breakdown voltage in RF AlN/GaN/AlN quantum well HEMTs

A Hickman, R Chaudhuri, SJ Bader… - IEEE Electron …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In evaluating GaN high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) for high-power applications, it
is crucial to consider the device-level breakdown characteristics. This letter replaces the …

[HTML][HTML] Toward AlGaN channel HEMTs on AlN: Polarization-induced 2DEGs in AlN/AlGaN/AlN heterostructures

J Singhal, R Chaudhuri, A Hickman, V Protasenko… - APL Materials, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Due to its high breakdown electric field, the ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor AlGaN has
garnered much attention recently as a promising channel material for next-generation high …

High breakdown voltage and low-current dispersion in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with high-quality AlN buffer layer

JG Kim, C Cho, E Kim, JS Hwang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have successfully grown AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structure
on the high-quality undoped thick AlN buffer layer with large band offset to replace the …

First RF power operation of AlN/GaN/AlN HEMTs with> 3 A/mm and 3 W/mm at 10 GHz

A Hickman, R Chaudhuri, L Li, K Nomoto… - IEEE Journal of the …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The AlN/GaN/AlN heterostructure is attractive for microwave and millimeter-wave power
devices due to its thin top barrier, tight carrier confinement, and improved breakdown …

High-voltage AlN Schottky barrier diodes on bulk AlN substrates by MOCVD

DH Mudiyanselage, D Wang, B Da, Z He… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
This letter reports the demonstration of Aluminum nitride (AIN) Schottky barrier diodes on
bulk AlN substrates by metalorganic chemical vapor phase deposition with breakdown …

Electron mobility enhancement by electric field engineering of AlN/GaN/AlN quantum-well HEMTs on single-crystal AlN substrates

YH Chen, J Encomendero, C Savant… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
To enhance the electron mobility in quantum-well high-electron-mobility transistors (QW
HEMTs), we investigate the transport properties in AlN/GaN/AlN heterostructures on Al-polar …

Demonstration of AlN Schottky barrier diodes with blocking voltage over 1 kV

H Fu, I Baranowski, X Huang, H Chen… - IEEE Electron …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter reports the first demonstration of 1-kV-class AlN Schottky barrier diodes on
sapphire substrates by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. The device structure …

Hole mobility of strained GaN from first principles

S Poncé, D Jena, F Giustino - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Nitride semiconductors are ubiquitous in optoelectronic devices such as LEDs and Blu-Ray
optical disks. A major limitation for further adoption of GaN in power electronics is its low …