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Analysis for Buffer Leakage Current of High-Voltage GaN Schottky Barrier Diode  

Hwang, Dae-Won (School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University)
Ha, Min-Woo (Compound Semiconductor Devices Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute)
Roh, Cheong-Hyun (Compound Semiconductor Devices Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute)
Park, Jung-Ho (School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University)
Hahn, Cheol-Koo (Compound Semiconductor Devices Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute)
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Abstract
We have fabricated GaN Schottky barrier diode (SBD) for high-voltage applications on Si substrate. The leakage current and the electrical characteristics of GaN SBD are investigated by annealing metal-semiconductor junctions. Ohmic junctions of Ti/Al/Mo/Au and Schottky junctions of Ni/Au are used in the fabrication. A test structure is proposed to measured buffer leakage current through a mesa structure. When annealing temperature is increased from $700^{\circ}C$ to $800^{\circ}C$, measured buffer leakage current is also increased from 87 nA to 780 nA at the width of 100 ${\mu}m$. The diffusion of Au, Ti, Mo, O into GaN buffer layer increases the leakage current and that is verified by Auger electron spectroscopy. Experimental results show that the low leakage current and the high breakdown voltage of GaN SBD are achieved by annealing metal-semiconductor junctions.
Keywords
GaN; Schottky barrier diode; Schottky; ohmic; leakage current;
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