• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.386-391
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• 2009

PSPICE circuit parameters of the blue laser diodes grown on wurtzite AlGaInN multiple quantum well structures were extracted directly from the three level rate equations. The relevant optical gain parameters were separately calculated from the self-consistent multiband Hamiltonian. The resulting equivalent circuit model for a blue laser diode was schematically presented, and its modulation characteristics, including the pulse response and the frequency response, have been demonstrated by using a conventional PSPICE.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2017

This paper analyzes the effect of a dual-metal-gate structure on the electrical characteristics of AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high electron mobility transistors. These structures have two gate metals of different work function values (${\Phi}$), with the metal of higher ${\Phi}$ in the source-side gate, and the metal of lower ${\Phi}$ in the drain-side gate. As a result of the different ${\Phi}$ values of the gate metals in this structure, both the electric field and electron velocity in the channel become better distributed. For this reason, the transconductance, current collapse phenomenon, breakdown voltage, and radio frequency characteristics are improved. In this work, the devices were designed and analyzed using a 2D technology computer-aided design simulation tool.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.1720-1725
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• 2015

The performance of the AlGaN/GaN MSM-2DEG varactor with different dielectric films deposited by the E-beam deposition is investigated in detail. The capacitance swing and the capacitance ratio of the varactor without dielectric film as well as with, SiO₂, Gd₂O₃, and Si₃N₄ films, respectively, are determined by electrodes of varying areas. The maximum capacitance, the minimum capacitance and the capacitance ratios are proportional to the increasing of the electrode areas. The capacitance ratio determined by the maximum and the minimum capacitance is found to be 18.35 (with Si₃N₄ dielectric film) and 149.51 (without dielectric film), respectively. The transition voltages of the fabricated varactors are almost the same for a bias voltage of about ±5 V and leakage current can be lower three orders of magnitude while the varactors with dielectric films. The tunability of the capacitance ratio makes the AlGaN/GaN MSM-2DEG varactor with a dielectric film highly useful in multirange applications of a surge free preamplier.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.9
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• pp.99-99
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• 2008

대구경, 고품질 GaN 단결정 기판은 HVPE 방법을 이용하여 제조하였다. 이때 성장 방법은 기판인 $Al_2O_3$ 단결정 기판을 질화처리 하였으며, 이종기판 성장 시 야기되는 격자 불일치와 성장 후 냉각동안에 열팽창 계수의 불일치로 야기되는 휨이나 crack 발생을 제거하기 위하여 step-growth 방법을 사용하였다. 사파이어 위에 성장된 GaN의 기판은 두께가 380um이며, 직경은 3"로 crack 발생은 없었으며, $600^{\circ}C$에서 레이저 분리 방법을 이용하여 사파이어와 분리하였다. 그러나 분리된 기판은 이종기판과의 접촉면에서 고밀도 결함발생으로 인하여 휨이 발생하였으며, 표면을 연마한 후 DCXRD의 FWHM은 107 arcsec, PL을 이용한 결함밀도는 $6.2\times10^6/cm^2$으로 나타났다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.675-684
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• 2016

This paper demonstrates the effect of fluoride-based plasma treatment on the performance of $Al_2O_3/AlGaN/GaN$ metal-insulator-semiconductor heterostructure field effect transistors (MISHFETs) with a T-shaped gate length of $0.20{\mu}m$. For the fabrication of the MISHFET, an $Al_2O_3$ layer as a gate dielectric was deposited using atomic layer deposition, which greatly decreases the gate leakage current, followed by the deposition of the silicon nitride layer. The silicon nitride layer on the gate foot region was then selectively removed through a reactive ion etching technique using $CF_4$ plasma. The etching process was continued for a longer period of time even after the complete removal of the silicon nitride layer to expose the $Al_2O_3$ gate dielectric layer to the plasma environment. The thickness of the $Al_2O_3$ gate dielectric layer was slowly reduced during the plasma exposure. Through this plasma treatment, the device exhibited a threshold voltage shift of 3.1 V in the positive direction, an increase of 50 mS/mm in trans conductance, a degraded off-state performance and a larger gate leakage current compared with that of the reference device without a plasma treatment.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.331-331
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• 2012

InGaN/GaN 양자우물 LED소자의 내부양자효과 및 외부양자효과를 높이기 위해 많은 연구자들이 노력을 하고 있다. InGaN/GaN 양자우물 전광소자의 효율을 높이는 방법으로는 무분극 박막성장을 이용한 양자우물의 운반자 파동함수의 분리를 감소시키는 방법, 양자우물 위에 전자 차단층을 성장시키는 방법, 박막의 비발광 결함을 감소시키는 방법, 나노박막 또는 나노 입자를 이용한 표면 플라즈몬 효과를 이용하는 방법 등이 있다[1-3]. 본 연구에서는 은(Ag) 나노입자를 이용하여 InGaN/GaN 양자우물과 p-GaN 덮개층을 패턴에칭한 후, 그 위에 Ag 나노입자를 도포하여 표면 플라즈몬 효과를 이용한 InGaN/GaN 양자우물의 발광효율을 높이고자 하였다. c-면 방향의 사파이어에 유기화학금속증착법(MOCVD)으로 n-형 GaN를 2.0 ${\mu}m$ 성장한 후 그 위에 InGaN/GaN 양자우물 5층을 성장하였다. 또한 전자 차단층으로 AlGaN를 7 nm 증착한 후, p-type GaN를 100 nm 성장하였다. p-type GaN를 패턴하기 위해 포토리소그래피 와 유도결합 플라즈마 에칭공정을 거쳐 선 패턴을 형성하였는데, 이 때 에칭된 p-GaN 깊이는 약 90 nm 이었다. 에칭한 패턴크기가 LED소자의 전기적 및 광학적 특성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 전류-전압 측정과 photoluminescence 측정을 하였다. 그 후 급속열처리방법을 이용한 Ag 나노입자 형성과 표면플라즈몬이 소자의 발광효율에 미치는 영향에 대해 조사하였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2003

Both MgO and $Sc_2O_3$ are shown to provide low interface state densities (in the $10^{11}{\;}eV^{-1}{\;}cm{\;}^{-2}$ range)on n-and p-GaN, making them useful for gate dielectrics for metal-oxide semiconductor(MOS) devices and also as surface passivation layers to mitigate current collapse in GaN/AlGaN high electron mobility transistors(HEMTs).Clear evidence of inversion has been demonstrated in gate-controlled MOS p-GaN diodes using both types of oxide. Charge pumping measurements on diodes undergoing a high temperature implant activation anneal show a total surface state density of $~3{\;}{\times}{\;}10^{12}{\;}cm^{-2}$. On HEMT structures, both oxides provide effective passivation of surface states and these devices show improved output power. The MgO/GaN structures are also found to be quite radiation-resistant, making them attractive for satellite and terrestrial communication systems requiring a high tolerance to high energy(40MeV) protons.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제31A권9호
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• pp.104-113
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• 1994

We have fabricated n-p-n HBTs using 3-inchAlgaAs/GaAs hetero structure epi-wafers grown by MBE. DC and AC characteristics of HBT devices were measured and analyzed. For HBT epi-structure, Al composition of emitter was graded in the region between emitter cap and emitter. And base layer was designed with concentration of 1${\times}10^{19}/cm^{3}$ and thickness of 50nm, and Be was used as the p-type dopant. Principal processes for device fabrication consist of photolithography using i-line stepper, wet mesa etching, and lift-off of each ohmic metal. The PECVD SiN film was used as the inslator for the metal interconnection. HBT device with emitter size of 3${\times}10{\mu}m^{2}$ resulted in cut-off frequency of 35GHz, maximum oscillation frequency of 21GHz, and current gain of 60. The distribution of the ideality factor of collector and base current was very uniform, and the average values of off-set voltage and current was very uniform, and the average values of off-set voltage and current gain were 0.32V and 32 within a 3-inch wafer.

• 새물리
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• 제68권12호
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• pp.1281-1287
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 $Al_xGa_{1-x}N$ 박막을 유기금속 화학증착법(metal organic chemical vapor deposition, MOCVD) 을 이용하여 사파이어 (0001) 기판 위에 성장하였다. 성장된 박막의 결정구조를 조사하기 위하여 엑스선 회절 (X-ray diffraction, XRD) 패턴을 이용하였고, 박막의 표면 상태를 관찰하기 위하여 원자간력 현미경(atomic force microscopy, AFM)을 사용하였다. 또한 박막의 화학성분과 결합상태는 엑스선 광전자 분광분석기(X- ray photoelectron spectroscopy, XPS)를 이용하여 분석하였다. 박막의 광학적 특성인 유사유전함수는 분광학적 타원편광분석법(spectroscopic ellipsometry, SE)을 사용하여 실온에서 2.0 ~ 8.7 eV 포톤에너지 범위에서 측정되었다. 타원편광분석법으로 조사된 데이터들을 통해 얻은 유사유전함수 스펙트럼 $<{\varepsilon}(E)>=<{\varepsilon}_1(E)>+i<{\varepsilon}_2(E)>$에 나타난 $E_0$, $E_1$, 그리고 $E_2$ 와 같은 임계점 구조에 대하여 연구하였고, 각각의 임계점 피크들은 획득된 유사유전함수의 데이터를 이차 미분한 이계도함수 $d^2<{\varepsilon}(E)>/dE^2$ 를 이용하여 구하였다. 특히, x = 0.18과 x = 0.29 사이에 위치한 샘플(x = 0.18, 0.21, 0.25, 0.29)들은 Al의 조성이 증가함에 따라 임계점 피크들이 변화(blue-shift)한다는 것을 관측하였고, 이를 다른 문헌들과 비교 분석하였다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.112-116
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• 2002