Embodiments of the present description generally relate to the field of microelectronic devices, and, more particularly, to forming n-channel gallium nitride transistors and the use thereof in wireless power/charging devices.
The microelectronics industry is continually striving to produce ever faster and smaller microelectronic packages for use in various electronic products, including, but not limited to, computer server products and portable products, such as laptop/netbook computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, digital cameras, and the like. One route to achieve these goals is the fabrication of System-on-Chip (SoC) devices, wherein all of the components of an electronic system are fabricated on a single chip. In such SoC devices, power management integrated circuits (PMIC) and radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIC) are critical functional blocks, and are as important as logic and memory integrated circuits in determining the power efficiency and the form factor of such SoC devices. Moreover, there is a growing need to power and/or charge mobile devices wirelessly. Solutions for wireless power/charging devices employing silicon power Metal-on-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET) have emerged in the marketplace. However, these silicon power MOSFETs require considerable power and dissipates substantial power, due to their high on-state resistance and large capacitance, which could otherwise be usefully transmitted wirelessly to power and/or charge mobile devices. Therefore, there is an ongoing effort to scaled down and/or improve the efficiency of such wireless power/charging devices.
The subject matter of the present disclosure is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. The foregoing and other features of the present disclosure will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is understood that the accompanying drawings depict only several embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure and are, therefore, not to be considered limiting of its scope. The disclosure will be described with additional specificity and detail through use of the accompanying drawings, such that the advantages of the present disclosure can be more readily ascertained, in which:
In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that show, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the claimed subject matter may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the subject matter. It is to be understood that the various embodiments, although different, are not necessarily mutually exclusive. For example, a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described herein, in connection with one embodiment, may be implemented within other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed subject matter. References within this specification to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” mean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one implementation encompassed within the present description. Therefore, the use of the phrase “one embodiment” or “in an embodiment” does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. In addition, it is to be understood that the location or arrangement of individual elements within each disclosed embodiment may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed subject matter. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the subject matter is defined only by the appended claims, appropriately interpreted, along with the full range of equivalents to which the appended claims are entitled. In the drawings, like numerals refer to the same or similar elements or functionality throughout the several views, and that elements depicted therein are not necessarily to scale with one another, rather individual elements may be enlarged or reduced in order to more easily comprehend the elements in the context of the present description.
The terms “over”, “to”, “between” and “on” as used herein may refer to a relative position of one layer with respect to other layers. One layer “over” or “on” another layer or bonded “to” another layer may be directly in contact with the other layer or may have one or more intervening layers. One layer “between” layers may be directly in contact with the layers or may have one or more intervening layers.
Embodiments of the present description relate to n-channel gallium nitride transistors which include a recessed gate electrode wherein the polarization layer between the gate electrode and the gallium nitride layer is less than about 1 nm. In additional embodiments, the n-channel gallium nitride transistors may have an asymmetric configuration, wherein a gate-to drain length is greater than a gate-to-source length. In further embodiment, the n-channel gallium nitride transistors may be utilized in wireless power/charging devices for improved efficiencies, longer transmission distances, and smaller form factors when compared with wireless power/charging devices using silicon-based transistors.
In one embodiment, the n-channel gallium nitride transistor 100 is an enhancement mode transistor. Thus, as illustrated in
As shown, a gate dielectric layer 118 may be formed over the polarization layer 114 and the gate electrode 122 may be formed on the gate dielectric layer 118, such that the gate dielectric layer 118 electrically isolates the gate electrode 122 from the polarization layer 114. Furthermore, source contacts 124 and drain contacts 126 may formed on the source structure 104 and the drain structure 106, respectively, and may be utilized to form electrical connections with external components (not shown) through the formation of interconnection structure (not shown), as will be understood to those skilled in the art.
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The polarization layer 114 may include, but is not limited to aluminum gallium nitride, aluminum indium nitride, and indium gallium nitride. In one embodiment, the polarization layer 114 is Al0.83In0.17N. In one embodiment, the polarization layer 114 may be have a thickness T1 of between about 5 nm and 10 nm over the gate-to-drain length LGD area and over the gate-to-source length LGS area, which may achieve low on-state resistance. In a further embodiment, the polarization layer 114 may have a thickness T2 of less than about 1 nm over the gate length LG area, which may achieve enhancement mode operation. In another embodiment, the crystal transition layer 116 may include, but is not limited to, indium nitride and aluminum nitride, and may have a thickness T3 of less than about 1 nm.
The gate dielectric layer 118 may be formed from any well-known gate dielectric material, including but not limited to silicon dioxide (SiO2), silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy), silicon nitride (Si3N4), and high-k dielectric materials such as hafnium oxide, hafnium silicon oxide, lanthanum oxide, lanthanum aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, zirconium silicon oxide, tantalum oxide, tantalum silicon oxide, titanium oxide, barium strontium titanium oxide, barium titanium oxide, strontium titanium oxide, yttrium oxide, aluminum oxide, lead scandium tantalum oxide, and lead zinc niobate. It is noted that a high-K gate dielectric layer 118 may be advantageous to achieve low gate leakages. The gate dielectric layer 118 can be formed by well-known techniques, such as chemical vapor deposition (“CVD”), physical vapor deposition (“PVD”), atomic layer deposition (“ALD”).
The gate electrode 122 can be formed of any suitable gate electrode material. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the gate electrode 122 may be formed from materials that include, but are not limited to, polysilicon, tungsten, ruthenium, palladium, platinum, cobalt, nickel, hafnium, zirconium, titanium, tantalum, aluminum, titanium carbide, zirconium carbide, tantalum carbide, hafnium carbide, aluminum carbide, other metal carbides, metal nitrides, and metal oxides. The gate electrode 122 can be formed by well-known techniques, such as by blanket depositing a gate electrode material and then patterning the gate electrode material with well-known photolithography and etching techniques, as will be understood to those skilled in the art.
Gallium nitride has a relatively wide bandgap (e.g. about 3.4 eV), when compared to the bandgap of silicon (about 1.1 eV). Therefore, the n-channel gallium nitride transistor 100 may withstand large electric fields, such as applied voltages, drain voltage, and the like, before suffering breakdown, when compared to a silicon based transistor of similar dimensions. This also enables n-channel gallium nitride transistors 100 to be scaled to even smaller physical dimensions while operating at the same supply voltage; thus, enabling small on-state resistance and smaller capacitance, which may result in reduced power dissipation and hence higher circuit efficiencies. Furthermore, as will be understood to those skilled in the art, the n-channel gallium nitride transistor 100 employs the 2D electron gas 112 as its electron transport channel for the operation thereof. The 2D electron gas 112 is formed at the abrupt hetero-interface formed by the deposition of the charge inducing layer 108 on the gallium nitride layer 102 through spontaneous and piezoelectric polarization, as will be understood to those skilled in the art. Very high charge densities up to about 2E13 per cm2 can be formed by such a mechanism, without the use of impurity dopants, which allows for high electron mobility, e.g. greater than about 1000 cm2/Vs (low sheet resistance at LGD and LGS regions). As will be understood to those skilled in the art, the n-channel gallium nitride transistor 100 may enable low parasitic leakages due to absence of band-to-band tunneling, low gate induced drain leakage (GIDL), and low generation of electron-hole pairs from impact ionization from hot electrons.
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In one embodiment of the present description, the n-channel gallium transistor 100 (see
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It is understood that the subject matter of the present description is not necessarily limited to specific applications illustrated in
The following examples pertain to further embodiments, wherein Example 1 is an n-channel gallium nitride transistor, comprising a gallium nitride layer; a source structure and a drain structure formed in the gallium nitride layer; a charge inducing layer comprising a polarization layer extending between the structure and the drain structure; a 2D electron gas within the gallium nitride layer; and a gate electrode extending at least partially into the polarization layer, wherein a thickness of a portion of the polarization layer which is between the gate electrode and the gallium nitride layer is less than about 1 nm.
In Example 2, the subject matter of Example 1 can optionally include a gate dielectric disposed between the gate electrode and the polarization layer.
In Example 3, the subject matter of either of Examples 1 or 2 can optionally include a portion of the polarization layer which is not between the gate electrode and the gallium nitride layer being between about 5 nm and 10 nm.
In Example 4, the subject matter of any of Examples 1 to 3 can optionally include the polarization layer being selected from the group consisting of aluminum gallium nitride, aluminum indium nitride, and indium gallium nitride.
In Example 5, the subject matter of any of Examples 1 to 4 can optionally include a crystal transition layer disposed between the gallium nitride layer and the polarization layer.
In Example 6, the subject matter of Example 5 can optionally include the crystal transition layer being selected from the group consisting of indium nitride and aluminum nitride.
In Example 7, the subject matter of any of Examples 1 to 6 can optionally include a gate-to-drain length between about 120 nm to about 400 nm and a gate-to-source length between about 5 nm to about 400 nm.
In Example 8, the subject matter of Example 7 can optionally include the gate-to drain length being greater than the gate-to-source length.
The following examples pertain to further embodiments, wherein Example 9 is a method of forming an n-channel gallium nitride transistor, comprising forming a gallium nitride layer; forming a charge inducing layer comprising a polarization layer on the gallium nitride layer to form a 2D electron gas within the gallium nitride layer; forming a source structure and a drain structure formed in the gallium nitride layer; forming a recess within the polarization layer between the source structure and the drain structure, wherein a thickness of a portion of the polarization layer which is between the recess and the gallium nitride layer is less than about 1 nm; forming asymmetrical dielectric spacers of different widths; forming a gate dielectric within the recess; and forming a gate electrode adjacent the gate dielectric.
In Example 10, the subject matter of Example 9 can optionally include forming the charge inducing layer comprising the polarization layer on the gallium nitride layer comprises forming the charge inducing layer comprising the polarization layer having a thickness of between about 5 nm and 10 nm.
In Example 11, the subject matter of either of Examples 9 or 10 can optionally include forming the polarization layer selected from the group consisting of aluminum gallium nitride, aluminum indium nitride, and indium gallium nitride.
In Example 12, the subject matter of any of Examples 9 to 11 can optionally include forming a crystal transition layer between the gallium nitride layer and the polarization layer.
In Example 13, the subject matter of Example 12 can optionally include forming the crystal transition layer from a material selected from the group consisting of indium nitride and aluminum nitride.
In Example 14, the subject matter of any of Examples 9 to 13 can optionally include forming a gate-to-drain length between about 120 nm to about 400 nm and forming a gate-to-source length between about 5 nm to about 400 nm.
In Example 15, the subject matter of Example 14 can optionally include the gate-to-drain length being greater than the gate-to-source length.
The following examples pertain to further embodiments, wherein Example 16 is a wireless power/charging device transmission module, comprising a coil assembly; and a transmitter, wherein the transmitter includes at least one n-channel gallium nitride transistor, comprising: a gallium nitride layer; a source structure and a drain structure formed in the gallium nitride layer; a charge inducing layer comprising a polarization layer extending between the structure and the drain structure; a 2D electron gas within the gallium nitride layer; and a gate electrode extending at least partially into the polarization layer.
In Example 17, the subject matter of Example 16 can optionally include a thickness of a portion of the polarization layer which is between the gate electrode and the gallium nitride layer being less than about 1 nm.
In Example 18, the subject matter of either of Example 16 or 17 can optionally include a gate dielectric disposed between the gate electrode and the polarization layer.
In Example 19, the subject matter of any of Examples 16 to 18 can optionally include a portion of the polarization layer which is between the gate electrode and the gallium nitride layer being between about 5 nm and 10 nm.
In Example 20, the subject matter of any of Example 16 to 19 can optionally include a crystal transition layer disposed between the gallium nitride layer and the polarization layer.
The following examples pertain to further embodiments, wherein Example 21 is a wireless power/charging device receiving module, comprising a coil assembly; a rectifier; and a load unit including a voltage regulator and a battery, wherein the voltage regulator includes at least one n-channel gallium nitride transistor, comprising: a gallium nitride layer; a source structure and a drain structure formed in the gallium nitride layer; a charge inducing layer comprising a polarization layer extending between the structure and the drain structure; a 2D electron gas within the gallium nitride layer; and a gate electrode extending at least partially into the polarization layer.
In Example 22, the subject matter of Example 21 can optionally include a thickness of a portion of the polarization layer which is between the gate electrode and the gallium nitride layer being less than about 1 nm.
In Example 23, the subject matter of either of Example 21 or 22 can optionally include a gate dielectric disposed between the gate electrode and the polarization layer.
In Example 24, the subject matter of any of Examples 21 to 23 can optionally include a portion of the polarization layer which is between the gate electrode and the gallium nitride layer being between about 5 nm and 10 nm.
In Example 25, the subject matter of any of Example 21 to 24 can optionally include a crystal transition layer disposed between the gallium nitride layer and the polarization layer.
Having thus described in detail embodiments of the present description, it is understood that the present description defined by the appended claims is not to be limited by particular details set forth in the above description, as many apparent variations thereof are possible without departing from the spirit or scope thereof.
This Application is a Continuation of, and claims priority to, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/526,735, filed on May 12, 2017 and titled “N-CHANNEL GALLIUM NITRIDE TRANSISTORS”, which is a National Stage Entry of, and claims priority to, International Application No. PCT/US2014/071163, filed Dec. 18, 2014 and titled “N-CHANNEL GALLIUM NITRIDE TRANSISTORS”, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
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