The present invention relates to the technical field of gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (GaN HEMTs), and in particular, to a statistical analysis method for technological parameters of GaN devices based on large-signal equivalent circuit model.
Due to their high frequency, high power density and other properties, GaN HEMTs play a very important role in microwave/millimeter-wave solid-state power circuits. Since the existing mainstream circuit design approaches are generally based on device models which describe characteristics of a device under small-signal and large-signal operating conditions, in form of equivalent circuits, the device models are the premises of applying devices in circuit design.
However, since there exists unintentional doping and fluctuation in technological parameters during the fabrication of devices, the consistency of device performances will be influenced, and the yield of circuit designs is thus influenced. Therefore, it is necessary to instruct the circuit yield analysis by establishing a statistical model. The conventional statistical methods perform analysis based on small-signal model parameters or part of large-signal model parameters. As a result, is the conventional methods are insufficient in accuracy. Moreover, is the conventional methods are unable to instruct the device yield design and technological parameter optimization by statistically analyzing specific technological parameters with a large-signal statistical model.
To overcome the deficiencies described above in the prior art, the present invention provides a statistical analysis method for technological parameters of GaN devices based on a large-signal equivalent circuit model, which can effectively determine statistical characteristics of technological parameters of GaN devices and thus assist in instructing the circuit yield analysis.
To solve the technical problem, the present invention employs the following technical solutions: a statistical analysis method for technological parameters of GaN devices based on a large-signal equivalent circuit model is provided, including the following steps:
In some embodiments, the small-signal model parameters include parasitic parameters and intrinsic parameters, wherein the parasitic parameters include parasitic capacitance, parasitic resistance and parasitic inductance, and the intrinsic parameters include intrinsic capacitance, intrinsic resistance, current source and output conductance.
In some embodiments, the method for extracting small-signal model parameters includes:
In some embodiments, after extracting small-signal model parameters, the step 1 further includes:
In some embodiments, the method for extracting large-signal model parameters includes:
In some embodiments, after extracting large-signal model parameters, the step 2 further includes:
In some embodiments, the method for tuning and optimizing the large-signal model parameters includes:
In some embodiments, the method for statistically analyzing the technological parameters includes:
In some embodiments, the physical parameters include device structural and technological parameters during the fabrication of GaN devices.
The present invention has the following positive effects:
In the statistical analysis method for technological parameters of GaN devices based on a large-signal equivalent circuit model of the present invention, first, a GaN device small-signal equivalent circuit model is established, a GaN device large-signal equivalent circuit model associated with physical parameters is then established, and statistical analysis is eventually performed on the technological parameters, so that the fluctuation in the technological parameters can be determined accurately and effectively, and the accuracy of device models in the yield analysis is thus improved.
Various additional features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon review of the following detailed description of one or more illustrative embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate one or more embodiments of the invention and, together with the general description given above and the detailed description given below, explain the one or more embodiments of the invention:
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the embodiments described herein are merely a part but not all the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort based on the embodiments in the present invention shall fall into the protection scope of the present invention.
An objective of the present invention is to provide a statistical analysis method for technological parameters of GaN devices based on a large-signal equivalent circuit model. First, a GaN device small-signal equivalent circuit model is established; then, a GaN device large-signal equivalent circuit model associated with technological parameters is established; and eventually, statistical characteristics of the technological parameters are obtained, so that the yield analysis of devices and the optimization of technological parameters can be performed effectively.
To make the objectives, features and advantages of the present invention more clear and comprehensible, the present invention will be further described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the embodiments.
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Further, the small-signal model parameters include parasitic parameters and intrinsic parameters, wherein the parasitic parameters include parasitic capacitance, parasitic resistance and parasitic inductance, and the intrinsic parameters include intrinsic capacitance, intrinsic resistance, current source and output conductance.
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Wherein, the method for extracting small-signal model parameters includes:
Specifically, in the small-signal equivalent circuit model, the GaN device is kept in a pinch-off state (the pinch-off state is a state in which the source is grounded, the gate-source bias voltage Vgs is less than the pinch-off voltage of the GaN device, and the drain-source bias voltage Vds is equal to 0).
The step of testing scattering parameters of a GaN device in the small-signal equivalent circuit model under pinch-off condition and further extracting, according to the scattering parameters under pinch-off condition, parasitic parameters specifically includes: first, extracting the parasitic capacitances by using low-frequency data under pinch-off condition; then, de-embedding the parasitic capacitances, and then extracting the parasitic inductances and the parasitic resistances; and, de-embedding all the parasitic parameters, and then calculating the intrinsic parameters one by one at each bias point. Each bias point may be in the following state: Vgs=−4V to 0 V, with an interval of 0.5V; and, Vds=0V to 35 V, with an interval of 5 V.
Preferably, after extracting small-signal model parameters, the step 100 further includes:
In the step 200, the method for extracting large-signal model parameters includes:
Specifically, a GaN device in the GaN device large-signal equivalent circuit model associated with technological parameters is tested to obtain pulsed I-V test data and static I-V test data.
After the pulsed I-V test data and static I-V test data are imported, “START CALCULATION” is clicked, and all parameters of the Ids non-linear model are obtained by fitting I-V curves. Wherein, the pulsed I-V test data is used for extracting parameters irrelevant to the self-heating effects in the Ids non-linear model; and, after the parameters irrelevant to the self-heating effects in the Ids non-linear model are obtained, the pulsed I-V test data and the static I-V test data are combined to extract parameters relevant to the trapping effects and the self-heating effects in the Ids non-linear model.
In this embodiment, the non-linear capacitance model parameters include Cgs and Cgd non-linear model parameters. Specifically, a list of values of Cgs and Cgd at multiple biases obtained in the step 100 is imported, and then “START CALCULATION” is clicked to fit the values of Cgs and Cgd at multiple biases, to obtain Cgs and Cgd non-linear capacitance model parameters by calculation. Wherein, the used parameter extraction algorithm is as follows: extracting, based on the commonly used Angelov capacitance model and by theoretical derivation, the model parameters in an analysis manner.
If the contrast ratio is unsatisfactory (does not conform to a third set threshold), a third set of tuning parameters are set; then, the third set of tuning parameters are modified, and “TUNE” is clicked; and, the Cgs and Cgd non-linear capacitance model parameters are recalculated, according to the modified third set of tuning parameters, and the fitting result is updated. The tuning process is performed repetitively. After the satisfactory values of the parameters are obtained, “SAVE” is clicked, and the software saves the latest model parameters into a user-specified path.
In the step 300, the method for tuning and optimizing the large-signal model parameters includes:
Specifically, all the parameters (i.e., the small-signal model parameters and the large-signal model parameters) obtained in the steps 100 and 200 are imported; then, the device structural and technological parameters such as the thickness of the barrier layer, doping concentration, gate length, gate width and Al component are set; “START CALCULATION” is clicked; and microwave characteristics (including output power, power-added efficiency and gain) of the large-signal model are obtained by calculation with an existing algorithm, and all the model parameters are displayed.
The microwave characteristics of the GaN device are imported, “IMPORT THE MEASURED DATA” is then clicked, and the calculated microwave characteristics of the large-signal equivalent circuit model and the measured microwave characteristics are drawn in a same coordinate system for comparison. If the fitting result of the simulated result and the measured data is unsatisfactory, the fourth set of tuning parameters are modified, and “TUNE” is clicked. The microwave characteristics of the large-signal equivalent circuit model are recalculated according to the modified fourth set of tuning parameters, and the result of simulation in the simulation-measurement comparison chart is updated. The tuning process is repeated. After the satisfactory parameter values are obtained, the latest model parameters are saved into a user-specified path.
In addition, after the step 100 is performed on each of the devices in multiple batches, all parameters of each device in the small-signal equivalent circuit model are obtained. All the parameters of each device in the small-signal equivalent circuit are saved in a user-specified path.
When importing data, all parameters of all devices to be statistically analyzed in each batch in the small-signal equivalent circuit are imported. Parameters to be statistically analyzed (this software may realize the statistical analysis of Rg, Rd, Rs, Cgs, Cgd, Cds and Gm) and the device structural and technological parameters (the thickness of the barrier layer, doping concentration, gate length, gate width, Al component and the like) are selected. By traversing the parameters one by one, a frequency distribution histogram and a value distribution scatter diagram of the analyzed parameters are obtained. At the end of circulation, a frequency distribution histogram of the analyzed parameters of all devices in each batch at this bias voltage and a value distribution scatter diagram of the analyzed parameters of difference devices in a same batch are drawn.
In addition, after the steps 200 and 300 are performed on each of the devices in multiple batches, all parameters of each device in the large-signal equivalent circuit are obtained. All the large-signal model parameters of each device are saved in a user-specified path.
When importing data, the large-signal model parameters of all devices to be statistically analyzed in each batch are imported. A device to be statistically analyzed is selected, principal component analysis and factor analysis are performed on the model parameters of the selected device to establish a multiple regression model, and a Monte-Carlo simulation is performed to establish a large-signal statistical model. At the end of calculation, the large-signal characteristics simulated by the statistical model are compared with the measured large-signal characteristics of the device.
In the step 400, the method for statistically analyzing the technological parameters includes:
Wherein, the physical parameters include fabrication parameters and physical parameters of materials during the fabrication of the GaN device.
In the present invention, for the intrinsic part of the equivalent circuit, a large-signal surface potential equivalent circuit model is used, a large-signal model associated with the technological parameters is established, and the specific technological parameters may be directly analyzed by the large-signal performance of the device, so that the technological process can be effectively instructed. The implementation way is similar to the equivalent circuit model in the step 200 except that the model parameters are device structural and technological parameters during the fabrication of the device rather than empirical circuit elements.
Specifically, after a device is selected, the I-V test data of the device to be analyzed, the values of Cgs and Cgd at multiple biases and the large-signal characteristic test data are imported, to extract all parameters associated with the physical parameters in the large-signal equivalent circuit. At the end of calculation, a simulation-measurement comparison diagram of the device is drawn, and all model parameters are exhibited. After the parameters of all devices have been extracted, devices needed to be statistically analyzed are selected, the technological parameters are statistically analyzed, and a frequency distribution histogram based on the values of the technological parameters is drawn.
The statistical analysis method for technological parameters of GaN devices based on large-signal equivalent circuit model of the present invention has the following beneficial effects:
First, in the present invention, an automatic parameter extraction interface for a small-signal model and a large-signal model is developed, and a large-signal model tuning and optimization technology is proposed. The complete small-signal and large-signal models can be obtained by running a self-developed software, so that the modeling workload is reduced greatly and the modeling efficiency is improved significantly.
Second, in the present invention, the statistical analysis of all small-signal parameters of the small-signal model is realized, and the fluctuation in technological parameters of devices in different batches and of different devices in a same batch may be simply and intuitively reflected.
Third, in the method for statistically analyzing technological parameters based on an equivalent circuit model of the present invention, by analyzing related technological parameters, the yield analysis of devices and the monitoring and optimization of technological parameters may be realized.
In addition, the statistical analysis method for technological parameters of GaN devices based on large-signal equivalent circuit model of the present invention is applicable for devices made of other semiconductor materials (e.g., silicon, gallium arsenide, indium phosphide, diamond and the like), and has a broad scope of application.
This application is a national phase of PCT/CN2016/089712, filed on Jul. 12, 2016. This prior application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2016/089712 | 7/12/2016 | WO | 00 |