Published July 31, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Normally-off characteristics of LiNbO3/AlGaN/GaN ferroelectric field-effect transistor

  • 1. Faculty of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266555 (China)
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054 (China)
  • 3. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Monolithic Integrated Circuits and Modules, Nanjing Electronic Devices Institute, Nanjing 210016 (China)

Description

With the help of MgO mask layer, LiNbO3 (LN) ferroelectric films were etched effectively using wet etching method and LN/AlGaN/GaN ferroelectric field-effect transistors (FFETs) were fabricated. The electrical properties of the FFETs were studied. Due to the ferroelectric polarization nature of LN films, normally-off characteristics with a turn-on voltage of about + 1.0 V were exhibited in the device. The operation mechanisms of the LN/AlGaN/GaN FFET devices were proposed by the numerical calculations of the electronic band structure and charge distribution. - Highlights: ► LiNbO3/AlGaN/GaN ferroelectric field-effect transistors (FFETs) were fabricated. ► Normally-off characteristics were shown in the FFETs. ► The operation mechanisms of the FFETs were presented.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2012.06.040

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.tsf.2012.06.040;
PII
S0040-6090(12)00750-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Thin Solid Films
Journal Volume
520
Journal Issue
19
Journal Page Range
p. 6313-6317
ISSN
0040-6090
CODEN
THSFAP

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