第43卷第1期2023年2月Vol.43,No.1Feb.,2023固体电子学研究与进展RESEARCH&PROGRESSOFSSE基于EMMI定位的GaNHEMT耐正向可靠性研究∗白霖∗∗林伟杰林罡邵国键任春江刘柱(南京电子器件研究所,南京,210016)2022‑10‑08收稿,2022‑11‑25收改稿摘要:GaNHEMT器件在高温栅偏压(HTGB)应力下会出现势垒退化现象,并进一步引发器件在射频工作下的不稳定和失效问题。使用微光显微镜(EMMI)作为主要工具,对器件的HTGB退化问题进行了研究。讨论了不同电偏置条件下器件EMMI发光的分布和形成机理,并对比了器件在HTGB试验前后EMMI发光图像的变化。HTGB后器件在反偏电场下出现明显新增EMMI亮点,对亮点的微区分析定位到栅下有外延位错对应的局部烧毁点。研究表明,延伸至栅下的外延位错会构成漏电通道,对HTGB下的退化和失效存在贡献。关键词:氮化镓高电子迁移率晶体管;微光显微镜;高温栅偏压;外延位错;可靠性中图分类号:TN386文献标识码:A文章编号:1000‑3819(2023)01‑0083‑06InvestigationofGaNHEMTReliabilityUnderForwardGateBiasbyEmissionMicroscopeBAILinLINWeijieLINGangSHAOGuojianRENChunjiangLIUZhu(NanjingElectronicDevicesInstitute,Nanjing,210016,CHN)Abstract:BarrierdegradationoccursinGaNHEMTdevicesunderhightemperaturegatebias(HTGB)test,andfurthercausesinstabilityandfailureproblemsduringRFoperation.Inthispaper,EmissionMicroscope(EMMI)wasusedasmaintooltostudytheHTGBdegradationofdevices.EM‑MIluminescencedistributionsandformationmechanismsundervaryingexternalelectricalbiascondi‑tionswerediscussed,andtheEMMIluminescencedifferencesofdevicesbeforeandafterHTGBstresswerecompared.NewobviousEMMIspotsunderreversedelectricfieldwerefoundindevicesaf‑terHTGBstress,andlocalburnpointcorrespondingtotheepitaxialdislocationunderthegatewaslo‑catedinthebrightspotareabymicroanalysis.Thisworkshowsthattheepitaxialdislocationsextendedtogatemayformleakagepath,whichcontributestothedegradationandfailureinHTGBstress.Keywords:GaNHEMT;EMMI;HTGB;epitaxialdislocation;reliability引言第三代半导体GaN材料具有禁带宽度大,耐高温,击穿电压高,电子饱和迁移速度快等显著优点,从而在雷达、航空航天、通信基站等微波领域得到广泛应用[1‑2]。过去的二三十...