IP Library Granted Patent US 9,647,102
Granted Patent B2
US 9,647,102 · App. 15/065,006 · Granted May 9, 2017

Field effect transistor

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Patent No.
US 9,647,102
App. No.
15/065,006
Granted
May 9, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A field effect transistor includes a substrate; a first semiconductor layer, disposed over the substrate; a second semiconductor layer, disposed over the first semiconductor layer, wherein an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer has a two-dimensional electron gas; a p+ III-V semiconductor layer, disposed over the second semiconductor layer; and a depolarization layer, disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the p+ III-V semiconductor layer, wherein the depolarization layer includes a metal oxide layer.

Claims (43)

1. A field effect transistor, comprising:

a substrate;

a first semiconductor layer, disposed over the substrate;

a second semiconductor layer, disposed over the first semiconductor layer,

wherein an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer has a two-dimensional electron gas;

a p+III-V semiconductor layer, disposed over the second semiconductor layer;

a depolarization layer, disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the p+III-V semiconductor layer; and

a dielectric layer disposed over the p + III-V semiconductor layer,

wherein the depolarization layer comprises a metal oxide layer.

2. The field effect transistor as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a buffer layer disposed between the substrate and the second semiconductor layer.

3. The field effect transistor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide layer comprises an intrinsic metal oxide layer.

4. The field effect transistor as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the intrinsic metal oxide layer comprises a ZnO layer.

5. The field effect transistor as claimed on claim 1 , wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a top surface, the depolarization layer comprises a side surface, and the dielectric layer extends to the top surface of the second semiconductor layer along the side surface of the depolarization layer.

6. The field effect transistor as claimed on claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises SiN, SiO 2 , or Al 2 O 3 .

7. A field effect transistor, comprising:

a substrate;

a first semiconductor layer, disposed over the substrate;

a second semiconductor layer, disposed over the first semiconductor layer, wherein an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer has a two-dimensional electron gas;

a p+III-V semiconductor layer, disposed over the second semiconductor layer;

a depolarization layer, disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the p+III-V semiconductor layer; and

a dielectric layer disposed over the p+III-V semiconductor layer,

wherein the depolarization layer comprises a II-VI semiconductor layer.

8. The field effect transistor as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising a buffer layer disposed between the substrate and the second semiconductor layer.

9. The field effect transistor as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the II-VI semiconductor layer comprises an intrinsic II-VI semiconductor layer.

10. The field effect transistor as claimed on claim 7 , wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a top surface, the depolarization layer comprises a side surface, and the dielectric layer extends to the top surface of the second semiconductor layer along the side surface of the depolarization layer.

11. The field effect transistor as claimed on claim 10 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises SiN, SiO 2 , or Al 2 O 3 .

12. A field effect transistor, comprising:

a substrate;

a first semiconductor layer, disposed over the substrate;

a second semiconductor layer, disposed over the first semiconductor layer,

wherein an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer has a two-dimensional electron gas;

a p+III-V semiconductor layer, disposed over the second semiconductor layer, and comprising a side surface;

a depolarization layer, disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the p+III-V semiconductor layer; and

a dielectric layer covering the side surface of the p+III-V semiconductor layer,

wherein the depolarization layer comprises a metal oxide layer or a II-VI semiconductor layer.

13. The field effect transistor as claimed on claim 12 , wherein the depolarization layer comprises a side surface, and the dielectric layer extends to cover the side surface of the depolarization layer along the side surface of the p+III-V semiconductor layer.

14. The field effect transistor as claimed on claim 13 , wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a top surface, and the dielectric layer is disposed on the top surface of the second semiconductor layer.

15. The field effect transistor as claimed on claim 12 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises SiN, SiO 2 , or Al 2 O 3 .

16. The field effect transistor as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the II-VI semiconductor layer comprises an intrinsic II-VI semiconductor layer.

17. The field effect transistor as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the metal oxide layer comprises a ZnO layer.

18. The field effect transistor as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a buffer layer disposed between the substrate and the second semiconductor layer.

19. The field effect transistor as claimed on claim 1 , further comprising an electrode, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed between the p+III-V semiconductor layer and the electrode.

20. The field effect transistor as claimed on claim 7 , further comprising an electrode, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed between the p+III-V semiconductor layer and the electrode.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075513/0783 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2016
From: HUGA OPTOTECH INC.; EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040009/0706 →