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Granted Patent B2
US 11,038,046 · App. 16/527,042 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

High electron mobility transistor with trench isolation structure capable of applying stress and method of manufacturing the same

Inventor: Po-Yu Yang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H01L29/7786H01L21/76224H01L29/2003H01L29/66462
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Patent No.
US 11,038,046
App. No.
16/527,042
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high electron mobility transistor, including an active area, a buffer layer on the active area, a channel layer on the buffer layer, a barrier layer on the channel layer, and gate, source and drain on the barrier layer, and a trench isolation structure adjacent and surrounding the channel layer and the barrier layer to apply stress and modify two-dimension electron gas (2DEG) or two-dimension hole gas (2DHG) of the high electron mobility transistor.

Claims (32)

1. A high electron mobility transistor structure, comprising at least one high electron mobility transistor, and each said high electron mobility transistor comprises:

a substrate with an active area;

a buffer layer on said active area;

a channel layer on said buffer layer;

a barrier layer on said channel layer;

gate, source and drain on said barrier layer; and

a trench isolation structure adjacent and surrounding said channel layer and said barrier layer to apply stress on said channel layer and said barrier layer and change two-dimension electron gas (2DEG) or two-dimension hole gas (2DHG) of said high electron mobility transistor, wherein said high electron mobility transistor is n-type high electron mobility transistor, and said stress applied by said trench isolation structure is compressive stress, and an area of said active area at said source is larger than an area of said active area at said gate and is larger than an area of said active area at said drain.

2. A high electron mobility transistor structure, comprising at least one high electron mobility transistor, and each said high electron mobility transistor comprises:

a substrate with an active area;

a buffer layer on said active area;

a channel layer on said buffer layer;

a barrier layer on said channel layer;

gate, source and drain on said barrier layer; and

a trench isolation structure adjacent and surrounding said channel layer and said barrier layer to apply stress on said channel layer and said barrier layer and change two-dimension electron gas (2DEG) or two-dimension hole gas (2DHG) of said high electron mobility transistor, wherein said high electron mobility transistor is n-type high electron mobility transistor, and said stress applied by said trench isolation structure is tensile stress, and an area of said active area at said source is smaller than an area of said active area at said gate and is smaller than an area of said active area at said drain.

3. A high electron mobility transistor structure, comprising at least one high electron mobility transistor, and each said high electron mobility transistor comprises:

a substrate with an active area;

a buffer layer on said active area;

a channel layer on said buffer layer;

a barrier layer on said channel layer;

gate, source and drain on said barrier layer; and

a trench isolation structure adjacent and surrounding said channel layer and said barrier layer to apply stress on said channel layer and said barrier layer and change two-dimension electron gas (2DEG) or two-dimension hole gas (2DHG) of said high electron mobility transistor, wherein said high electron mobility transistor is p-type high electron mobility transistor, and said stress applied by said trench isolation structure is tensile stress, and an area of said active area at said source is larger than an area of said active area at said gate and is larger than an area of said active area at said drain.

4. A high electron mobility transistor structure, comprising at least one high electron mobility transistor, and each said high electron mobility transistor comprises:

a substrate with an active area;

a buffer layer on said active area;

a channel layer on said buffer layer;

a barrier layer on said channel layer;

gate, source and drain on said barrier layer; and

a trench isolation structure adjacent and surrounding said channel layer and said barrier layer to apply stress on said channel layer and said barrier layer and change two-dimension electron gas (2DEG) or two-dimension hole gas (2DHG) of said high electron mobility transistor, wherein said high electron mobility transistor is p-type high electron mobility transistor, and said stress applied by said trench isolation structure is compressive stress, and an area of said active area at said source is smaller than an area of said active area at said gate and is smaller than an area of said active area at said drain.

5. The high electron mobility transistor structure of claim 1 , wherein said at least one high electron mobility transistor further comprises a p-type high electron mobility transistor adjacent to said n-type high electron mobility transistor, and said n-type high electron mobility transistor and said p-type high electron mobility transistor are surrounded by common said trench isolation structure, and an area of said active area at said source of said n-type high electron mobility transistor is larger than an area of said active area at said gate and is larger than an area of said active area at said drain of said n-type high electron mobility transistor, and an area of said active area at said source of said p-type high electron mobility transistor is smaller than an area of said active area at said gate and is smaller than an area of said active area at said drain of said p-type high electron mobility transistor.

6. The high electron mobility transistor structure of claim 3 , wherein said at least one high electron mobility transistor further comprises a p-type high electron mobility transistor adjacent to said n-type high electron mobility transistor, and said n-type high electron mobility transistor and said p-type high electron mobility transistor are surrounded by common said trench isolation structure, and an area of said active area at said source of said n-type high electron mobility transistor is smaller than an area of said active area at said gate and is smaller than an area of said active area at said drain of said n-type high electron mobility transistor, and an area of said active area at said source of said p-type high electron mobility transistor is larger than an area of said active area at said gate and is larger than an area of said active area at said drain of said p-type high electron mobility transistor.

7. The high electron mobility transistor structure of claim 1 , wherein the material of said buffer layer is gallium nitride (GaN), aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN), indium gallium nitride (InGaN) or indium aluminum gallium nitride (InAlGaN), and the material of said channel layer is gallium nitride (GaN), aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN), indium gallium nitride (InGaN) or indium aluminum gallium nitride (InAlGaN), and the material of said barrier layer is aluminum nitride (AlN) or aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN), and the material of said trench isolation is silicon nitride.

8. The high electron mobility transistor structure of claim 1 , wherein said trench isolation structure is further adjacent and surrounds said active area and connects downward to an insulating layer under said active area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2019
From: YANG, PO-YU
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 049909/0776 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910618705.2 · Jul 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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