IP Library Granted Patent US 12,068,410
Granted Patent B2
US 12,068,410 · App. 17/387,433 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Semiconductor power device

Inventors: Ya-Yu Yang (Hsinchu, TW); Shang-Ju Tu (Hsinchu, TW); Tsung-Cheng Chang (Hsinchu, TW); Chia-Cheng Liu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H01L29/78H01L29/7783B82Y99/00H01L21/02458H01L21/02505H01L21/0254H01L29/2003H01L29/207
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Patent No.
US 12,068,410
App. No.
17/387,433
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor power device includes a substrate; a buffer structure formed on the substrate; a barrier structure formed on the buffer structure; a channel layer formed on the barrier structure; and a barrier layer formed on the channel layer; wherein the barrier structure includes a first functional layer on the buffer structure, a second functional layer formed between the first functional layer and the buffer structure, a first back-barrier layer on the first functional layer, and an interlayer between the first back-barrier layer and the first functional layer; wherein a material of the first back-barrier layer includes Alx1Ga1-x1N, a material of the first functional layer includes Alx2Ga1-x2N, a material of the interlayer includes Alx3Ga1-x3N, a material of the second functional layer includes Alx4Ga1-x4N, wherein 0<x1≤1, 0≤x2≤1, 0≤x3≤1, 0≤x4<1, and x1≠x2; and wherein the first functional layer includes a first thickness, the second functional layer includes a second thickness, and the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.

Claims (28)

1. A semiconductor power device, comprising:

a substrate;

a buffer structure formed on the substrate;

a barrier structure formed on the buffer structure;

a channel layer formed on the barrier structure; and

a barrier layer formed on the channel layer;

wherein the barrier structure comprises a first functional layer on the buffer structure, a second functional layer formed between the first functional layer and the buffer structure, a first back-barrier layer on the first functional layer, and an interlayer between the first back-barrier layer and the first functional layer;

wherein a material of the first back-barrier layer comprises Al x1 Ga 1-x1 N, a material of the first functional layer comprises Al x2 Ga 1-x2 N, a material of the interlayer comprises Al x3 Ga 1-x3 N, a material of the second functional layer comprises Al x4 Ga 1-x4 N, wherein 0<x1≤1, 0≤x2≤1, 0≤x3≤1, 0≤x4<1, and x1≠x2;

wherein the first functional layer comprises a first thickness, the second functional layer comprises a second thickness, and the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.

2. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein x2>x4.

3. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein 0.5≤x1.

4. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second thickness of the second functional layer is 200 to 1000 nm.

5. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the material of the interlayer is doped.

6. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the material of the second functional layer is doped.

7. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein x3 is less than x1 and x2.

8. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein x3=0.

9. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a two dimensional electron gas is formed near an interface of the channel layer and the barrier layer.

10. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first back-barrier layer is less than or equal to 20 nm.

11. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a nucleation structure formed between the substrate and the buffer structure.

12. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a material of the nucleation structure comprises AlN.

13. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the buffer structure comprises a strain structure, and the strain structure comprises a superlattice structure of Al m Ga 1-m N and Al n Ga 1-n N, wherein 0≤m≤1, 0≤n≤1.

14. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the buffer structure comprises a thick layer, a thickness of the thick layer is more than or equal to 2 um, and a material of the thick layer comprises a C-doped or a Fe-doped GaN.

15. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a material of the barrier layer comprises Al k Ga 1-k N, wherein 0<k≤1, and a material of the channel layer comprises GaN.

16. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the barrier layer is greater than a thickness of the first back-barrier layer.

17. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein a thickness of the interlayer is greater than the thickness of the first back-barrier layer.

18. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein a thickness of the interlayer is less than the second thickness of the second functional layer.

19. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein a material of the interlayer comprises GaN, and a material of the second functional layer comprises AlGaN or GaN.

20. The semiconductor power device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprises a cap layer formed on the barrier layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075152/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2021
From: YANG, YA-YU; TU, SHANG-JU; CHANG, TSUNG-CHENG; LIU, CHIA-CHENG
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057020/0204 →
Continuity (2)
Division 15720564 · Sep 29, 2017
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