High electron mobility transistor with trench isolation structure capable of applying stress and method of manufacturing the same
A method of fabricating high electron mobility transistor, including the steps of providing a substrate with active areas, forming a buffer layer, a channel layer and a barrier layer sequentially on the substrate and gate, source and drain on the barrier layer, forming a trench surrounding the channel layer and the barrier layer, and forming a trench isolation structure in the trench, wherein the trench isolation structure applies stress on the channel layer and the barrier layer and modify two-dimension electron gas (2DEG) or two-dimension hole gas (2DHG) of the high electron mobility transistor.
1. A method of fabricating high electron mobility transistor, comprising:
providing a substrate with active areas;
forming a buffer layer, a channel layer and a barrier layer sequentially on said substrate, and forming gate, source and drain on said barrier layer;
forming a trench surrounding said channel layer and said barrier layer; and
forming a trench isolation structure in said trench, wherein said trench isolation structure applies stress on said channel layer and said barrier layer and modify 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 method of fabricating high electron mobility transistor, comprising:
providing a substrate with active areas;
forming a buffer layer, a channel layer and a barrier layer sequentially on said substrate, and forming gate, source and drain on said barrier layer;
forming a trench surrounding said channel layer and said barrier layer; and
forming a trench isolation structure in said trench, wherein said trench isolation structure applies stress on said channel layer and said barrier layer and modify 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 method of fabricating high electron mobility transistor, comprising:
providing a substrate with active areas;
forming a buffer layer, a channel layer and a barrier layer sequentially on said substrate, and forming gate, source and drain on said barrier layer;
forming a trench surrounding said channel layer and said barrier layer; and
forming a trench isolation structure in said trench, wherein said trench isolation structure applies stress on said channel layer and said barrier layer and modify 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 method of fabricating high electron mobility transistor, comprising:
providing a substrate with active areas;
forming a buffer layer, a channel layer and a barrier layer sequentially on said substrate, and forming gate, source and drain on said barrier layer;
forming a trench surrounding said channel layer and said barrier layer; and
forming a trench isolation structure in said trench, wherein said trench isolation structure applies stress on said channel layer and said barrier layer and modify 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 method of fabricating high electron mobility transistor of claim 1 , wherein the material of said buffer layer is aluminum nitride (AlN) and gallium nitride (GaN), and the material of said channel layer is gallium nitride (GaN), and the material of said barrier layer is aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN), and the material of said trench isolation is silicon nitride.
6. The method of fabricating high electron mobility transistor 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.