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Granted Patent B2
US 12,125,903 · App. 18/371,440 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

High electron mobility transistor and method for fabricating the same

Inventors: Shin-Chuan Huang (Tainan, TW); Chih-Tung Yeh (Taoyuan, TW); Chun-Ming Chang (Kaohsiung, TW); Bo-Rong Chen (Hsinchu County, TW); Wen-Jung Liao (Hsinchu, TW); Chun-Liang Hou (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H01L29/7786H01L21/26546H01L29/2003H01L29/205H01L29/207H01L29/66462H01L21/2654H01L21/28264H01L29/41766H01L29/4236
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Patent No.
US 12,125,903
App. No.
18/371,440
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a hard mask on the barrier layer; performing an implantation process through the hard mask to form a doped region in the barrier layer and the buffer layer; removing the hard mask and the barrier layer to form a first trench; forming a gate dielectric layer on the hard mask and into the first trench; forming a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode adjacent to two sides of the gate electrode.

Claims (18)

1. A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), comprising:

forming a buffer layer on a substrate;

forming a barrier layer on the buffer layer;

forming a hard mask on the barrier layer;

performing an ion implantation process through the hard mask to form a doped region in the barrier layer and the buffer layer; and

removing a portion of the hard mask and a portion of the barrier layer to form a first trench, wherein a width of the first trench is less than a width of the doped region.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a gate dielectric layer on the hard mask and into the first trench;

forming a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer; and

forming a source electrode on a first side of the gate electrode and a drain electrode on a second side of the gate electrode, the first side being opposite the second side.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

removing the gate dielectric layer, the hard mask, and the barrier layer to form a second trench and a third trench adjacent to two sides of the gate electrode; and

forming the source electrode in the second trench and the drain electrode in the third trench.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the buffer layer comprises a group III-V semiconductor.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the buffer layer comprises gallium nitride (GaN).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the barrier layer comprise Al x Ga 1-x N.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the doped region comprises fluorine.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a concentration of fluorine decreases from the barrier layer to the buffer layer.

Priority Claims (1)
TW 108124137 · Jul 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17575655 · Jan 14, 2022
Division 16533812 · Aug 7, 2019
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