IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,323
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,323 · App. 17/834,936 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Semiconductor structure and the forming method thereof

Inventors: Chih-Wei Chang (Tainan, TW); Da-Jun Lin (Kaohsiung, TW); Yao-Hsien Chung (Kaohsiung, TW); Shih-Wei Su (Tainan, TW); Hao-Hsuan Chang (Kaohsiung, TW); Ting-An Chien (Tainan, TW); Bin-Siang Tsai (Changhua County, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
H10D30/475H10D30/015H10D62/8503
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Patent No.
US 12,376,323
App. No.
17/834,936
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a semiconductor structure, which comprises a GaN gallium nitride (GaN) layer, an aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) layer on the gallium nitride layer, a polarization boost layer on and in direct contact with the aluminum gallium nitride layer, and a gate liner layer on the polarization boost layer.

Claims (14)

1. A semiconductor structure, comprising:

a gallium nitride (GaN) layer;

an aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) layer located on the gallium nitride layer;

a polarization boost layer located on the aluminum gallium nitride layer and directly contacting the aluminum gallium nitride layer;

a gate liner layer located on the polarization boost layer; and

a groove in the polarization boost layer, and the gate liner layer is partially located in the groove.

2. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the polarization boost layer comprises p-type doped silicon.

3. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the minimum thickness of the polarization boost layer is less than 30 angstroms.

4. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the polarization boost layer directly under the groove is less than a thickness of the polarization boost layer beside the groove.

5. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , further comprising a polarization modification layer located in the groove and between the gate liner layer and the polarization boost layer.

6. The semiconductor structure according to claim 5 , wherein the polarization modification layer comprises silicon, and a carbon concentration in the polarization modification layer is higher than a carbon concentration in the polarization boost layer.

7. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the gate liner layer comprises p-type doped gallium nitride.

8. The semiconductor structure of claim 1 , further comprising a dielectric layer on the polarization boost layer, and a part of the gate liner layer covers the dielectric layer.

9. The semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the polarization boost layer contains doping ions selected from boron, aluminum, gallium, indium and thallium.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2022
From: CHANG, CHIH-WEI; LIN, DA-JUN; CHUNG, YAO-HSIEN; SU, SHIH-WEI; CHANG, HAO-HSUAN; CHIEN, TING-AN; TSAI, BIN-SIANG
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 060143/0619 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111391398.2 · Nov 23, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230163207A1 · May 25, 2023
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