The invention is applicable to the technical field of
semiconductor devices, and particularly relates to a GaN-based
heterojunction field effect transistor and a manufacturing method thereof. The
transistor sequentially comprises a substrate, a nucleating layer, a buffer layer, a channel layer, an
insertion layer, a
barrier layer, a source
electrode, a grid
electrode and a drain
electrode from bottom to top, wherein the source electrode, the grid electrode and the drain electrode are arranged on the
barrier layer.
Passivation layers are arranged between the source electrode and the grid electrode and between the grid electrode and the drain electrode on the
barrier layer. Field plates are arranged on the
passivation layers. The forming material of the barrier layer includes: B (Al, Ga, In)N. The forbidden
band width of the barrier layer is larger than the forbidden
band width of the channel layer and smaller than the forbidden
band width of the
insertion layer. A
heterojunction interface formed by the barrier layer made of the B (Al, Ga, In) N materials is large in
band gap difference. The barrier layer has super-large polarization
field intensity, very high two-dimensional
electron gas concentration can be obtained, and the high-frequency requirement of a device is met. Through the field plates, the
electric field peak value of the grid edge can be reduced, the channel
electric field distribution uniformity of the device is improved, the
breakdown voltage of the device is increased and the high-
voltage requirements are met.