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GaN power device and manufacture method thereof

A technology of power devices and gallium nitride, applied in semiconductor/solid-state device manufacturing, semiconductor devices, electrical components, etc., can solve the problems of a single device occupying a large area, uneven current distribution, device overheating, etc., to eliminate current congestion, Uniform current distribution and the effect of improving device power

Active Publication Date: 2016-02-24
JIANGSU CORENERGY SEMICON CO LTD
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The above structure has the following disadvantages: in order to achieve a certain power, a single device occupies a large area. In addition, under high current drive, the current distribution is uneven, and the current crowding generated by the local area will cause the device to overheat.

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[0037] Figures 3 to 5 Shown is a gallium nitride power device of the present invention. combine Figures 3 to 5 As shown, it includes a substrate 1, an epitaxial layer, a first metal layer 3, a second metal layer (4, 5) and a passivation layer (not shown in the figure).

[0038] The substrate 1 can be made of silicon, sapphire, silicon carbide or the like.

[0039] The epitaxial layer is formed on the upper surface of the substrate 1 , and the upper part of the epitaxial layer is etched to form a plurality of sets of raised epitaxial steps 22 , and the plurality of sets of epitaxial steps 22 are arranged at intervals in the radial direction. Specifically, the epitaxial layer includes an N+gallium nitride epitaxial layer 21 formed on the upper surface of the substrate 1, an N-gallium nitride epitaxial layer formed on the upper surface of the N+gallium nitride epitaxial layer 21, and an epitaxial step 22 formed On the N-GaN epitaxial layer and the epitaxial step 22 is...

Embodiment 2

[0054] Figure 6-8 Shown is another gallium nitride power device of the present invention, which is basically the same as Embodiment 1, and the only difference from Embodiment 1 is that each group of epitaxial steps 22 includes a plurality of first columnar protrusions arranged at equal intervals along the lateral direction. Each group of first metal layers 3 includes a plurality of second columnar protrusions arranged at equal intervals in the lateral direction, and each group of connecting parts 4 includes a plurality of third columnar protrusions arranged at equal intervals in the lateral direction. The cross-sections of the first columnar protrusion, the second columnar protrusion and the third columnar protrusion are circular, and the cross-sectional area of ​​the third columnar protrusion is smaller than the cross-sectional area of ​​the first columnar protrusion and the second columnar protrusion.

Embodiment 3

[0056] Figure 9 , 10 Shown is another GaN power device of the present invention, which is basically the same as Embodiment 1, and the only difference from Embodiment 1 is that each group of epitaxial steps 22 includes a plurality of first columnar columns arranged at equal intervals along the radial direction. As for the protrusions, each group of the first metal layer 3 includes a plurality of second columnar protrusions arranged at intervals in the radial direction, and each group of connecting parts 4 includes a plurality of third columnar protrusions arranged at equal intervals in the lateral direction. The cross-sections of the first columnar projection and the second columnar projection are rounded rectangles, while the cross-section of the third columnar projection is circular and its area is smaller than the cross-sectional area of ​​the first columnar projection and the second columnar projection .

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Abstract

The present invention provides a GaN power device and a manufacture method thereof. The GaN power device comprises a substrate, an epitaxial layer formed on the upper surface of the substrate, first metal layers which are radially arranged with intervals, and second metal layers which comprise multiple groups of connection parts and two groups of electrode parts for externally connecting wiring electrodes, wherein multiple groups of convex outward extension steps are etched and formed at the upper part of the epitaxial layer, the first metal layers and the outward extension steps are arranged in a staggered way, the multiple groups of connection parts are formed at the upper surfaces of each group of the outward extension steps and each group of the first metal layers, one group of the electrode parts is communicated with the connection part on each group of the outward extension steps, and the other group of the electrode parts is communicated with the connection part of each group of the first metal layers. According to the GaN power device, the device occupation area in the same power is reduced, under the driving of high current, the current distribution is uniform, and the device overheating caused by the current congestion of a local area is eliminated.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a gallium nitride power device and a preparation method thereof. Background technique [0002] The structure of GaN power devices in the prior art is as follows figure 1 and figure 2 shown. combine figure 1 and figure 2 , in the prior art, grow N+ and N- gallium nitride epitaxial layers (21, 22) on the substrate 1 (silicon, sapphire, silicon carbide), etch the N-gallium nitride layer to the N+ gallium nitride layer to form fingers The shape step 22, using the liftoff process to deposit a finger-shaped first metal layer 3 between the finger-shaped steps 22, covering the passivation layer 6 between the epitaxial step 22 and the first metal layer 3 and the upper surfaces of the two, and A finger-shaped window is etched on the surface of the passivation layer 6 to expose the surface of the epitaxial step 22 and the first metal layer 3, a second metal layer 40 is deposited in the window of the epitaxial step 22, and the first...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L29/86H01L29/06H01L21/18
CPCH01L29/0603H01L29/66083H01L29/68H01L2229/00
Inventor 张葶葶李亦衡王东盛苗操魏鸿源严文胜朱廷刚
Owner JIANGSU CORENERGY SEMICON CO LTD
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