US 12,230,700 B2
Type III-V semiconductor device with structured passivation
Simone Lavanga, Villach (AT); Nicholas Dellas, Villach (AT); Gerhard Prechtl, Rosegg (AT); and Luca Sayadi, Villach (AT)
Assigned to Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach (AT)
Filed by Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach (AT)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/667,927.
Prior Publication US 2023/0253486 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 29/778 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/76 (2006.01); H01L 21/765 (2006.01); H01L 23/29 (2006.01); H01L 23/31 (2006.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01); H01L 29/205 (2006.01); H01L 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 29/7786 (2013.01) [H01L 21/02178 (2013.01); H01L 21/0228 (2013.01); H01L 21/7605 (2013.01); H01L 21/765 (2013.01); H01L 23/291 (2013.01); H01L 23/3171 (2013.01); H01L 29/2003 (2013.01); H01L 29/205 (2013.01); H01L 29/404 (2013.01); H01L 29/66462 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A high-electron-mobility transistor, comprising:
a semiconductor body comprising a barrier region of type III-V semiconductor material and a channel region of type III-V semiconductor material that forms a heterojunction with the barrier region such that a two-dimensional charge carrier gas channel is disposed in the channel region near the heterojunction;
source and drain electrodes disposed on the semiconductor body and laterally spaced apart from one another, each of the source and drain electrodes being in low-ohmic contact with the two-dimensional charge carrier gas channel;
a gate structure disposed on the semiconductor body and laterally between the source and drain electrodes, the gate structure being configured to control a conduction state of two-dimensional charge carrier gas between the source and drain electrodes;
a first dielectric region that is disposed along the upper surface of the semiconductor body in a lateral region that is between the gate structure and the drain electrode;
a second dielectric region that covers the gate structure, wherein the second dielectric region has a different material composition as the first dielectric region;
a conductive field plate that is disposed over the semiconductor body in a region that is laterally between the between the gate structure and the drain electrode; and
a second conductive field plate that is disposed over the semiconductor body in a region that is laterally between the between the gate structure and the drain electrode,
wherein the second conductive field plate is disposed on a third dielectric region that is formed on the field plate,
wherein the first dielectric region comprises aluminum and oxide,
wherein first dielectric region comprises a first end that faces and is laterally spaced apart from the gate structure.