
GaN devices are nowadays attracting global attention due to their outstanding performance in high voltage, high frequency, and anti-radiation ability. Research on total ionizing dose and annealing effects on E-mode GaN Cascode devices has been carried out. The Cascode device consists of a low-voltage MOSFET and a high-voltage depletion-mode GaN MISHEMT. Cascode devices of both conventional processed MOSFET and radiation-hardened MOSFET devices are fabricated to observe the TID effects. Experiment results indicate that, for the Cascode device with conventional processed MOSFET, the VTH shifts to negative values at 100 krad(Si). For the Cascode device with radiation-hardened MOSFET, the VTH shifts by −0.5 V at 100 krad(Si), while shifts to negative values are 500 krad(Si). The annealing process, after the TID experiment, shows that it can release trapped charges and help VTH recover. On one hand, the VTH shift and recover trends are similar to those of a single MOSFET device, suggesting that the MOSFET is the vulnerable part in the Cascode which determines the anti-TID ability of the device. On the other hand, the VTH shift amount of the Cascode device is much larger than that of a previously reported p-GaN HEMT device, indicating that GaN material shows a better anti-TID ability than Si.
GaN MISHEMT device, threshold voltage shift, Cascode device, TJ1-1570, Mechanical engineering and machinery, total ionizing dose effect, Article
GaN MISHEMT device, threshold voltage shift, Cascode device, TJ1-1570, Mechanical engineering and machinery, total ionizing dose effect, Article
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