The Japan Society of Applied Physics

[PS-4-17 (Late News)] GaN Heterojunction Rectifier Diode with Low Turn-On Voltage and High Breakdown Voltage for Energy Harvesting

Naotaka Iwata1, Kouki Hino2, Maria Emma Castil Villamin3 (1. Toyota Tech. Inst. (Japan), 2. Toyota Tech. Inst. (Japan), 3. Toyota Tech. Inst. (Japan))

https://doi.org/10.7567/SSDM.2023.PS-4-17

Gated anode diodes (GADs) composed of high electron mobility transistors with two-step height p-GaN gates were investigated for energy harvesting. The p-GaN gate was designed for low turn-on voltage with thickness of the p-GaN gate region 1 (p-GaN1) and for high breakdown voltage with thickness and length of the region 2 (p-GaN2). The GAD showed 0.2 V turn-on voltage and more than 250 mA/mm at 5 V with 40 nm thick p-GaN1 and 20 nm thick and 4 µm long p-GaN2. The p-n diode with the same structure of the GAD showed 450 V breakdown voltage.