Forschungsverbund Berlin E.v.

Victor Sidorov

Joachim Wuerfl

Rimma Zhytnytska

Eldat Bahat-Treidel

A transistor in which the electric field is reduced in critical areas using field plates, permitting the electric field to be more uniformly distributed along the component, is provided, wherein the electric field in the active region is smoothed and field peaks are reduced. The semiconductor component has a substrate with an active layer structure, a source contact and a drain contact located on said active layer structure. The source contact and the drain contact are mutually spaced and at least one part of a gate contact is provided on the active layer structure in the region between the source contact and the drain contact, a gate field plate being electrically connected to the gate contact. In addition, at least two separate field plates are placed directly on the active layer structure or directly on a passivation layer.

HEMT semiconductor component with field plates

The invention relates to a method for producing a metallization for at least one contact pad and a semiconductor wafer having metallization for at least one contact pad. The invention relates to a metallization (and a semiconductor wafer having corresponding metallization) and to a method for the production thereof that first of all can be produced by means of physical gas phase separation (dry separation) and secondly ensures sufficient adhesion of a lot bump. The method for producing a metallization () for at least one contact pad () according to the invention comprises the following process steps: applying at least one contact pad () to a substrate (), applying a barrier layer () to the top side of the at least one contact pad () and applying a metallization () to the top side of the barrier layer (), characterized in that the barrier layer () and the metallization () are applied by means of physical separation and that the metallization () is designed as a layer structure having two multiple alternating metallization layers (), wherein the first metallization layer () is made of nickel or an Ni alloy having a layer thickness of less than 500 nm and the second metallization layer () is made of a material that is different than nickel and is electrically conductive.

Method for producing a metallization having two multiple alternating metallization layers for at least one contact pad and semiconductor wafer having said metallization for at least one contact pad

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Victor Sidorov