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Yannick Baines

Julien Buckley

Rene Escoffier

Pascal Scheiblin

An electronic component includes a substrate; a stack of two layers of different semiconductor materials, designed to form a layer of electron gas at the interface thereof or close to same; and a buried barrier forming a separation between the substrate and said stack. The buried barrier includes a first layer of a ternary alloy of semiconductor material of the III-N type, having an increasing concentration of one of the chemical species of the ternary alloy of the first layer the closer it is to the substrate; and a second layer of a ternary alloy of semiconductor material of the III-N type, formed beneath the first layer and having a decreasing concentration of one of the chemical species of the ternary alloy of the first layer the closer it is to the substrate.

Electronic component with a heterojunction provided with an improved buried barrier layer

A normally-off heterojunction field-effect transistor is provided, including a superposition of a first layer, of III-N type, and of a second layer, of III-N type, so as to form a two-dimensional electron gas; a stack of an n-doped third layer making electrical contact with the second layer, and of a p-doped fourth layer placed in contact with and on the third layer, a first conductive electrode and a second conductive electrode making electrical contact with the two-dimensional electron gas; a dielectric layer disposed against a lateral face of the fourth layer; and a control electrode separated from the lateral face of the fourth layer by the dielectric layer.

Open type heterojunction transistor having a reduced transition resistance

A heterojunction diode is provided, including first and second semiconductor layers made of III-N material, the layers being superposed to form a two-dimensional electron gas; an anode and a cathode that are selectively electrically connected to each other by the electron gas; a third semiconductor layer positioned under the gas; a p-doped first semiconductor element contacting the anode the third layer, and forming a separation between the anode and the third layer; and an n-doped second semiconductor element contacting the cathode and the third layer, and forming a separation between the cathode and the third layer, the third layer and the first and second elements forming a p-i-n diode.

Heterojunction diode having an increased non-repetitive surge current

The invention relates to a normally-off high-electron-mobility field-effect transistor having a superposition of a first layer of semiconductor material and a second layer of semiconductor material so as form an electron gas layer at the interface between the first and second layers. A trench separates the superposition into first and second domains. An insulating element is positioned in the trench in order to electrically insulate the first and second domains. A p-doped semiconductor element is in contact with the first or the second layer of semiconductor material of the first and second domains, and extends continuously between the first and second domains. A gate insulator is positioned on the semiconductor element and a gate electrode is positioned on the gate insulator.

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Grenoble, France

Yannick Baines