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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Adam William Saxler, Durham, NC (US);
Scott Sheppard, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard Peter Smith, Carrboro, NC (US);
Adam William Saxler, Durham, NC (US);
Scott Sheppard, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard Peter Smith, Carrboro, NC (US);
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
High electron mobility transistors are provided that include a non-uniform aluminum concentration AlGaN based cap layer having a high aluminum concentration adjacent a surface of the cap layer that is remote from the barrier layer on which the cap layer is provided. High electron mobility transistors are provided that include a cap layer having a doped region adjacent a surface of the cap layer that is remote from the barrier layer on which the cap layer is provided. Graphitic BN passivation structures for wide bandgap semiconductor devices are provided. SiC passivation structures for Group III-nitride semiconductor devices are provided. Oxygen anneals of passivation structures are also provided. Ohmic contacts without a recess are also provided.