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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Andrew Paul Edwards, San Jose, CA (US);
Xinyu Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yan Zhu, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/778 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02178 (2013.01); H01L 29/66462 (2013.01); H01L 29/7786 (2013.01); H01L 29/2003 (2013.01); H01L 29/4236 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device with enhanced conductivity in the transistor's non-gated access regions and a method for making the HEMT device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the HEMT device includes a heterojunction comprising a barrier layer formed on a channel layer. One or more intervening layers comprising a material suitable for increasing a fixed charge at the heterojunction is formed on a substantially planar surface of the barrier layer opposite the channel layer in the non-gated access region.