Extreme reduction of on-resistance in vertical GaN p–n diodes by low dislocation density and high carrier concentration GaN wafers fabricated using oxide vapor phase epitaxy method

Abstract

Abstract Low dislocation density and low-resistance GaN wafers are in high demand for improving the performance of vertical GaN power devices. Recently, GaN wafers with the dislocation density of 8.8 × 104 cm−2 and the resistivity of 7.8 × 10−4 Ω cm, were fabricated using oxide vapor phase epitaxy (OVPE). In this study, GaN p–n diodes on GaN wafers prepared by the OVPE method were evaluated for verifying their suitability as vertical GaN power devices. An extremely low-differential specific on-resistance of 0.08 mΩ cm2 and a high breakdown voltage of 1.8 kV were obtained from forward and reverse I–V measurements.