The technology of this application relates to a high electron mobility transistor including a GaN substrate layer, a barrier layer, a circuit layer, and a field plate that are sequentially stacked. The GaN substrate layer includes a main body layer and a channel layer that are stacked, the channel layer is adjacent to the barrier layer, the circuit layer includes a source, a drain, and a dielectric layer, the dielectric layer is disposed between the source and the drain, the field plate is disposed on a side that is of the dielectric layer and that is away from the barrier layer, an orthographic projection of the field plate on the channel layer is a field plate projection, the channel layer includes a modulation region and a non-modulation region, the non-modulation region surrounds the modulation region, the modulation region and the field plate projection at least partially overlap.

A semiconductor device includes a first field-effect transistor positioned over a substrate, a second field-effect transistor stacked over the first field-effect transistor, a third field-effect transistor stacked over the second field-effect transistor, and a fourth field-effect transistor stacked over the third field-effect transistor. A bottom gate structure is disposed around a first channel structure of the first field-effect transistor and positioned over the substrate. An intermediate gate structure is disposed over the bottom gate structure and around a second channel structure of the second field-effect transistor and a third channel structure of the third field-effect transistor. A top gate structure is disposed over the intermediate gate structure and around a fourth channel structure of the fourth field-effect transistor. An inter-level contact is formed to bypass the intermediate gate structure from a first side of the intermediate gate structure, and arranged between the bottom gate structure and the top gate structure.

A high-electron mobility transistor includes a substrate layer, a first buffer layer provided on the substrate layer, a barrier layer provided on the first buffer layer, a source provided on the barrier layer, a drain provided on the barrier layer, and a gate provided on the barrier layer. The transistor further includes a p-type material layer having a length parallel to a surface of the substrate layer over which the first buffer layer is provided, the length of the p-type material layer being less than an entire length of the substrate layer. The p-type material layer is provided in one of the following: the substrate layer, or the first buffer layer. A process of making the high-electron mobility transistor is disclosed as well.

A semiconductor structure has a substrate including silicon and a layer of relaxed buffer material on the substrate with a thickness no greater than 300 nm. The buffer material comprises silicon and germanium with a germanium concentration from 20 to 45 atomic percent. A source and a drain are on top of the buffer material. A body extends between the source and drain, where the body is monocrystalline semiconductor material comprising silicon and germanium with a germanium concentration of at least 30 atomic percent. A gate structure is wrapped around the body.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated transistor device, including a first barrier layer arranged over a substrate. Further, an undoped layer may be arranged over the first barrier layer and have a n-channel device region laterally next to a p-channel device region. The n-channel device region of the undoped layer has a topmost surface that is above a topmost surface of the p-channel device region of the undoped layer. The integrated transistor device may further comprise a second barrier layer over the n-channel device region of the undoped layer. A first gate electrode is arranged over the second barrier layer, and a second gate electrode is arranged over the p-channel device region of the undoped layer.

A normally-closed device and a fabrication method thereof, relating to the technical field of semiconductors, is disclosed. The normally-closed device comprises a substrate, an epitaxial layer connected to the substrate comprising a first P-type nitride layer and a modified layer located on two sides of the first P-type nitride layer and formed by modifying a second P-type nitride layer in a preset region, where the first P-type nitride layer and the second P-type nitride layer are formed by epitaxially growing synchronously, a barrier layer connected to the first P-type nitride layer and the modified layer, a gate electrode connected to the barrier layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the modified layer.

A semiconductor device includes a support substrate having a first surface capable of supporting the epitaxial growth of at least one III-V semiconductor and a second surface opposing the first surface, at least one mesa positioned on the first surface, each mesa including an epitaxial III-V semiconductor-based multi-layer structure on the first surface of the support substrate, the III-V semiconductor-based multi-layer structure forming a boundary with the first surface and a parasitic channel suppression region positioned laterally adjacent the boundary.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and provides a normally-closed device and a fabrication method thereof. The normally-closed device comprises a substrate; an epitaxial layer connected to the substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer comprises a first P-type nitride layer and a modified layer, the modified layer is located on two sides of the first P-type nitride layer, the modified layer is formed by modifying a second P-type nitride layer in a preset region, and the first P-type nitride layer and the second P-type nitride layer are formed by epitaxially growing synchronously; a barrier layer connected to the first P-type nitride layer and the modified layer; and a gate electrode connected to the barrier layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the modified layer.

A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The HEMT device includes a channel layer, a barrier layer, a first gate electrode, a first drain electrode and a first source electrode. The channel layer is disposed on a substrate. A surface of a portion of the channel layer within a first region of the HEMT device includes a polar plane and a non-polar plane. The barrier layer is conformally disposed on the channel layer. The first gate electrode is disposed on the barrier layer, and located within the first region. The first drain electrode and the first source electrode are disposed within the first region, and located at opposite sides of the first gate electrode.

A HEMT comprising: a substrate; a channel layer coupled to the substrate; a source electrode coupled to the channel layer; a drain electrode coupled to the channel layer; and a gate electrode coupled to the channel layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode; wherein the channel layer comprises: at least a first GaN layer; and a first graded AlGaN layer on the first GaN layer, the Al proportion of the first graded AlGaN layer increasing with the distance from the first GaN layer.