A high electron mobility transistor and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The high electron mobility transistor includes a channel layer, a channel supplying layer causing generation of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the channel layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode provided on respective sides of the channel supplying layer, a depletion forming layer provided on the channel supplying layer to form a depletion region in the 2DEG, a gate electrode provided on a portion of the depletion forming layer, and a current limiting layer provided to contact the gate electrode on another portion of the depletion forming layer. The current limiting layer limits a current flow from the gate electrode to the depletion forming layer according to a voltage applied to the gate electrode.

An HEMT transistor includes a semiconductor body having a semiconductive heterostructure. A gate region, of conductive material, is arranged above and in contact with the semiconductor body. A first insulating layer extends over the semiconductor body, laterally to the conductive gate region. A second insulating layer extends over the first insulating layer and the gate region. A first field plate region, of conductive material, extends between the first and the second insulating layers, laterally spaced from the conductive gate region along a first direction. A second field plate region, of conductive material, extends over the second insulating layer, and the second field plate region overlies and is vertically aligned with the first field plate region.

A method of manufacturing a power semiconductor device includes forming a channel separation pattern on a substrate; forming a passivation layer on the substrate and the channel separation pattern; forming a gate hole, a source hole, and a drain hole penetrating the passivation layer in a same process step; and simultaneously forming a gate electrode pattern, a source electrode pattern, and a drain electrode pattern. The gate electrode pattern may be formed on the channel separation pattern. A side surface of the gate electrode pattern and a side surface of the channel separation pattern may have a step difference.

A vertical gallium nitride (GaN) PN diode uses epitaxial growth of a thick drift region with a very low carrier concentration and a carefully designed multi-zone junction termination extension to achieve high voltage blocking and high-power efficiency. An exemplary large area (1 mm.sup.2) diode had a forward pulsed current of 3.5 A, an 8.3 m-cm.sup.2 specific on-resistance, and a 5.3 kV reverse breakdown. A smaller area diode (0.063 mm.sup.2) was capable of 6.4 kV breakdown with a specific on-resistance of 10.2 m-cm.sup.2, when accounting for current spreading through the drift region at a 45 angle.

A vertical gallium nitride (GaN) PN diode uses epitaxial growth of a thick drift region with a very low carrier concentration and a carefully designed multi-zone junction termination extension to achieve high voltage blocking and high-power efficiency. An exemplary large area (1 mm.sup.2) diode had a forward pulsed current of 3.5 A, an 8.3 m-cm.sup.2 specific on-resistance, and a 5.3 kV reverse breakdown. A smaller area diode (0.063 mm.sup.2) was capable of 6.4 kV breakdown with a specific on-resistance of 10.2 m-cm.sup.2, when accounting for current spreading through the drift region at a 45 angle.

A semiconductor diode, including: a first doped semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; a second doped semiconductor region of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, arranged on top of and in contact with the upper surface of the first semiconductor region; a first conductive region arranged on top of and in contact with the upper surface of the second semiconductor region, the first conductive region comprising a through opening opposite a portion of the second semiconductor region; a second conductive region made of a material different from that of the first conductive region, coating the upper surface of the second semiconductor region opposite said opening; a cavity extending through the second conductive region and through the second semiconductor region opposite a portion of said opening; a dielectric region coating the lateral walls and the bottom of the cavity; a third conductive region coating the dielectric region on the lateral walls and at the bottom of the cavity, the third conductive region being further electrically in contact with the first and second conductive regions.

A transistor having a narrow bandgap semiconductor source/drain region is described. The transistor includes a gate electrode formed on a gate dielectric layer formed on a silicon layer. A pair of source/drain regions are formed on opposite sides of the gate electrode wherein said pair of source/drain regions comprise a narrow bandgap semiconductor film formed in the silicon layer on opposite sides of the gate electrode.

A nanosheet field effect transistor design in which the threshold voltage is adjustable by adjusting the composition of the gate. The channel of the nanosheet field effect transistor may be composed of a III-V semiconductor material, and the gate, which may be separated from the channel by a high dielectric constant dielectric layer, may also be composed of a III-V semiconductor material. Adjusting the composition of the gate may result in a change in the affinity of the gate, in turn resulting in a change in the threshold voltage. In some embodiments the channel is composed, for example, of In.sub.xGa.sub.1-xAs, with x between 0.23 and 0.53, and the gate is composed of InAs.sub.1-yN.sub.y with y between 0.0 and 0.4, and the values of x and y may be adjusted to adjust the threshold voltage.

Generally discussed herein are techniques for and systems and apparatuses configured to control phonons using an electric field. In one or more embodiments, an apparatus can include electrical contacts, two quantum dots embedded in a semiconductor such that when an electrical bias is applied to the electrical contacts, the electric field produced by the electrical bias is substantially parallel to an axis through the two quantum dots, and a phononic wave guide coupled to the semiconductor, the phononic wave guide configured to transport phonons therethrough.

A method for fabricating a transistor is provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; and forming at least a nanowire suspending in the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a channel layer surrounding the nanowire; and forming a contact layer surrounding the channel layer. Further, the method includes forming a trench exposing the channel layer and surrounding the channel layer in the contact layer; and forming a potential barrier layer on the bottom of the trench and surrounding the channel layer. Further, the method also includes forming a gate structure surrounding the potential barrier layer and covering portions of the contact layer; and forming a source and a drain region on the contact layer at two sides of the gate structure, respectively.