A HEMT device comprising a M-plane III-Nitride material substrate, a p-doped epitaxial layer of III-Nitride material grown on said substrate; a recess etched in said p-doped epitaxial layer, the recess having a plane wall parallel to a polar plane of the III-Nitride material; a carrier carrying layer formed on said plane wall of the recess; a carrier supply layer formed on said at least one carrier carrying layer, such that a 2DEG region is formed in the carrier carrying layer at the interface with the carrier supply layer along said plane wall of the recess; a doped source region formed at the surface of said p-doped epitaxial layer such that the doped source region is separated from said 2DEG region by a channel region; a gate insulating layer formed on the channel region; and a gate contact layer formed on the gate insulating layer.

A semiconductor device including a substrate, a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked on the substrate in sequence, and a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel layer. The channel layer includes a semiconductor material causing an increased ON current and/or a reduced OFF current as compared to Si.

A semiconductor device includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, a source electrode on the first nitride semiconductor layer, a drain electrode on the first nitride semiconductor layer, a gate electrode on the first nitride semiconductor layer and between the source electrode and the drain electrode, a gate field plate electrode that is separated from the first nitride semiconductor layer, and includes one end in direct contact with the gate electrode, and the other end positioned between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, a first interlayer insulating film that is separated from the gate electrode and is between the gate field plate electrode and the first nitride semiconductor layer, and a second interlayer insulating film that is between the gate electrode and the first interlayer insulating film and has a dielectric constant higher than a dielectric constant of the first interlayer insulating film.

A current aperture vertical electron transistor (CAVET) with ammonia (NH.sub.3) based molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) grown p-type Gallium Nitride (p-GaN) as a current blocking layer (CBL). Specifically, the CAVET features an active buried Magnesium (Mg) doped GaN layer for current blocking purposes. This structure is very advantageous for high power switching applications and for any device that requires a buried active p-GaN layer for its functionality.

In various embodiments, an electronic component is provided. The electronic component may include a dielectric structure; and a two-dimensional material containing structure over the dielectric structure. The dielectric structure is doped with dopants to change the electric characteristic of the two-dimensional material containing structure.

A lateral III-N device has a vertical gate module with III-N material orientated in an N-polar or a group-III polar orientation. A III-N material structure has a III-N buffer layer, a III-N barrier layer, and a III-N channel layer. A compositional difference between the III-N barrier layer and the III-N channel layer causes a 2DEG channel to be induced in the III-N channel layer. A p-type III-N body layer is disposed over the III-N channel layer in a source side access region but not over a drain side access region. A n-type III-N capping layer over the p-type III-N body layer. A source electrode that contacts the n-type III-N capping layer is electrically connected to the p-type III-N body layer and is electrically isolated from the 2DEG channel when the gate electrode is biased relative to the source electrode at a voltage that is below a threshold voltage.

A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a nitride semiconductor layer above the substrate; a high-resistance layer above the nitride semiconductor layer; a p-type nitride semiconductor layer above the high-resistance layer; a first opening penetrating through the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the high-resistance layer to the nitride semiconductor layer; an electron transport layer and an electron supply layer covering an upper portion of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the first opening; a gate electrode above the electron supply layer; a source electrode in contact with the electron supply layer; a second opening penetrating through the electron supply layer and the electron transport layer to the p-type nitride semiconductor layer; a potential fixing electrode in contact with the p-type nitride semiconductor layer at a bottom part of the second opening; and a drain electrode.

A high electron mobility transistor current-aperture vertical electron transistor includes a drain electrode, a source electrode, gate electrode, an n.sup. doped drift layer comprising -Ga.sub.2O.sub.3, a first n.sup.++ Ga.sub.2O.sub.3 layer between the drain electrode and the n.sup. doped drift layer, a current blocking layer, a second n.sup.++ Ga.sub.2O.sub.3 layer between the current blocking layer and the source electrode, and a delta-doped -(Al.sub.xGa.sub.1-x).sub.2O.sub.3/Ga.sub.2O.sub.3 heterostructure between the portion of the n doped drift layer and the gate electrode. A portion of the n.sup. doped drift layer defines an aperture in the current blocking layer.

The present application provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a first n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, and a second n-type semiconductor layer which are stacked. A buried layer made of AlGaN is disposed in the first n-type semiconductor layer. A trench at least penetrates through the second n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer. At least part of the buried layer is reserved below the trench. A gate electrode is in the trench. The method is used to manufacture this semiconductor structure.

A vertical field effect transistor, including a drift region having a first conductivity type, a trench structure on or above the drift region, a shielding structure, and a source/drain electrode. The trench structure includes at least one side wall at which a field effect transistor (FET) channel region is formed. The FET channel region includes a III-V heterostructure for forming a two-dimensional electron gas at a boundary surface of the III-V heterostructure. The shielding structure is situated laterally adjacent to the at least one side wall of the trench structure and extends vertically into the drift region or vertically further in the direction of the drift region than the trench structure. The shielding structure has a second conductivity type that differs from the first conductivity type. The source/drain electrode is electroconductively connected to the III-V heterostructure of the trench structure and to the shielding structure.