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Research Progress of Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductor β-Ga2O3

WANG Xinyue1,2, ZHANG Shengnan1,2, HUO Xiaoqing1,2, ZHOU Jinjie1,2, WANG Jian1,2, CHENG Hongjuan1,2   

  1. 1. The 46th Research Institute, CETC, Tianjin 300220, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Advanced Semiconductor Materials of CETC, Tianjin 300220, China
  • Online:2021-11-15 Published:2021-12-13

Abstract: At the beginning of the 21st century, β-Ga2O3, an ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor, was researched initially in Japan. β-Ga2O3 wafers with different orientations were prepared by Tohoku University using floating zone technique. High-quality homoepitaxial wafers was obtained by Kyoto University which was engaged in β-Ga2O3 epitaxy research. Based on this substrate, the first Ga2O3-based MESFET device was successfully constructed by Japan National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in 2012. This work demonstrated the great potential of β-Ga2O3 in power devices and opened a new era of β-Ga2O3 research. Since then, β-Ga2O3 single crystals, epi-wafers and devices have attracted a lot of research institutions' attention. Recent years, with the technological progress, the upper limit of breakdown voltage of β-Ga2O3 power devices was repeatedly refreshed. The time line of the development of β-Ga2O3 single crystal, epi-wafers, devices and the research status of power devices are summarized and analyzed in this article. This paper points out the existing problems and possible solutions in the application of β-Ga2O3, and looks forward to its future development, and provides a reference for the future technological development of β-Ga2O3.

Key words: gallium oxide, crystal growth, epitaxy, power device, floating zone technique, edge-defined film-fed growth, ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor

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