8A.4 – Gallium Oxide Trench Schottky Barrier Diodes with Field Plate Edge-Termination

A. K. Bhat, University of Bristol
V. S. Charan, University of Bristol
Matthew Smith, University of Bristol
M. Kuball, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

8A.4 Final.2025

Abstract
In this work, Gallium Oxide (β-Ga2O3) based trench Schottky barrier diodes (TSBDs) with field plate edge-termination are reported. The SiNx field plate edge-terminated TSBDs show an improvement in breakdown voltage up to 2.3 kV as compared to the unterminated structures of 1 kV. The electric field simulations show a reduction in peak electric field at the edge of the diodes when terminated with SiNx field plates. Reliability measurements were performed by reverse-bias step-stressing and observing the on-state performance post stressing. An increase in on-resistance for TSBDs with field plate edge termination up to 12% is observed when devices are stressed at 1 kV.