Stephen Pearton

University of Florida
  • May 01, 2019 // 4:50pm – 5:10pm

    11.3 Extreme Temperature Operation of Ultra-Wide Bandgap AlGaN High Electron Mobility Transistors

    Patrick Carey IV, University of Florida
    Fan Ren, University of Florida
    Albert Baca, Sandia National Laboratories
    Brianna Klein, Sandia National Laboratories
    Andrew Allerman, Sandia National Laboratories
    Andrew Armstrong, Sandia National Laboratories
    Erica Douglas, Sandia National Laboratories
    Robert Kaplar, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM
    Paul Kotula, Sandia National Laboratories
    Stephen Pearton, University of Florida
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  • 8b.4 Investigation of Traps in AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors by Sub-Bandgap Optical Pumping

    Tsung-Sheng Kang, University of Florida
    Yi-Hsuan Lin, University of Florida
    Shihyun Ahn, University of Florida
    Fan Ren, University of Florida
    Erin Patrick, University of Florida
    Mark Law, University of Florida
    David Cheney, University of Florida
    Brent Gila, University of Florida
    Stephen Pearton, University of Florida
  • 10b.2 Recovery in dc Performance of Off-State Step-Stressed AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor with Thermal Annealing

    Byungjae Kim, University of Florida
    Shihyun Ahn, University of Florida
    Fan Ren, University of Florida
    Stephen Pearton, University of Florida
    David Smith, Arizona State University
    Tsung-Sheng Kang, University of Florida
    Junhao Zhu
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  • 18.3.2023 Temperature Independence of Dynamic Switching in 4.8 A /3.6 kV NiO/β-Ga2O3 High Power Rectifiers

    Jian-Sian Li, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    Chao-Ching Chiang, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    Xinyi Xia, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    Cheng-Tse Tsai, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    Yu-Te Liao, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    Stephen Pearton, University of Florida

    18.3.2023_Li V2

  • 18.11.2023 Ionization Thresholds and Residue Removal in Inductively Coupled Etching of NiO/Ga2O3 with Ar and BCl3

    Chao-Ching Chiang, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    Xinyi Xia, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    Jian-Sian Li, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    Fan Ren, University of Florida
    Stephen Pearton, University of Florida

    18.11.2023_Chiang

  • 12.19 – kV-Class Vertical p-n Heterojunction Rectifier Based on ITO/Diamond

    H. -H. Wan, University of Florida
    C. -C. Chaing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    J. -S. Li, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    F. Ren, Dept. of Chem Eng., University of Florida, Gainesville
    Stephen Pearton, University of Florida

    12.19 Final.2025

    Abstract
    ITO layers were sputter-deposited onto commercially available vertical p/p+ diamond structures consisting of 5 μm thick p-type (1.2 × 1016 cm-3) drift layers deposited by Chemical Vapor Deposition on 250 μm thick heavily B-doped (3 × 1020 cm-3) single crystal substrates. The ITO is found to form a type II band alignment allowing Ohmic contact to the p-type diamond and creating a vertical n-p heterojunction. The maximum reverse breakdown of heterojunction rectifiers was ~1.1 kV, with an on-resistance (RON) of 13 mΩ•cm2, leading to a power figure-of-merit of 99.3 MW/cm2. The on-voltage was 1.4 V, diode ideality factor 1.22, with a reverse recovery time of 9.5 ns for 100 μm diameter rectifiers. The on/off ratios when switching from -5 V forward to 100 V reverse were in the range of 1011 to 1012. This is a simple approach to realizing high performance vertical diamond-based rectifiers for power switching applications.