ABSTRACTAn enhancement-mode GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistor was successfully fabricated on a GaN/AlGaN/GaN double heterojunction structure with SiO2 as insulator layer. The enhancement mode DC characteristics have been achieved in the device with a gate length of 6 μm and a gate width of 100 μm. The device exhibited a DC transconductance of 0.6 mS/mm and a maximum drain-source current of 5 mA/mm. The gate leakage current is lower than 10−6 A at a bias of -10 V and the gate breakdown voltage is higher than 20 V. The channel stands a good chance of forming by hole accumulation between the top GaN layer and the AlGaN layer. The p-channel can be attributed to the presence of a piezoelectric field in the heterojunction, and the strongly asymmetric band bending and carriers distribution induced by the piezoelectric field. High-frequency capacitance-voltage measurement also gives a circumstantial evidence of the presence of a p-channel in the device structure.
