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The device performance deterioration mechanism caused by the total ionizing dose effect after the γ-ray irradiation was investigated in GaN-based metal-insulator-semiconductor high electron mobility transistors (MIS-HEMTs) for a 5 nm-thick SiN and HfO 2 gate dielectric layer. The γ-ray radiation hardness according to the gate dielectric layer was also compared between the two different GaN-based MIS-HEMTs. Although HfO 2 has exhibited strong tolerance to the total ionizing dose effect in Si-based devices, there is no detail report of the γ-ray radiation effects in GaN-based MIS-HEMTs employing a HfO 2 gate dielectric layer. The pulsed-mode stress measurement results and carrier mobility behavior revealed that the device properties not only have direct current (DC) characteristics, but radio frequency (RF) performance has also been mostly degraded by the deterioration of the gate dielectric quality and the trapped charges inside the gate insulator. We also figured out that the immunity to the γ-ray radiation was improved when HfO 2 was employed instead of SiN as a gate dielectric layer due to its stronger endurance to the γ-ray irradiation. Our results highlight that the application of a gate insulator that shows superior immunity to the γ-ray irradiation is a crucial factor for the improvement of the total ionizing dose effect in GaN-based MIS-HEMTs.

Comprehensive Research of Total Ionizing Dose Effects in GaN-Based MIS-HEMTs Using Extremely Thin Gate Dielectric Layer