Gallium Nitride (GaN).ppt

Gallium Nitride (GaN) PHYS 571 Gugun Gunardi Heath Kersell Damilola Daramola Gallium Nitride (GaN) Introduction Properties Crystal Structure Bonding Type Application Introduction The next important semiconductor material after silicon. Can be operated at high temperatures. The key material for the next generation of high frequency and high power transistors. Wide band gap energy. /yap/images/galliumnitride.jpg Properties PROPERTY / MATERIAL . Cubic (Beta) GaN . Hexagonal (Alpha) GaN . Structure Zinc Blende Wurzite Stability Meta-stable Stable Lattice Parameter(s) at 300K 0.45