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The growth issues known to effect the quality of GaN organometallic vapor phase epitaxial films are reviewed and the best 300Kmobility vs electron concentration data are discussed. The data probably represent transport properties intrinsic to films grown on sapphire. From the results of Hall measurements, the unintentional donor in high quality GaN films cannot be Si since the donor ionization energy is much larger than that of films intentionally doped with Si (36 vs 26 meV). Electrical properties of a doped channel layer are shown not to be significantly different from those of thick films which implies a viable technology for conducting channel devices. It is argued that 77K Hall measurements are a useful indicator of GaN film quality and a compilation of unintentionally and Si doped data is presented. The 77K data imply that, at least over a limited range, Si-doping does not appreciably change the compensation of the GaN. The 77K data indicate that the low mobilities of films grown at low temperatures are probably not related to dopant impurities.
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Gaskill, D.K., Wickenden, A.E., Doverspike, K. et al. The effect of organometallic vapor phase epitaxial growth conditions on wurtzite GaN electron transport properties. J. Electron. Mater. 24, 1525–1530 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02676805
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