Nonalloyed Ohmic contacts on Ga-face n+-GaNAlGaNGaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structures typically have significant contact resistance to the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) due to the AlGaN barrier. By growing the HEMT structure inverted on the N-face, electrons from the contacts were able to access the 2DEG without going through an AlGaN layer. A low contact resistance of 0.16Ωmm and specific contact resistivity of 5.5×107Ωcm2 were achieved without contact annealing on the inverted HEMT structure.

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