The invention discloses a high-
linearity enhanced GaN-based HEMT (
High Electron Mobility
Transistor) device and a preparation method thereof, and the preparation method comprises the steps: carrying out the
etching of a P-GaN cap layer outside a gate region, and obtaining a P-GaN gate; preparing a source
electrode and a drain
electrode on the
barrier layer; preparing a SiNx
hard mask layer on the source
electrode, the drain electrode, the
barrier layer and the P-GaN grid electrode; selectively
etching the SiNx
mask layer on the P-GaN grid in a partitioned manner, and sequentially carrying out O2
plasma treatment and annealing to form a plurality of
plasma treatment regions; removing the residual SiNx
mask layer on the P-GaN grid electrode, and preparing grid electrode
metal on the P-GaN grid electrode and the
plasma processing region; and removing the SiNx
mask layer in the region where the source electrode and the drain electrode are located to form a
contact hole. The
grid bias voltage corresponding to the
threshold voltage and the
transconductance peak value of the device formed in the area, subjected to O2
plasma processing, of the grid is improved, the
transconductance peak of the grid is coupled with the
transconductance peak of the device formed in the unprocessed area, the transconductance of the device is increased, the stable input
voltage swing is kept, and the
nonlinear distortion of signals is reduced.