The invention discloses a
silicon-based GaN-HEMT epitaxial structure and a manufacturing method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
semiconductor device design and manufacturing, the
silicon-based GaN-HEMT epitaxial structure comprises a substrate, the substrate is a
silicon substrate, a nucleating layer is epitaxially grown on the substrate, a defect filtering layer is epitaxially grown on the nucleating layer, and the defect filtering layer is arranged on the substrate. An
impurity regulation and
control layer is epitaxially grown on the defect filtering layer, a channel layer is epitaxially grown on the
impurity regulation and
control layer, a
barrier layer is epitaxially grown on the channel layer, the defect filtering layer deposits a GaN layer on the nucleating layer, and the GaN layer structurally comprises a plurality of vertical
insertion layers. According to the silicon-based GaN-HEMT epitaxial structure and the manufacturing method thereof, the silicon-based GaN-HEMT epitaxial structure comprises a nucleating layer, a defect filtering layer, an
impurity regulation and
control layer, a channel layer and a
barrier layer, the
electrical performance, reliability and consistency of a device are improved, defects can be effectively reduced, impurity distribution can be effectively controlled by optimizing materials and growth process parameters of all
layers, and the performance of the device is improved. And the
voltage-resistant electric leakage performance of the device is improved.