scholarly journals Low Energy Ion Implantation and Annealing of Au/Ni/Ti Contacts to n-SiC

MRS Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (51) ◽  
pp. 2903-2908
Author(s):  
Neelu Shrestha ◽  
Martyn H. Kibel ◽  
Patrick W Leech ◽  
Anthony S Holland ◽  
Geoffrey K Reeves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ion Implantation ◽  
Contact Resistance ◽  
Auger Electron Spectroscopy ◽  
Electron Spectroscopy ◽  
Auger Electron ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Specific Contact Resistance ◽  
Electrical Characteristics ◽  
Specific Contact ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

ABSTRACTThe electrical characteristics of Au/Ni/Ti/ n-SiC contacts have been examined as a function of implant dose (1013-1014 ions/cm2) at 5 KeV and temperature of annealing (750-1000 °C). Measurements of specific contact resistance, ρc, were approximately constant at lower implant doses until increasing at 1 x 1015 ions/cm2 for both C and P ions. Annealing at a temperature of 1000 °C has reduced the value of ρc by an order of magnitude to ∼1 x 10-6 Ω.cm2 at implant doses of 1013-1014 ions/cm2. Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) has shown that annealing at 1000 °C resulted in a strong indiffusion of the metallization layers at the interface.

Current Transport in Ti/Al/Ni/Au Ohmic Contacts to GaN and AlGaN

2007 ◽  
Vol 556-557 ◽  
pp. 1027-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinando Iucolano ◽  
Fabrizio Roccaforte ◽  
Filippo Giannazzo ◽  
A. Alberti ◽  
Vito Raineri
Keyword(s):  
Contact Resistance ◽  
Field Emission ◽  
Ohmic Contacts ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Specific Contact Resistance ◽  
Strong Increase ◽  
Current Transport ◽  
Electrical Characteristics ◽  
Structural And Electrical Properties ◽  
Specific Contact

In this work, the structural and electrical properties of Ti/Al/Ni/Au contacts on n-type Gallium Nitride were studied. An ohmic behaviour was observed after annealing above 700°C. The structural analysis showed the formation of an interfacial TiN layer and different phases in the reacted layer (AlNi, AlAu4, Al2Au) upon annealing. The temperature dependence of the specific contact resistance demonstrated that the current transport occurs through thermoionic field emission in the contacts annealed at 600°C, and field emission after annealing at higher temperatures. By fitting the data with theoretical models, a reduction of the Schottky barrier from 1.21eV after annealing at 600°C to 0.81eV at 800°C was demonstrated, together with a strong increase of the carrier concentration at the interface. The reduction of the contact resistance upon annealing was discussed by correlating the structural and electrical characteristics of the contacts.

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