Rapid Thermal-Pulsed Diffusion of Zn into GaAs

1984 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.K. Tiku ◽  
J.B. Delaney ◽  
N.S. Gabriel ◽  
H.T. Yuan

ABSTRACTA rapid thermal process for the diffusion of Zn into GaAs has been developed to fulfill the need for highly doped p type layers in GaAs technology. The process uses a solid Zn:Si:O source layer and a quartz-halogen lamp system for the thermal drive-in. Surface concentrations of the order of 1020/cm3 have been achieved with good depth reproducibility and low lateral diffusion. Specific contact resistance of Au:Zn/Au alloyed contacts fabricated using this process was in the 10−7 ohm-cm2 range.

1989 ◽  
Vol 55 (22) ◽  
pp. 2325-2327 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Kanack ◽  
R. L. Carter ◽  
A. Appelbaum ◽  
D. Wolf

2014 ◽  
Vol 806 ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
Nicolas Thierry-Jebali ◽  
Arthur Vo-Ha ◽  
Davy Carole ◽  
Mihai Lazar ◽  
Gabriel Ferro ◽  
...  

This work reports on the improvement of ohmic contacts made on heavily p-type doped 4H-SiC epitaxial layer selectively grown by Vapor-Liquid-Solid (VLS) transport. Even before any annealing process, the contact is ohmic. This behavior can be explained by the high doping level of the VLS layer (Al concentration > 1020 cm-3) as characterized by SIMS profiling. Upon variation of annealing temperatures, a minimum value of the Specific Contact Resistance (SCR) down to 1.3x10-6 Ω.cm2 has been obtained for both 500 °C and 800 °C annealing temperature. However, a large variation of the SCR was observed for a same process condition. This variation is mainly attributed to a variation of the Schottky Barrier Height.


1993 ◽  
Vol 318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick W. Leech ◽  
Geoffrey K. Reeves

ABSTRACTOhmic contacts to p-type InP with an In0.47Ga0.53As buffer layer and an interposed superlattice of 50 Å In0.47Ga0.53As/ 50 Å InP have been investigated. Initial studies of contacts to In0.47Ga0.53As/ InP without the superlattice structure have shown that Pd/Zn/Pd/Au metallization produced a lower specific contact resistance (pc = 1.1 × 10−4 Ω cm2) than Pd/Ge/Au, and over a wider range of anneal temperature than Au/Zn/Au. The incorporation of the superlattice in the p-In0.47Ga0.53As/ InP structure resulted in Pd/Zn/Pd/Au contacts with pc of 3.2 × 10−5 Ω cm2 as-deposited and 7.5 × 10−6 Ω.cm2 after a 500 °C anneal. The presence of Pd/Zn in the metallization was shown as important in reducing pc. Significant intermixing of the metal layers and In0.47Ga0.53As occured at ≥ 350 °C, as revealed by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry.


1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (S1) ◽  
pp. 684-690
Author(s):  
X. A. Cao ◽  
F. Ren ◽  
J. R. Lothian ◽  
S. J. Pearton ◽  
C. R. Abernathy ◽  
...  

Sputter-deposited W-based contacts on p-GaN (NA∼1018 cm−3) display non-ohmic behavior independent of annealing temperature when measured at 25°C. The transition to ohmic behavior occurs above ∼250°C as more of the acceptors become ionized. The optimum annealing temperature is ∼700°C under these conditions. These contacts are much more thermally stable than the conventional Ni/Au metallization, which shows a severely degraded morphology even at 700°C. W-based contacts may be ohmic as-deposited on very heavily doped n-GaN, and the specific contact resistance improves with annealing up to ∼900°C.


2018 ◽  
Vol 924 ◽  
pp. 385-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Nipoti ◽  
Maurizio Puzzanghera ◽  
Maria Concetta Canino ◽  
Giovanna Sozzi ◽  
Paolo Fedeli

This study shows that a thin Ni film on Al/Ti/4H-SiC metal pads allows to preserve the pad form factor during a 1000 °C/2 min treatment, provided that the Al and Ti film thicknesses are sufficiently thin. Moreover, by reducing the Al to Ti thickness ratio, droplet formation in the contact area is avoided and a mirror-like appearance is obtained. This optimal contact morphology corresponds to a specific contact resistance of few 10-4Ωcm2at room temperature on p-type 4H-SiC with resistivity in the range 0.1 – 1 Ωcm.


2000 ◽  
Vol 640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xaiobin Wang ◽  
Stanislav Soloviev ◽  
Ying Gao ◽  
G. Straty ◽  
Tangali Sudarshan ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTOhmic contacts to p-type SiC were fabricated by depositing Al/Ni and Al/Ti followed by high temperature annealing. A p-type layer was fabricated by Al or B diffusion from vapor phase into both p-type and n-type substrates. The thickness of the diffused layer was about 0.1–0.2 μm with surface carrier concentration of about 1.0×1019cm−3. Metal contacts to a p-type substrate with a background doping concentration of 1.2×1018cm−3, without a diffusion layer, were also formed. The values of specific contact resistance obtained by Circular Transmission Line Method (CTLM) and Transfer Length Method (TLM) for the n-type substrate, and by Cox & Strack method for p-type substrate, respectively, varied from 1.3×10−4Ωcm2 to 8.8×10−3 Ωcm2. The results indicate that the specific contact resistance could be significantly reduced by creating a highly doped diffused surface layer.


2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. H315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray-Ming Lin ◽  
Yi-Lun Chou ◽  
Wan-Ching Tseng ◽  
Chia-Lung Tsai ◽  
Jen-Chih Li ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 600-603 ◽  
pp. 639-642
Author(s):  
Duy Minh Nguyen ◽  
Christophe Raynaud ◽  
Mihai Lazar ◽  
Heu Vang ◽  
Dominique Planson

N+ 4H-SiC commercial substrates with n-type epilayers have been used to realize bipolar diodes and TLM structures. The p-type emitter of diodes was realized by Al implantations followed by a post-implantation annealing with or without a graphite capping layer. Ohmic contacts were formed by depositing Ti/Ni on the backside and Ni/Al on the topside of the wafer. It appears that capping the sample during the annealing reduces considerably the surface roughness and the specific contact resistance. Sheet resistance and specific contact resistance as low as 2kΩ/□ and respectively 1.75×10-4 Ωcm² at 300 K have been obtained. I-V measurements as a function of temperature have been performed from ~100 to ~500 K. The variations of the series resistance vs. temperature can be explained by the freeze-out of carriers and by the variation of carrier mobility.


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