Temperature-dependent current–voltage characteristics of the Au/n-InP diodes with inhomogeneous Schottky barrier height

2009 ◽  
Vol 404 (8-11) ◽  
pp. 1558-1562 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.E. Cimilli ◽  
M. Sağlam ◽  
H. Efeoğlu ◽  
A. Türüt
2016 ◽  
Vol 858 ◽  
pp. 1170-1173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Greco ◽  
Ferdinando Iucolano ◽  
Filippo Giannazzo ◽  
Salvatore di Franco ◽  
Domenico Corso ◽  
...  

In this paper, the electrical properties of different metal/p-GaN contacts (Ti/Al, TiN/Ti/Al and Ni/Au) have been investigated to get a deeper understanding of the behavior of p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterostructures for normally-off HEMTs. In particular, the study of the temperature dependent current-voltage characteristics allowed to identify the dominant carrier transport mechanism at the metal/p-GaN interface (Thermionic Field Emission). From the fit of the experimental current-voltage data it was possible to determine the Schottky barrier height values for the three systems, 2.08 eV (Ti/Al), 1.57 eV (TiN/Ti/Al) and 1.89 eV (Ni/Au). Hence, choosing the highest barrier height contact (Ti/Al) as gate electrode on a p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterostructure, optimized based on simulations, allowed to obtain devices with a normally-off behavior and a positive Vth of +1.3 V.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2678
Author(s):  
Philipp Wendel ◽  
Dominik Dietz ◽  
Jonas Deuermeier ◽  
Andreas Klein

The current-voltage characteristics of ZnO/RuO2 Schottky diodes prepared by magnetron sputtering are shown to exhibit a reversible hysteresis behavior, which corresponds to a variation of the Schottky barrier height between 0.9 and 1.3 eV upon voltage cycling. The changes in the barrier height are attributed to trapping and de-trapping of electrons in oxygen vacancies.


2014 ◽  
Vol 778-780 ◽  
pp. 710-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Amini Moghadam ◽  
Sima Dimitrijev ◽  
Ji Sheng Han

This paper presents a physical model based on interface traps to explain both the larger barrier heights of practical Schottky diodes in comparison to the theoretically expected values and the appearance of a knee in the log I–V characteristics. According to this model, acceptor-type interface traps near the valance band increase the Schottky barrier height, which shifts the log I–V characteristic to higher forward-bias voltages. In addition to the acceptor traps, donor-type interface traps can appear near the conduction band, and when they do, they cause the knee in the log I–V characteristics as their energy level falls below the Fermi level and the charge associated with these traps changes from positive to neutral.


1994 ◽  
Vol 337 ◽  
Author(s):  
C-P. Chen ◽  
Y. A. Chang ◽  
T.F. Kuech

ABSTRACTA systematic study of the enhancement of Schottky barriers to n-GaAs diodes has been carried out using the Ni-Al binary system. The diodes, Ni2Al3/n-GaAs, Ni2Al3/Ni/n-GaAs, Ni/Al/Ni/n-GaAs and NiAl/Al/Ni/n-GaAs, have been realized by sputter deposition at a base pressure ∼2xl0-7 Torr. A high Schottky barrier height ranging from 0.95 to 0.98 eV (deduced from current-voltage measurements) was observed for all the annealed contacts except for Ni2Al3/n-GaAs contacts. The enhancement of the Schottky barrier height in all the contacts was attributed to the formation of a high Al content (Al,Ga)As layer at the metal/semiconductor interface. The formation of this (Al,Ga)As layer was explained in terms of a regrowth mechanism. In this mechanism, Ni reacts with GaAs initially at low temperatures, forming NixGaAs. The NixGaAs layer is believed to react with the Ni-Al layer to form the (Al,Ga)As layer when subjected to a high temperature annealing. A (200) dark field XTEM image of the annealed contact was used to demonstrate the existence of this (Al,Ga)As phase.


2015 ◽  
Vol 650 ◽  
pp. 658-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zagarzusem Khurelbaatar ◽  
Min-Sung Kang ◽  
Kyu-Hwan Shim ◽  
Hyung-Joong Yun ◽  
Jouhan Lee ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 199-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Faruk Ozdemir ◽  
Adnan Calik ◽  
Guven Cankaya ◽  
Osman Sahin ◽  
Nazim Ucar

Au/n-GaAs Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) have been fabricated. The effect of indentation on Schottky diode parameters such as Schottky barrier height (φb) and ideality factor (n) was studied by current-voltage (I-V) measurements. The method used for indentation was the Vickers microhardness test at room temperature. The experimental results showed that the I-V characteristics move to lower currents due to an increase of φb with increasing indentation weight, while contacts showed a nonideal diode behaviour.


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