Effect of Indentation on I-V Characteristics of Au/n-GaAs Schottky Barrier Diodes

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.

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Ali Sadoun

In this work, we have presented a theoretical study of  Au/InSb/InP Schottky diode based on current-voltage (I-V) measurement in the temperature range ( 300 K- 425 K). Electrical parameters of Au/InSb/InP such as barrier height (Φb), ideality factor and series resistance have been calculated by employing the conventional (I-V), Norde, Cheung and Chattopadhyay methods. Measurements show that the Schottky barrier height (SBH), ideality factor and series resistance, RS for Au/InSb/InP Schottky diode in the temperature range (300 K–425 K)  are 0.602-0.69eV, 1.683-1.234 and 84.54-18.95 (Ω), respectively. These parameters were extracted using Atlas-Silvaco-Tcad logical.


MRS Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (38-39) ◽  
pp. 2127-2134
Author(s):  
Neetika ◽  
Ramesh Chandra ◽  
V. K. Malik

AbstractMolybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is one of the transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials which has attracted attention due to its various interesting properties. MoS2 is very promising for electronic and optoelectronic devices due to its indirect band gap (∼1.2 eV) for few layer and direct band gap (∼1.8 eV) for monolayer MoS2. In MoS2 based Schottky devices, Schottky barrier height depends on the thickness of MoS2 because of its tunable electronic properties. Here, we have used DC sputtering technique to fabricate metal-semiconductor junction of MoS2 with platinum (Pt) metal contacts. In this work, MoS2 thin film (∼10 nm) was deposited on p-Silicon (111) using DC sputtering technique at optimized parameters. Schottky metallization of Pt metal (contact area ∼ 0.785x10-2 cm2) was also done using DC sputtering. Current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the Pt/MoS2 Schottky junction have been investigated in the temperature range 80-350K. Forward I-V characteristics of Pt/MoS2 junction are analysed to calculate different Schottky parameters. Schottky barrier height increases and ideality factor decreases on increasing the temperature from 80-350K. The I-V-T measurements suggest the presence of local inhomogeneities at the Pt/MoS2 junction. Schottky barrier inhomogeneities occur in case of rough interface. In such cases, the Schottky barrier height does not remain constant and vary locally. Current transport through the Schottky junction is a thermally activated process. As temperature increases, more and more electrons overcome the spatially inhomogeneous barrier height. As a result, the ideality factor becomes close to unity and apparent barrier height increases due to increase in temperature.


2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (05) ◽  
pp. 765-771
Author(s):  
H. ESHGHI ◽  
M. MOHAMMADI

In this paper, the effect of porosity on reverse bias current–voltage characteristics of PtSi/por - Si (p-type) IR detector as a function of temperature is investigated. Our experimental data for two samples with different porosities (50% and 10%) at 300 K and 77 K are reported by Raissi et al.1 These data indicates a breakdown-like behavior. Our analytical model is based on hole thermionic emission with large ideality factor (n ≈ 200). Our calculations show that at each temperature, the Schottky barrier height, as well as the ideality factor, in sample with 10% porosity is bigger than that of 50%. These variations could be due to band gap variations of Si size effect using quantum dot model, and the presence of the relatively high (~1015 cm-2 eV-1) density of states at the silicide/por-silicon interface, respectively.


2008 ◽  
Vol 600-603 ◽  
pp. 1341-1344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Roccaforte ◽  
Ferdinando Iucolano ◽  
Filippo Giannazzo ◽  
Salvatore di Franco ◽  
Valeria Puglisi ◽  
...  

In this work, the electrical properties of Pt/GaN Schottky contacts were studied. The temperature dependence of the barrier height and ideality factor, and the low experimental value of the Richardson’s constant, were discussed considering the formation of an inhomogenous Schottky barrier. Local current-voltage measurements on Pt/GaN contact, performed with a conductive atomic force microscope, demonstrated a Gaussian distribution of the local barrier height values and allowed to monitor the degree of inhomogeneity of the barrier. The presence of defects, terminating on the bare GaN surface, was correlated with the electrical behavior of the inhomogeneous barrier.


2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 2050095
Author(s):  
Durmuş Ali Aldemir

Zr/p-Si Schottky diode was fabricated by DC magnetic sputtering of Zr on p-Si. Zr rectifying contact gave a zero bias barrier height of 0.73 eV and an ideality factor of 1.33 by current–voltage measurement. The experimental zero bias barrier height was higher than the value predicted by metal-induced gap states (MIGSs) and electronegativity theory. The forward bias current was limited by high series resistance. The series resistance value of 9840 [Formula: see text] was determined from Cheung functions. High value of the series resistance was ascribed to low quality ohmic contact. In addition to Cheung functions, important contact parameters such as barrier height and series resistance were calculated by using modified Norde method. Re-evaluation of modified Norde functions was realized in the direction of the method proposed by Lien et al. [IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 31 (1984) 1502]. From the method, the series resistance and ideality factor values were found to be as 41.49 [Formula: see text] and 2.08, respectively. The capacitance–voltage characteristics of the diode were measured as a function of frequency. For a wide range of applied frequency, the contact parameters calculated from [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curves did not exhibit frequency dependence. The barrier height value of 0.71 eV which was in close agreement with the value of zero bias barrier height was calculated from [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] plot at 1 MHz. The values of acceptor concentration obtained from [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curves showed consistency with actual acceptor concentration of p-Si.


2000 ◽  
Vol 622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae-Woo Kim ◽  
Joon Cheol Bae ◽  
Woo Jin Kim ◽  
Hong Koo Baik ◽  
Chong Cook Kim ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe have investigated surface treatment effect on the interfacial reaction of Pd/p-GaN interface and also room temperature ohmic contact formation mechanism of Pd-based ohmic contact. In order to examine room temperature ohmic behavior, various metal contact systems were deposited and current-voltage measurements were carried out. In spite of large theoretical Schottky barrier height between Pd and p-GaN, Pd-based contact showed perfect ohmic characteristic even before annealing. According to the results of synchrotron X-ray radiation, the closed-packed atomic planes (111) of the Pd film were quite well ordered in surface normal direction as well as in the in-plane direction. The effective Schottky barrier height of Au/Pd/Mg/Pd/p-GaN was 0.47eV, which was estimated by Norde method. This discrepancy between theoretical barrier height and the measured one might be due to the epitaxial growth of Pd contact metal and so the room-temperature ohmic characteristic of Pd-based ohmic contact was related strongly to the in-plane epitaxial quality of metal on p-GaN.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 803-809
Author(s):  
Doldet TANTRAVIWAT ◽  
Wittawat YAMWONG ◽  
Udom TECHAKIJKAJORN ◽  
Kazuo IMAI ◽  
Burapat INCEESUNGVORN

Herein, boron implantation technique was employed to engineer the Schottky barrier height (SBH) of Ti/n-type silicon junction (Ti/n-Si). The Ti/n-Si Schottky diodes with boron doses of 4, 5.4 and 6.6´1012 cm-2 at the energy of 25 keV were fabricated with improved rectification and their effective SBHs increased from 0.49 to 0.95. The tuning of the effective SBH is mainly attributed to the presence of shallow p-layer, which modifies the energy band at Ti/n-Si interface. This work clearly shows that the ability to precisely control the SBH, regardless of the metal work function, would facilitate the implementation of Schottky diode into various semiconductor structures, such as MPS (Merged PiN Schottky) diode, in order to improve performance without major modification on the existing metal line process.


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.


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