Bias Annealing Effect on Hydrogen-Containing Au/N-Silicon Schottky Barrier

1993 ◽  
Vol 319 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.H. Yuan ◽  
Y.Q. Jia ◽  
G.G. Qin

AbstractAu/n-Si Schottky barrier (SB) incorporated by hydrogen has a 0.13 eV lower SB height (SBH) than that without hydrogen incorporation. For the hydrogen-containing SB, zero bias annealing (ZBA) decreases the SBH while reverse bias annealing (RBA) increases it. Besides, the ZBA and RBA cycling experiments reveal a reversible change of the SBH with in at least three cycles. The higher annealing temperature of RBA results in higher SBH. We interpret the above experimental facts as that hydrogen has an effect on metal-semiconductor interface states and then on the SBH, and both the bias on SB and temperature of annealing can influence the hydrogen effects on metal-semiconductor interface states.

1993 ◽  
Vol 48 (24) ◽  
pp. 17986-17994 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Yuan ◽  
H. Z. Song ◽  
S. X. Jin ◽  
H. P. Wang ◽  
Y. P. Qiao ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Lakshmi Devi ◽  
I. Jyothi ◽  
V. Rajagopal Reddy

In this work, we have investigated the electrical characteristics of Au–Cu–n-InP Schottky contacts by current–voltage (I–V) and capacitance–voltage (C–V) measurements in the temperature range 260–420 K in steps of 20 K. The diode parameters, such as the ideality factor, n, and zero-bias barrier height, Φb0, have been found to be strongly temperature dependent. It has been found that the zero-bias barrier height, Φb0(I–V), increases and the ideality factor, n, decreases with an increase in temperature. The forward I–V characteristics are analyzed on the basis of standard thermionic emission (TE) theory and the assumption of gaussian distribution of barrier heights, due to barrier inhomogeneities that prevail at the metal–semiconductor interface. The zero-bias barrier height Φb0 versus 1/2kT plot has been drawn to obtain the evidence of a gaussian distribution of the barrier heights. The corresponding values are Φb0 = 1.16 eV and σ0 = 159 meV for the mean barrier height and standard deviation, respectively. The modified Richardson plot has given mean barrier height, Φb0, and Richardson constant, A**, as 1.15 eV and 7.34 Acm−2K−2, respectively, which is close to the theoretical value of 9.4 Acm−2K−2. Barrier heights obtained from C–V measurements are higher than those obtained from I–V measurements. This inconsistency between Schottky barrier heights (SBHs) obtained from I–V and C–V measurements was also interpreted. The temperature dependence of the I–V characteristics of the Au–Cu–n-InP Schottky diode has been explained on the basis of TE mechanism with gaussian distribution of the SBHs.


2014 ◽  
Vol 778-780 ◽  
pp. 804-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jang Kwon Lim ◽  
Dimosthenis Peftitsis ◽  
Diane Perle Sadik ◽  
Mietek Bakowski ◽  
Hans Peter Nee

The 4H-SiC Schottky barrier diodes for high temperature operation over 200 °C have been developed using buried grids formed by implantation. Compared to a conventional JBS-type SBD with surface grid (SG), JBS-type SBD with buried grid (BG) has significantly reduced leakage current at reverse bias due to a better field shielding of the Schottky contact. By introducing the BG technology, the 1.7 kV diodes with an anode area 0.0024 cm2(1 A) and 0.024 cm2(10 A) were successfully fabricated, encapsulated in TO220 packages, and electrically evaluated. Two types of buried grid arrangement with different grid spacing dimensions were investigated. The measured I-V characteristics were compared with simulation. The best fit was obtained with an active area of approximately 60 % and 70 % of the anode area in large and small devices, respectively. The measured values of the device capacitances were 1000 pF in large devices and 100 pF in small devices at zero bias. The capacitance values are proportional to the device area. The recovery behavior of big devices was measured in a double pulse tester and simulated. The recovery charge, Qc, was 18 nC and 24 nC in simulation and measurement, respectively. The fabricated BG JBS-type SBDs have a smaller maximum reverse recovery current compared to the commercial devices. No influence of the different grid spacing on the recovery charge was observed.


1994 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1017
Author(s):  
YUAN MIN-HUA ◽  
QIAO YONG-PING ◽  
SONG HAI-ZHI ◽  
JIN SI-XIAN ◽  
QIN GUO-GANG

1996 ◽  
Vol 442 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Leosson ◽  
H. P. Gislason

AbstractWe present investigations on the two dominating acceptor levels observed in Cu-diffused GaAs which have frequently been attributed to the two ionization levels of a double CuGa acceptor. We employed plasma hydrogenation and lithium diffusion followed by reverse-bias and zero-bias annealing to passivate and subsequently reactivate the Cu-related acceptor levels. Deep-level current-transient spectroscopy measurements reveal that the two levels are independently reactivated, strongly indicating that they arise from different defects.


2004 ◽  
Vol 810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moongyu Jang ◽  
Yarkyeon Kim ◽  
Jaeheon Shin ◽  
Kyoungwan Park ◽  
Seongjae Lee

ABSTRACTThe stable growth conditions of erbium-silicide on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) are investigated considering annealing temperature, SOI and sputtered erbium thickness. From the sheet resistance measurement, X-ray diffraction and Auger electron spectroscopy analysis, the optimum annealing temperature is determined as 500°C. Also, for the stable growth of erbium- silicide on SOI, the sputtered erbium thickness should be less than 1.5 times of SOI thickness. As the SOI thickness decreases below this critical thickness, erbium-rich region is formed at the erbium-silicide and buried-oxide interface. By applying the optimized erbium-silicide growth conditions, 50-nm-gate-length n-type SB-MOSFET is manufactured, which shows the possible usage of erbium-silicide as the source and drain material in the n-type Schottky barrier MOSFETs for decananometer regime applications.


2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 561-565
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal

Cr2O3 thin films have been prepared by spray pyrolysis on a glass substrate. Absorbance and transmittance spectra were recorded in the wavelength range (300-900) nm before and after annealing. The effects of annealing temperature on absorption coefficient, refractive index, extinction coefficient, real and imaginary parts of dielectric constant and optical conductivity were expected. It was found that all these parameters increase as the annealing temperature increased to 550°C.


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