Comparison of Electrical Characteristics of 4H-SiC(0001) and (000-1) Schottky Barrier Diodes

2006 ◽  
Vol 527-529 ◽  
pp. 927-930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomonori Nakamura ◽  
Toshiyuki Miyanagi ◽  
Isaho Kamata ◽  
Hidekazu Tsuchida

We compared the electrical characteristics of 4H-SiC(0001) and (000-1) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs), and derived the Schottky barrier heights (Hbs) of Ta, W, Mo, and Pd on {0001}. We investigated the annealing temperature dependence of Hbs in Mo and the W Schottky contacts for (0001) and (000-1). The Hbs are increased by annealing, except for the W Schottky contact on (0001). The yields of 0.25 cm2 as-deposited Mo-SBDs were 93.3% for (0001) and 71.1% for (000-1), respectively. We also demonstrated over 1 cm2 (0001) as-deposited Mo-SBD with a low leakage current, an excellent ideality factor, and no excess current, encouraging the enlargement of the active area in the SBD.

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 016501
Author(s):  
Fumio Otsuka ◽  
Hironobu Miyamoto ◽  
Akio Takatsuka ◽  
Shinji Kunori ◽  
Kohei Sasaki ◽  
...  

Abstract We fabricated high forward and low leakage current trench MOS-type Schottky barrier diodes (MOSSBDs) in combination with a field plate on a 12 μm thick epitaxial layer grown by halide vapor phase epitaxy on β-Ga2O3 (001) substrate. The MOSSBDs, measuring 1.7 × 1.7 mm2, exhibited a forward current of 2 A (70 A cm−2) at 2 V forward voltage and a leakage current of 5.7 × 10–10 A at −1.2 kV reverse voltage (on/off current ratio of > 109) with an ideality factor of 1.05 and wafer-level specific on-resistance of 17.1 mΩ · cm2.


2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (14) ◽  
pp. 2309-2319 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. ERTURK ◽  
M. C. HACIISMAILOGLU ◽  
Y. BEKTORE ◽  
M. AHMETOGLU

The electrical characteristics of Cr / p – Si (100) Schottky barrier diodes have been measured in the temperature range of 100–300 K. The I-V analysis based on thermionic emission (TE) theory has revealed an abnormal decrease of apparent barrier height and increase of ideality factor at low temperature. The conventional Richardson plot exhibits non-linearity below 200 K with the linear portion corresponding to activation energy 0.304 eV and Richardson constant (A*) value of 5.41×10-3 Acm-2 K -2 is determined from the intercept at the ordinate of this experimental plot, which is much lower than the known value of 32 Acm-2 K -2 for p-type Si . It is demonstrated that these anomalies result due to the barrier height inhomogeneities prevailing at the metal-semiconductor interface. Hence, it has been concluded that the temperature dependence of the I-V characteristics of the Cr/p – Si Schottky barrier diode can be successfully explained on the basis of TE mechanism with a Gaussian distribution of the barrier heights. Furthermore, the value of the Richardson constant found is much closer than that obtained without considering the inhomogeneous barrier heights.


1993 ◽  
Vol 300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Y. Chang ◽  
Yeong-Lin Lai ◽  
Kuen-Chyuan Lin ◽  
Chun-Yen Chang ◽  
F. Y. Juang

ABSTRACTThe first study of the TiW nitrides (TiWNx) as the Schottky contact metals to the n type Ga0.51In0 49P has been made. The Ga0.51 In0.49P epitaxial layer was successfully grown on the GaAs substrate by LP-MOCVD to form a lattice-matched heterostructure. The RF-magnetron sputtering system was utilized for the nitride deposition. The thermal stability of the nitride films were studied using rapid thermal annealing (RTA) method. Both the electrical characteristics and the materials characteristics were investigated. The materials properties of the nitride films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). The TiWNx Schottky contacts demonstrate excellent electrical and physical characteristics, even after high temperature annealing. The barrier heights range from 0.81 to 1.05 eV depending on the content of the nitrogen and the annealing conditions. The XRD and AES results show no indication of interaction at the TiWNX/GaInP interface of both as-deposited and annealed samples. The outstanding characteristics of the contact were attributed to the high bandgap nature of the Ga0.51In0.49P and the incorporation of nitrogen into the TiW films.


1992 ◽  
Vol 260 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. Huang ◽  
J. G. Peng ◽  
C. C. Lin

ABSTRACTThe interfacial stability, surface morphology and electrical characteristics of MoAlx contacts to n-GaAs have been investigated by using x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, sheet resistance and current-voltage measurements. The compositions of rf-cosputtered MoAlx films were x = 0.35, 2.7, and 7.0, respectively. The contacts were annealed by rapid thermal processing in the temperature range 500–1000 °C for 20 s. The interfaces of MoAl0.35/GaAs and MoAl2,7/GaAs were stable up to 900 °C, while the interfaces of MoAl7.0/GaAs were less stable and reactions occurred above 800 °C. The variations of sheet resistances and the barrier heights of the Schottky diodes as a function of annealing temperatures can be well correlated to the interfacial stability. The MoAl2.7/n-GaAs diodes exhibited the best stability and were characterized by the highest barrier height (0.98 V) and nearly unit ideality factor (1.11) after annealing at 900 °C. For all thermally stable MoAlx/n-GaAs Schottky diodes, the barrier heights increased with annealing temperature.


2018 ◽  
Vol 113 (20) ◽  
pp. 202101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenshen Li ◽  
Zongyang Hu ◽  
Kazuki Nomoto ◽  
Zexuan Zhang ◽  
Jui-Yuan Hsu ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 725 ◽  
pp. 53-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenichi Ohtsuka ◽  
T. Nakatani ◽  
A. Nagae ◽  
H. Watanabe ◽  
Y. Nakaki ◽  
...  

SiC Schottky barrier diodes were fabricated and measured properties were characterized by device simulation. Most of devices show low leakage current, however, a few devices show leakage current larger than the values estimated from deviation of drift layer parameters. The leakage current component remarkable in lower voltage and saturating at higher voltage is related to Schottky barrier tunneling at macroscopic defects. The component remarkable in higher voltage is considered to be due to microscopic defect related generation current, concerning with non-stoichiometry.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document