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Field Emission Properties of Ion Beam Synthesized SiC/Si Heterostructures by MEVVA Implantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Dihu Chen ,
S. P. Wong ,
W.Y. Cheung ,
E.Z. Luo ,
W. Wu ,
J.B. Xu ,
I.H. Wilson  and
R.W.M. Kwok
Dihu Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science & Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong China
S. P. Wong
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science & Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong China
W.Y. Cheung
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science & Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong China
E.Z. Luo
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science & Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong China
W. Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science & Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong China
J.B. Xu
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science & Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong China
I.H. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science & Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong China
R.W.M. Kwok
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Materials Science & Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong China
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Abstract

Planar SiC/Si heterostructures were formed by high dose carbon implantation using a metal vapor vacuum arc ion source. The variations of the field emission properties with the implant dose and annealing conditions were studied. A remarkably low turn-on field of IV/μm was observed from a sample implanted at 35 keV to a dose of 1.0×1018 cm−2 with subsequent annealing in nitrogen at 1200°C for 2h. The chemical composition depth profiles were determined from x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and the surface morphology was observed by atomic force microscopy. The formation of a thin surface stoichiometric SiC layer and the formation of densely distributed small protrusions on the surface are believed to be the two factors responsible for the efficient electron field emission.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 509: Symposium C – Materials Issues in Vacuum Microelectronics , 1998 , 199
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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