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Transport Mechanisms in Focused Ion Beam Assisted Ohmic Contacts to p-Type 6H-SiC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Agis A. Iliadis
Agis A. Iliadis*
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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Abstract

The current transport mechanism in non-annealed Ohmic contact metallizations on p-type 6H-SiC formed by using focused ion beam (FIB) surface-modification and direct-write metal deposition is reported, and the properties of such focused ion beam assisted non-annealed contacts are discussed. The process uses a Ga focused ion beam to modify the surface of the semiconductor with different doses, and then introduces an organometallic compound in the Ga ion beam, to effect the direct-write deposition of a metal on the modified surface. Contact resistance measurements by the transmission line method produced values in the low 10-4 Ω cm2 range for surface-modified and direct-write Pt and W non-annealed contacts, and mid 10-5 Ω cm2 range for surface-modified and pulse laser deposited TiN contacts. The current transport mechanism of these contacts was examined and found to proceed mainly by tunneling through the metal-modified-semiconductor interface layer.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 742: Symposium K – Silicon Carbide-Materials, Processing, and Devices , 2002 , K5.12
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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