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24 August 2009 Ohmic contacts to n-GaN formed by ion-implanted Si into p-GaN
Xichang Bao, Jintong Xu, Wenjing Zhang, Ling Wang, Kaihui Chu, Chao Li, Xiangyang Li
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Proceedings Volume 7381, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009: Material and Device Technology for Sensors; 73810V (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835500
Event: International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009, 2009, Beijing, China
Abstract
In this paper, we report the ohmic contact to n-GaN fabricated by implanting silicon into Mg-doped GaN using an alloy of Ti/Al/Ti/Au metallization. The used materials were grown on (001) sapphire substrates by metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD). The layer structure was comprised of a GaN buffer layer and followed by a 2 μm thickness Mg-doped GaN (Na=5×1017cm-3) and then double silicon implantation was performed in order to convert p-type GaN into n-type GaN films. The as-implanted samples were then thermal annealed at 1150 °C for 5 min in N2 ambient. The carrier concentration and Hall mobility were 3.13×1018 cm3 and 112 cm2/ (V·s) measured by Hall method. Multilayer electrode of Ti (50 nm)/Al (50 nm)/Ti (30 nm)/Au (30 nm) was deposited on n-GaN using an electron-beam evaporation and contacts were formed by a N2 annealing technique ranging from 600 to 900 °C. After annealing lower than 700 °C, the contacts exhibited a rectifying behavior and became ohmic contact only after high temperature processes (≥700 °C). Specific contact resistance was as low as 9.58×10-4 Ω·cm2 after annealing at 800 °C for 60 seconds. While annealing temperature is higher than 800 °C, the specific contact resistance becomes worse. This phenomenon is caused by the surface morphology degradation.
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Xichang Bao, Jintong Xu, Wenjing Zhang, Ling Wang, Kaihui Chu, Chao Li, and Xiangyang Li "Ohmic contacts to n-GaN formed by ion-implanted Si into p-GaN", Proc. SPIE 7381, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009: Material and Device Technology for Sensors, 73810V (24 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835500
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KEYWORDS
Annealing

Gallium nitride

Resistance

Silicon

Temperature metrology

Metals

Ion implantation

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