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Title: Effect of GaN surface treatment on Al2O3/n-GaN MOS capacitors

Journal Article · · Journal of vacuum science & technology. B, Microelectronics and nanometer structures
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4931793· OSTI ID:1346638
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  1. Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
  2. Naval Research Lab. (NRL), Washington, DC (United States)
  3. Naval Research Lab. (NRL), Washington, DC (United States).
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The surface preparation for depositing Al2O3 for fabricating Au/Ni/Al2O3/n-GaN (0001) metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitors was optimized as a step toward realization of high performance GaN MOSFETs. The GaN surface treatments studied included cleaning with piranha (H2O2:H2SO4 = 1:5), (NH4)(2)S, and 30% HF etches. By several metrics, the MOS capacitor with the piranha-etched GaN had the best characteristics. It had the lowest capacitance-voltage hysteresis, the smoothest Al2O3 surface as determined by atomic force microscopy (0.2nm surface roughness), the lowest carbon concentration (similar to 0.78%) at the Al2O3/n-GaN interface (from x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), and the lowest oxide-trap charge (Q(T) = 1.6 x 10(11) cm(-2) eV(-1)). Its interface trap density (D-it = 3.7 x 10(12) cm(-2) eV(-1)), as measured with photon-assisted capacitance- voltage method, was the lowest from conduction band-edge to midgap. (C) 2015 American Vacuum Society.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1346638
Journal Information:
Journal of vacuum science & technology. B, Microelectronics and nanometer structures, Vol. 33, Issue 6; ISSN 1071-1023
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English