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Effect of annealing on the effective barrier height and ideality factor of nickel Schottky contacts to 4H-SiC

Journal Article · · Semiconductors
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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute (Russian Federation)
Effect of annealing on the electrical properties of 50 nickel Schottky contacts formed on a single 4H-SiC wafer has been studied. It is shown that annealing at 200 deg. C for 1 h favors homogenization of the metal-semiconductor heterointerface, which leads to a narrower scatter of such contact parameters as the ideality factor and effective barrier height. At higher annealing temperatures (350-450 deg. C) the scatter of these parameters again increases; presumably, this occurs because of the local chemical interaction of nickel with silicon carbide.
OSTI ID:
21260368
Journal Information:
Semiconductors, Journal Name: Semiconductors Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 43; ISSN SMICES; ISSN 1063-7826
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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