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Title: Low-Resistance, High-Yield Electrical Contacts to Atom Scale Si:P Devices Using Palladium Silicide

Abstract

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) enables the fabrication of two-dimensional δ-doped structures in Si with atomistic precision, with applications from tunnel field-effect transistors to qubits. The combination of a very small contact area and the restrictive thermal budget necessary to maintain the integrity of the δ layer make developing a robust electrical contact method a significant challenge to realizing the potential of atomically precise devices. We demonstrate a method for electrical contact using Pd2Si formed at the temperature of silicon overgrowth (250 °C), minimizing the diffusive impact on the δ layer. Here, we use the transfer length method to show our Pd2Si contacts have very high yield (99.7% +0.2% –1.5%) and low resistivity (272 ± 41 Ω μm) in contacting mesa-etched Si:P δ layers. We also present three terminal measurements of low contact resistance (<1 kΩ) to devices written by STM hydrogen depassivation lithography with similarly high yield (100% +0% –3.2%).

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  2. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Zyvex Labs, LLC, Richardson, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1842444
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0008311
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Applied
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2331-7019
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; Electrical conductivity; Quantum transport; 2-dimensional systems; Devices; Doped semiconductors; Nanostructures; Sample preparation; Scanning tunneling microscopy

Citation Formats

Schmucker, Scott W., Namboodiri, Pradeep N., Kashid, Ranjit, Wang, Xiqiao, Hu, Binhui, Wyrick, Jonathan E., Myers, Alline F., Schumacher, Joshua D., Silver, Richard M., and Stewart, Jr., M. D. Low-Resistance, High-Yield Electrical Contacts to Atom Scale Si:P Devices Using Palladium Silicide. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.11.034071.
Schmucker, Scott W., Namboodiri, Pradeep N., Kashid, Ranjit, Wang, Xiqiao, Hu, Binhui, Wyrick, Jonathan E., Myers, Alline F., Schumacher, Joshua D., Silver, Richard M., & Stewart, Jr., M. D. Low-Resistance, High-Yield Electrical Contacts to Atom Scale Si:P Devices Using Palladium Silicide. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.11.034071
Schmucker, Scott W., Namboodiri, Pradeep N., Kashid, Ranjit, Wang, Xiqiao, Hu, Binhui, Wyrick, Jonathan E., Myers, Alline F., Schumacher, Joshua D., Silver, Richard M., and Stewart, Jr., M. D. Fri . "Low-Resistance, High-Yield Electrical Contacts to Atom Scale Si:P Devices Using Palladium Silicide". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.11.034071. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1842444.
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title = {Low-Resistance, High-Yield Electrical Contacts to Atom Scale Si:P Devices Using Palladium Silicide},
author = {Schmucker, Scott W. and Namboodiri, Pradeep N. and Kashid, Ranjit and Wang, Xiqiao and Hu, Binhui and Wyrick, Jonathan E. and Myers, Alline F. and Schumacher, Joshua D. and Silver, Richard M. and Stewart, Jr., M. D.},
abstractNote = {Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) enables the fabrication of two-dimensional δ-doped structures in Si with atomistic precision, with applications from tunnel field-effect transistors to qubits. The combination of a very small contact area and the restrictive thermal budget necessary to maintain the integrity of the δ layer make developing a robust electrical contact method a significant challenge to realizing the potential of atomically precise devices. We demonstrate a method for electrical contact using Pd2Si formed at the temperature of silicon overgrowth (250 °C), minimizing the diffusive impact on the δ layer. Here, we use the transfer length method to show our Pd2Si contacts have very high yield (99.7% +0.2% –1.5%) and low resistivity (272 ± 41 Ω μm) in contacting mesa-etched Si:P δ layers. We also present three terminal measurements of low contact resistance (<1 kΩ) to devices written by STM hydrogen depassivation lithography with similarly high yield (100% +0% –3.2%).},
doi = {10.1103/physrevapplied.11.034071},
journal = {Physical Review Applied},
number = 3,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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