Insulating gallium oxide layer produced by thermal oxidation of gallium-polar GaN
The benefits of dry oxidation of n ‐GaN for the fabrication of metal‐oxide‐semiconductor structures are reported. GaN thin films grown on sapphire by MOCVD were thermally oxidized for 30, 45 and 60 minutes in a pure oxygen atmosphere at 850 °C to produce thin, smooth GaOx layers. The GaN sample oxid...
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Published in | Physica status solidi. C Vol. 11; no. 3-4; pp. 565 - 568 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Berlin
WILEY-VCH Verlag
01.02.2014
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Summary: | The benefits of dry oxidation of n ‐GaN for the fabrication of metal‐oxide‐semiconductor structures are reported. GaN thin films grown on sapphire by MOCVD were thermally oxidized for 30, 45 and 60 minutes in a pure oxygen atmosphere at 850 °C to produce thin, smooth GaOx layers. The GaN sample oxidized for 30 minutes had the best properties. Its surface roughness (0.595 nm) as measured by atomic force microscopy (AFM) was the lowest. Capacitance‐voltage measurements showed it had the best saturation in accumulation region and the sharpest transition from accumulation to depletion regions. Under gate voltage sweep, capacitance‐voltage hysteresis was completely absent. The interface trap density was minimum (Dit = 2.75×1010 cm–2eV–1) for sample oxidized for 30 mins. These results demonstrate a high quality GaOx layer is beneficial for GaN MOSFETs. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) |
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Bibliography: | Office of Naval Research - No. N00014-09-1-1160 ark:/67375/WNG-2KGPT23R-V American Society for Engineering Education NRL, Postdoctoral Fellow Program ArticleID:PSSC201300659 istex:6D418B916EF9EC9E13FA2F337D50502EC6BC4DFD ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1862-6351 1610-1642 |
DOI: | 10.1002/pssc.201300659 |