Au‐free ohmic contacts and their impact on sub‐contact charge carrier concentration in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures

Abstract: The impact of an Au-free Ti/Al/Ti/TiN (20/100/20/80 nm) ohmic contact metallization on an Al0.21Ga0.79N/GaN heterostructure is investigated. Using the transfer length method and Hall measurements, the sheet resistance and the carrier concentration below the contact are analyzed, depending on the post-deposition annealing temperature. It is shown that with increasing annealing temperature, the carrier density below the contact is enhanced. This is caused by the contact formation mechanism, leading to an extremely low contact end resistance to the sub-contact region of 0.04 Ω mm. However, while the sub-contact semiconductor resistance is low, the contact (front) resistance to the device channel is 0.74 Ω mm after annealing at 900 °C, indicating a depletion of the sub-contact 2D electron gas because of alloy formation

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Englisch
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Physica status solidi. B, Basic research. - 259, 2 (2022) , 2100312, ISSN: 1521-3951

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Freiburg
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2022
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DOI
10.1002/pssb.202100312
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2281551
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