Electrical characteristics of SiC schottky diodes treated by the various dry etch methods for a damaged surface

변형막 식각 방법에 따른 탄화규소 쇼트키 다이오드의 전기적 특성

  • Published : 2008.06.19

Abstract

The 4H-SiC schottky diodes treated by the various dry etch methods were fabricated and electrically characterized. The post etch process including an Inductively Coupled Plasma(ICP) etch and a Neutron Beam Etch(NBE) was performed after a high-temperature activation annealing without graphite cap in order to eliminate the damaged surface generated during the activation annealing. The reverse leakage current of diode treated by ICP was 1/35 times lower than that of the diode without any post etch at the anode bias of -100V, while the reverse leakage current of diode treated by NBE was 1/44 times lower at the same bias.

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