A Study on the Ohmic Contacts and Etching Processes for the Fabrication of GaSb-based p-channel HEMT on Si Substrate

Si 기판 GaSb 기반 p-채널 HEMT 제작을 위한 오믹 접촉 및 식각 공정에 관한 연구

  • Yoon, Dae-Keun (School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University) ;
  • Yun, Jong-Won (School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University) ;
  • Ko, Kwang-Man (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Hanyang University) ;
  • Oh, Jae-Eung (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Hanyang University) ;
  • Rieh, Jae-Sung (School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University)
  • 윤대근 (고려대학교 전자전기 공학부) ;
  • 윤종원 (고려대학교 전자전기 공학부) ;
  • 고광만 (한양대학교 전자컴퓨터 공학부) ;
  • 오재응 (한양대학교 전자컴퓨터 공학부) ;
  • 이재성 (고려대학교 전자전기 공학부)
  • Received : 2009.12.03
  • Published : 2009.12.30

Abstract

Ohmic contact formation and etching processes for the fabrication of MBE (molecular beam epitaxy) grown GaSb-based p-channel HEMT devices on Si substrate have been studied. Firstly, mesa etching process was established for device isolation, based on both HF-based wet etching and ICP-based dry etching. Ohmic contact process for the source and drain formation was also studied based on Ge/Au/Ni/Au metal stack, which resulted in a contact resistance as low as $0.683\;{\Omega}mm$ with RTA at $320^{\circ}C$ for 60s. Finally, for gate formation of HEMT device, gate recess process was studied based on AZ300 developer and citric acid-based wet etching, in which the latter turned out to have high etching selectivity between GaSb and AlGaSb layers that were used as the cap and the barrier of the device, respectively.

실리콘 기판 상에 MBE (molecular beam epitaxy)로 형성된 GaSb 기반 p-channel HEMT 소자를 제작하기 위하여 오믹 접촉 형성 공정과 식각 공정을 연구하였다. 먼저 각 소자의 절연을 위한 메사 식각 공정 연구를 수행하였으며, HF기반의 습식 식각 공정과 ICP(inductively coupled plasma)를 이용한 건식 식각 공정이 모두 사용되었다. 이와 함께 소스/드레인 영역 형성을 위한 오믹 접촉 형성 공정에 관한 연구를 진행하였으며 Ge/Au/Ni/Au 금속층 및 $300^{\circ}C$ 60초 RTA공정을 통해 $0.683\;{\Omega}mm$의 접촉 저항을 얻을 수 있었다. 더불어 HEMT 소자의 게이트 형성을 위한 게이트 리세스 공정을 AZ300 현상액과 citric산 기반의 습식 식각을 이용하여 연구하였으며, citric산의 경우 소자 구조에서 캡으로 사용된 GaSb와 베리어로 사용된 AlGaSb사이에서 높은 식각 선택비를 보였다.

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