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The Effect of Post-deposition Annealing on the Properties of Ni/AlN/4H-SiC Structures

Ni/AlN/4H-SiC 구조로 제작된 소자의 후열처리 효과

  • Min, Seong-Ji (Dept. of Electronic Materials Engineering, Kwangwoon University) ;
  • Koo, Sang-Mo (Dept. of Electronic Materials Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
  • Received : 2020.06.07
  • Accepted : 2020.06.23
  • Published : 2020.06.30
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Abstract

We investigated the influence of rapid thermal annealing on aluminum nitride (AlN) thin film Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) manufactured structures deposited on a 4H-silicon carbide (SiC) wafer using radio frequency sputtering. The Ni/AlN/4H-SiC devices annealed at 400℃ exhibited Schottky barrier diode (SBDs) properties with an on/off current ratio that was approximately 10 times higher than that of the as-deposited device structures and the devices annealed at 600℃ as measured at room temperature. Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) measurements revealed that atomic oxygen concentrations in the annealed AlN devices at 400℃, is ascribed to the improvement in on/off ratio and the reduction of on-resistance. Additionally, we investigated the electrical characteristics of the AlN/SiC SBD structures depending on the frequency variation of sound waves.

본 연구에서는 RF 스퍼터를 이용하여 SiC 기판위에 AlN막을 증착하고 급속 열처리 (RTA) 공정의 온도에 따른 AlN/4H-SiC 구조의 전기적, 재료적 특성에 대한 영향을 분석하였다. 400도에서 RTA 공정을 진행한 Ni/AlN/4H-SiC SBD 소자의 온/오프 비율은 RTA 공정 전 그리고 600도에서 RTA 공정을 한 소자에 비해 약 10배정도 높은 값을 가졌다. 또한 오제이 전자현미경을 통한 원자성분 분석을 통해 증착한 AlN 층내의 존재하는 산소의 양이 후열 처리 조건에 따라 변화함을 확인하였고 소자의 온/오프 비율 그리고 온-저항 등 소자의 성능에 영향을 주는 것을 분석하였다. 추가적으로, 제작한 소자의 노출된 음향 주파수에 따른 전기적 특성변화를 분석하였다.

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