• 한국결정성장학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국결정성장학회 1997년도 Proceedings of the 12th KACG Technical Meeting and the 4th Korea-Japan EMGS (Electronic Materials Growth Symposium)
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• pp.231-236
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• 1997

To improve electrical properties and uniformity of high-low doped n-type GaAs, new ohmic contacts with a low-resistance and the superior uniformity was developed using a concept of hybrid ohmic contact. The hybrid ohmic contact displayed good surface and interface morphology and had minimum contact resistivity of 3${\times}$10-6 $\Omega$$\textrm{cm}^2$ in a wide annealing temperature ranged from 340$^{\circ}C$ to 420$^{\circ}C$, which was much wider than that of conventional ohmic contacts. The microstructural analysis showed that the Pd/Ge ohmic contact at low annealing temperature (∼300$^{\circ}C$) and also annealing temperature (∼400$^{\circ}C$), resulting ij hybrid ohmic contacts.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 1998년도 제14회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.103-104
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• 1998

GaN is a ppromising materials fot applications in the blue/ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diodes (LEDs)[1] and laser diodes (LDs) [2] High quality ohmic contacts are very critical to these applications since the qualities of ohmic contact system pplay an impportant roles in the high efficient device opperations. For the n-GaN there have been many repports about ohmic contacts and the sppecific contact resistance were as low as from 10-8$\Omega$cm2 However for the ohmic contacts on pp-GaN much fewer study were repported and the sppecific contact resistivity was much lower than of n-GaN. In this ppapper we repport a new Ni/ppt/Au metallization scheme and discuss the mechanism of ohmic formation

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.465-472
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• 2003

Pd/Ge/Ti/Pt and Pd/Ge/Pd/Ti/Au ohmic contacts to n-type InGaAs were investigated for applications to AlGaAs/GaAs HBT emitter ohmic contacts. In the Pd/Ge/Ti/Pt ohmic contact minimum specific contact resistivity of $3.7${\times}$10^{-6}$ $\Omega$$\textrm{cm}^2$ was achieved by rapid thermal annealing at $^400{\circ}C$/10 sec. In the Pd/Ge/Ti/Au ohmic contact, minimum specific contact resistivity of $1.1${\times}$10^{-6}$ $\Omega$$\textrm{cm}^2$ was achieved by annealing at 40$0^{\circ}C$/10 sec but the ohmic performance was degraded with increasing annealing temperature due to the reaction between the ohmic contact materials and the InGaAs substrate. However, non-spiking planar interface and relatively good ohmic contact (high-$10^{-6}$ /$\Omega$$\textrm{cm}^2$) were maintained after annealing at $450^{\circ}C$/10 sec. Therefore, these thermally stable ohmic contact systems are promising candidates for compound semiconductor devices. RF performance of the AlGaAs/GaAs HBT was also examined by employing the Pd/Ge/Ti/Pt and Pd/Ge/Pd/Ti/Au systems as emitter ohmic contacts. Cutoff frequencies were 63.5 ㎓ and 65.0 ㎓, respectively, and maximum oscillation frequencies were 50.5 ㎓ and 51.3 ㎓, respectively, indicating very successful high frequency operations.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.567-571
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• 2003

We investigate vanadium (V)-based Ohmic contacts on n-GaN ($N_{d}$=$2.0${\times}$10^{18}$ $cm^{-3}$ ) as a function of annealing temperature. It is shown that the V (60 nm) contacts become Ohmic with specific contact resistances of $10^{-3}$ $- 10^{-4}$ Ω$\textrm{cm}^2$ upon annealing at 650 and $850^{\circ}C$. The V(20 nm)/Ti(60 nm)/Au(20 nm)contacts produce very low specific contact resistances of $2.2 ${\times}$ 10^{-5}$ and$ 4.0${\times}$10^{-6}$ Ω$\textrm{cm}^2$ when annealed at 650 and $850{\circ}C$, respectively. A comparison shows that the use of the overlayers (Ti/Au) is very effective in improving Ohmic property. Based on the current-voltage measurement, Auger electron spectroscopy, glancing angle X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy results, the possible mechanisms for the annealing temperature dependence of the Ohmic behavior of the V-based contacts are described and discussed.d.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2003년도 추계학술발표강연 및 논문개요집
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• pp.23-23
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• 2003

GaN-related semiconductors are of great technological importance for the fabrication of optoelectronic devices, such as blue and ultra violet light emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes, and photo-detectors. One of the most important applications of GaN-based LEDs is solid-state lighting, which could replace incandescent bulbs and ultimately fluorescent lamps. For solid-state lighting applications, the achievement of high extraction efficiency in LED structures is essential. For flip-chip LEDs (FCLEDS), the formation of low resistance and high reflective p-GaN contact is crucial. So far, a wide variety of different methods have been employed to improve the ohmic properties of p-type contacts to GaN. For example, surface treatments using different chemical solutions have been successfully used to produce high-quality ohmic contacts, Metallization schemes, such as Ta/Ti contacts to p-GaN, were also investigated. For these contacts, the removal of hydrogen atoms from the Mg atoms doped n the GaN was argued to be responsible for low contact resistances.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.4 No.1
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• pp.290-293
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• 2003

Ohmic contact characteristics of Al ion implanted n-type SiC wafer were investigated. Al ions implanted with high dose to obtain the final concentration of $5{\times}10^{19}/cm^3$, then annealed at high temperature. Firstly, B ion ion implanted p-well region were formed which is needed for fabrication of SiC devices such as DIMOSFET and un diode. Secondly, Al implanted high dose region for ohmic contact were formed. After ion implantation, the samples were annealed at high temperature up to $1600^{\circ}C\;and\;1700^{\circ}C$ for 30 min in order to activate the implanted ions electrically. Both the inear TLM and circular TLM method were used for characterization. Ni/Ti metal layer was used for contact metal which is widely used in fabrication of ohmic contacts for n-type SiC. The metal layer was deposited by using RF sputtering and rapid thermal annealed at $950^{\circ}C$ for 90sec. Good ohmic contact characteristics could be obtained regardless of measuring methods. The measured specific contact resistivity for the samples annealed at $1600^{\circ}C\;and\;1700^{\circ}C$ were $1.8{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm^2$, $5.6{\times}10^{-5}{\Omega}cm^2$, respectively. Using the same metal and same process of the ohmic contacts in n-type SiC, it is found possible to make a good ohmic contacts to p-type SiC. It is very helpful for fabricating a integrated SiC devices. In addition, we obtained that the ratio of the electrically activated ions to the implanted Al ions were 10% and 60% for the samples annealed at $1600^{\circ}C\;and\;1700^{\circ}C$, respectively.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.218-227
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• 2003

AlGaAs/GaAs HBT 에미터 오믹 접촉을 위해 n형 InGaAs에 대한 Pd/Si/Ti/Pt 및 Pd/Si/Pd/Ti/Au 오믹 접촉 특성을 조사하였다. Pd/Si/Ti/Pt 오믹 접촉의 경우, 증착 상태에서는 접촉 비저항을 측정할 수 없을 정도의 비오믹 특성을 보였으며, $375^{\circ}C$에서 10초 동안 열처리한 경우 $5\times10^{-3}\Omega\textrm{cm}^2$의 높은 접촉 비저항을 나타내었다. 그러나 열처리 조건을 $425^{\circ}C$, 10초로 변화시킬 경우 $2\times10^{-6}\Omega\textrm{cm}^2$의 낮은 접촉 비저항을 나타내었다. Pd/Si/Pd/Ti/Au 오믹 접촉의 경우, $450^{\circ}C$까지의 열처리 동안에 전반적으로 우수한 오믹 특성을 나타내어 $400^{\circ}C$, 20초의 급속 열처리 조건에서 최저 $3.9\times10^{-7}\Omega\textrm{cm}^2$의 접촉 비저항을 나타내었다. 두 오믹 접촉 모두 오믹 재료와 InGaAs의 평활한 계면을 유지하면서 우수한 오믹 특성을 나타내어, 화합물 반도체 소자의 오믹 접촉으로 충분히 응용 가능하였다. Pd/Si/Ti/Pt 및 Pd/Si/Pd/Ti/Au를 AlGaAs/GaAs HBT의 에미터 오믹 접촉으로 사용하여 제작된 HBT 소자의 고주파 특성을 측정한 결과, 차단 주파수가 각각 63.9 ㎓ 및 74.4 ㎓로, 또한 최대공진 주파수가 각각 50.1 ㎓ 및 52.5 ㎓로 우수한 작동특성을 보였다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.495-499
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• 2004

Characteristics of ohmic Ni/Si/Ni contacts to n-type 4H-SiC are investigated systematically. The ohmic contacts were formed by annealing Ni/Si/Ni sputtered sequentially The annealings were performed at 950℃ using RTP in vacuum ambient and N₂ ambient, respectively. The specific contact resistivity(p/sub c/), sheet resistance(R/sub s/), contact resistance (R/sub c/) transfer length(L/sub T/) were calculated from resistance(R/sub T/) versus contact spacing(d) measurements obtained from TLM(transmission line method) structure. While the resulting measurement values of sample annealed at vacuum ambient were p/sub c/ = 3.8×10/sup -5/Ω㎠, R/sub c/ = 4.9 Ω and R/sub T/ = 9.8 Ω, those of sample annealed at N₂ ambient were p/sub c/ = 2.29×10/sup -4/Ω㎠, R/sub c/ = 12.9 Ω and R/sub T/ = 25.8 Ω. The physical properties of contacts were examined using XRD 3nd AES. The results showed that nickel silicide was formed on SiC and Ni was migrated into SiC. This result indicates that Ni/Si/Ni ohmic contact would be useful in high performance electronic devices.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 1992년도 제3회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.25-25
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• 1992

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1378-1380
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• 2001

Ohmic contacts have been fabricated on p-type 4H-SiC using Pt/Ti. Low resistivitf Ohmic contacts of Pt/Ti to p-type 4H-SiC were investigated. Specific contact resistances were measured using the transmission line model method, and the physical properties of the contacts were examined using x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy. Ohmic behavior with linear current-voltage characteristics was observed following anneals at $900^{\circ}C$ for 90sec at a pressure of $3.4{\times}10^{-5}$ Torr. The Pt/Si/Ti films was measured lower value of the specific contact resistance by the annealing process, and the contact resistances were improved more than one order compared to Ti contact the annealed sample. Scanning electron microscopy shows that the Pt layer effectively reduce the oxidation of Ti films. And results are obtained as $4.6{\times}10^{-4}$ ohm/$cm^2$ for a Pt/Ti metal structure after a vacuum annealing at $900^{\circ}C$ for 90sec. Titanium has a relatively high melting point, thus Ti-based metal contacts were attempted in this study.