Low Temperature Investigations on Epitaxial Silicon using the Micro-Hall Device.

Abstract

The report is concerned with the feasibility of using the micro-Hall device, introduced by Colclaser and Southward, as a tool for determining important electrical characteristics of epitaxial silicon at low temperatures. The theory of carrier concentration and mobility as a function of temperature in the low temperature range is presented. A contact diffusion mask is introduced which eliminates the formation of an unwanted junction at the substrate contacts and aids in the formation of ohmic contacts. The refrigerator (cryo-tip) used to obtain low temperatures and a special designed specimen holder which connects to the cryo-tip are described. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0744343

Entities

People

  • H. D. Southward
  • J. P. Baca
  • R. A. Colclaser

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diffusion
  • Low Temperature
  • Metal-Semiconductor Junctions
  • Mobility
  • Substrates

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.