Metal Contacts on Semiconductors.

Abstract

An investigation into the factors influencing the electrical properties of GaAs Schottky contacts has been started. Initially it was attempted to make electrically ideal contacts to chemically etched GaAs surfaces by evaporating Au overlayers at room temperature. Although it is possible to occasionally make good diodes in this fashion it is not possible to make contacts consistently with near ideal characteristics (n is usually approx. 1.5). However, the best contact made in this way did have an ideality factor of n = 1.02 and a barrier height of theta BIV = 0.88 eV. Gallium arsenides. (mjm)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1985
Accession Number
ADA195674

Entities

People

  • R. H. Williams

Organizations

  • Cardiff University

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Electrical Properties
  • Gallium Arsenides
  • Metal Contacts
  • Metal-Semiconductor Junctions
  • Metals
  • Military Research
  • Polycrystals
  • Semiconductors
  • Transition Temperature
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Regression Analysis.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene