Defects and Impurities in 4H- and 6H-SiC Homoepitaxial Layers: Identification, Origin, Effect on Properties of Ohmic Contacts and Insulating Layers and Reduction

Abstract

A hot wall chemical vapor deposition system has been constructed to deposit thin films of 4H- and 6H-SiC and AlN. The design incorporates a separate load lock from which the growth chamber and a RHEED chamber are attached. Operation awaits the completion of the laboratory upfitting to address the safety requirements necessary to use silane. Characteristics of high voltage, planar, PN junction diodes fabricated on 4H-SiC using field plate as an edge termination are reported for the first time. The diodes were formed by nitrogen implantation into p-type epitaxial layers and aluminum implantation into p-type epitaxial layers at 1000 deg C, using a deposited and patterned SiO2 layer as the mask.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA345803

Entities

People

  • Bayant Jayant Baliga
  • M. O. Aboelfotoh
  • Robert F Davis
  • Robert J. Nemanich

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Diodes
  • Electronic Components
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • High Voltage
  • Implantation
  • Ion Implantation
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Metal-Semiconductor Junctions
  • P-N Junction Diodes
  • P-N Junctions
  • Schottky Diodes
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Silicon Carbide

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems