Antimonide-Based Heterostructure p-Channel MOSFETs With Ni-Alloy Source/Drain

Abstract

In this letter, we study the formation and electrical properties of Ni-GaSb alloys by direct reaction of Ni with GaSb. It is found that several properties of Ni-antimonide alloys, including low thermal budget processing (300 deg C), low Schottky barrier height for holes (~0.1 eV), low sheet resistance of Ni-InGaSb (53 ohm/square ), and low specific contact resistivity (7.6 x 10) expn -7 ohm cm[expn 2]), show good progress toward antimonide-based metal source/drain (S/D) p-channel metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors. Devices with a self-aligned metal S/D were demonstrated, in which heterostructure design is adopted to further improve the performance, e.g., ON/OFF ratio (>10[expn 4]), subthreshold swing (140 mV/decade), and high effective-field hole mobility of ~510 cm(expn 2)/Vs at sheet charge density of 2 x 10(expn 12) cm(expn -2).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA592874

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  • Aneesh Nainani
  • Archana Kumar
  • Brian R. Bennett
  • Chien-yu Chen
  • John B. Boos
  • Krishna C. Saraswat
  • Ze Yun

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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  • Antimonides
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Electronics
  • Heterojunctions
  • Ion Implantation
  • Ions
  • Materials
  • Mobility
  • Resistance
  • Schottky Diodes
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy

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  • Materials science

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  • Microelectronics