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PASSIVATION OF GAAS POWER FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR USING ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION SILICON-NITRIDE TECHNIQUE
(1994-12-01)
CHANG, EY
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LIN, KC
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WU, JW
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CHEN, TH
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CHEN, JS
Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) chips are typically passivated with dielectric films to improve their long-term environmental reliability. Improper passivation generally degrades chip performance and reduces wafer yield. This paper reports the change of metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MESFET) parameters after silicon nitride passivation using electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition (ECR-CVD). In general, the changes in the electrical parameters after passivation are small. Gate-drain breakdown voltage of the MESFET's after ECR-CVD passivation is significantly improved compared to that after PECVD. The microwave characteristics of the high-powered MESFET's passivated using ECR-CVD silicon nitride are also reported in this paper.
TIWN SCHOTTKY CONTACTS TO N-GA(0.51)IN(0.49)P
(1994-08-01)
LIN, KC
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CHANG, EY
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WANG, SP
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LAI, YL
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CHANG, CY
The study of the applicability of TiW nitrides (TiWNx) as the Schottky contact metals to the n-type Ga0.51In0.49P has been made. The Ga0.51In0.49P epitaxial layer is successfully grown on the GaAs substrate by low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (LP-MOCVD) to form a lattice-matched heterostructure. The RF-magnetron sputtering system is utilized for nitride deposition. Thermal stability of the nitride films is studied with the aid of a rapid thermal annealing system. The material properties are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). With sufficient nitrogen content, the Schottky contacts showed excellent electrical and physical characteristics even after a high-temperature annealing. The barrier heights, ranging from 0.81 to 1.05 eV, depend on the content of nitrogen and the rapid thermal annealing (RTA) annealing condition. The XRD and AES results indicate no interaction occurring at the TiWNx/GaInP interface of both as-deposited and annealed samples. The outstanding characteristics of the Schottky contact are attributed to the high band-gap nature of the GaInP and the incorporation of nitrogen into the TiW films.