Improved performance and reliability of N2O-grown oxynitride on 6H-SiC

被引:42
作者
Xu, JP [1 ]
Lai, PT
Chan, CL
Li, B
Cheng, YC
机构
[1] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Solid State Elect, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
关键词
hot-carrier stress; MOS devices; MOSFETs; nitridation; SiC;
D O I
10.1109/55.843156
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This letter reports, for the first time, Na2O-grown oxides on both n-type and p-type 6H-SiC wafers. It is demonstrated that the Np O-grown technique leads to not only greatly improved SiC/SiO2 interface and oxide qualities, but also considerably enhanced device reliabilities as compared to N2O-nitrided and conventional thermally-oxidized devices. These improvements are especially obvious for p-type SiC MOS device, indicating that N2O oxidation could be a promising technique for fabricating enhancement-type n-channel SiC MOSFET's.
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页码:298 / 300
页数:3
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