VERY-LOW RESISTIVITY AL-SI OHMIC CONTACTS TO BORON-DOPED POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND FILMS

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WERNER, M [1 ]
DORSCH, O [1 ]
BAERWIND, HU [1 ]
ERSOY, A [1 ]
OBERMEIER, E [1 ]
JOHNSTON, C [1 ]
ROMANI, S [1 ]
CHALKER, PR [1 ]
MOORE, V [1 ]
BUCKLEYGOLDER, IM [1 ]
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[1] AEA TECHNOL,DIDCOT OX11 0RA,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0925-9635(94)90313-1
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The effects on the contact resistivity of annealing Al-Si (99:1) contacts on diamond with different B concentrations have been investigated. The change of the current-voltage characteristic from rectifying to ohmic on lightly doped samples, and the drop of the contact resistivity by orders of magnitude for more heavily B-doped samples after annealing at 450-degrees-C in N2, are attributed to the formation of SiC at the metal-diamond interface. The existence of the SiC interface has been verified by X-ray-induced photoelectron spectroscopy. In addition, the contact resistivity is a very sensitive function of doping at high doping concentrations. Contact resistivities as low as about 10(-7) OMEGA cm2 have been achieved.
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