ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF THE SINX/INP INTERFACE PASSIVATED USING H2S

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KAPILA, A
SI, X
MALHOTRA, V
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[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Holmes Hall, Honolulu
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10.1063/1.109434
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Passivation of the electronic defect states at the SiN(x)/InP interface has been achieved using gaseous H2S treatments of the InP surface. Al/SiN(x)/InP capacitors, fabricated by depositing silicon nitride films on the H2S-treated InP, exhibit good capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics. The SiN(x) layer is deposited at 200-degrees-C using an electron cyclotron resonance plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (ECR-PECVD) technique. A minimum trap density of 3.5 X 10(11) cm-2 eV-1 is estimated using the high-frequency C-V characteristics. These devices appear to be more uniform and reproducible than ammonium/phosphorous polysulfide-passivated SiN(x)/InP interfaces.
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