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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2010.19.1.010

Study of Oxygen Plasma Effects to Reduce the Contact Resistance of n-type GaN with Nitrogen Polarity  

Nam, T.Y. (Dept. of Electronics Eng., Korea Univ.)
Kim, D.H. (Dept. of Electronics Eng., Korea Univ.)
Lee, W.H. (Dept. of Electronics Eng., Korea Univ.)
Kim, S.J. (Dept. of Electronics Eng., Korea Univ.)
Lee, B.G. (Dept. of Electronics Eng., Korea Univ.)
Kim, T.G. (Dept. of Electronics Eng., Korea Univ.)
Jo, Y.C. (Dept. Medical IT Convergence Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute)
Choi, Y.S. (Dept. Medical IT Convergence Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.19, no.1, 2010 , pp. 10-13 More about this Journal
Abstract
We studied the effect of $O_2$ plasma treatments on the electrical property of Ti / Al ohmic contacts to N-face n-type GaN. The surface of N-face, n-type GaN has been treated with $O_2$ plasma for 120 s before the deposition of bilayered electrodes, Ti (50 nm) / Al (35 nm), and its contact resistance was compared with that of the reference sample without $O_2$ plasma. As a result, we found that the ohmic contact was reduced from $4.3\;{\times}\;10^{-1}\;{\Omega}cm^2$ to $1.25\;{\times}\;10^{-3}\;{\Omega}cm^2$ by applying $O_2$ plasma on the surface of n-type GaN, which was attributed to the reduction in the Schottky barrier height (SBH), caused by nitrogen vacancies formed during the $O_2$ plasma process.
Keywords
Vertical LED; $O_2$ Plasma treatment; Ti / Al; Ohmic contact;
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