• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.221-225
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• 2016

This paper reports a new method to enable the normally-off operation of AlGaN/GaN heterojunction field-effect transistors (HFETs). A capacitor was connected to the gate input node of a normally-on AlGaN/GaN HFET with a Schottky gate where the Schottky gate acted as a clamping diode. The combination of the capacitor and Schottky gate functioned as a clamp circuit to downshift the input signal to enable the normally-off operation. The normally-off operation with a virtual threshold voltage of 5.3 V was successfully demonstrated with excellent dynamic switching characteristics.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.533-538
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• 2001

The barrier height is found to increase from 0.25 to 0.690 eV for Schottky contacts on n-InGaAs using deposition of Ag on a substrate cooled to 77K(LT). Surface analysis leads to an interface model for the LT diode in which there are oxide compounds of In:O and As:O between the metal and semiconductor, leading to behavior as a metal-insulator-semiconductor diode. The metal film deposited t LT has a finer and more uniform structure, as revealed by scanning electron microscopy and in situ metal layer resistance measurement. This increased uniformity is an additional reason for the barrier height improvement. In contrast, the diodes formed at room temperature exhibit poorer performance due to an unpassivated surface and non-uniform metal coverage on a microscopic level.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.21-22
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• 2009

We proposed circular AlGaN/GaN schottky barrier diode, which has no mesa structure near the current path. Proposed device showed low leakage current of 10 nA/mm at -100 V while that of the rectangular device was 34 nA/mm at the same condition. Proposed circular AlGaN/GaN SBD showed high forward current of 88.61 mA at 3.5 V while that of the conventional device was 14.1 mA at the same condition.

• 센서학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.66-71
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• 2003

Pt/AlGaN Schottky-type UV photodetectors were designed and fabricated. A low-temperature AlGaN interlayer buffer was grown between the AlGaN and GaN film in the diode structure epitaxy to obtain crack-free AlGaN active layers. A comparison was then made of the structural, electrical, and optical characteristics of two different diodes: one with an AlGaN($0.5\;{\mu}m$)/n+-GaN(2 nm) structure (type 1) and the other with an AlGaN($0.5\;{\mu}m$)/AlGaN interlayer($150\;{\AA}$)/n+-GaN($3\;{\mu}m$) structure(type 2). A crack-free AlGaN film was obtained by the insertion of a low-temperature AlGaN interlayer with an aluminum mole fraction of 26% into the $Al_xGa_{1-x}N$ layer. The fabricated Pt/$Al_{0.33}Ga_{0.67}N$ photodetector had a leakage current of 1 nA for the type 1 diode and $0.1\;{\mu}A$ for the type 2 diode at a reverse bias of -5 V. For the photoresponse measurement, the type 2 diode exhibited a cut-off wavelength of 300 nm, prominent responsivity of 0.15 A/W at 280 nm, and UV-visible extinction ratio of $1.5{\times}10^4$. Accordingly, the Pt/$Al_{0.33}Ga_{0.67}N$ Schottky-type ultraviolet photodetector with an AlGaN interlayer exhibited superior electrical and optical characteristics and improved UV detecting properties.

• 한국반도체및디스플레이장비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국반도체및디스플레이장비학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 발표 논문집
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• pp.85-90
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• 2002

$RuO_2$/GaN and related contacts were investigated for Schottky contacts in GaN-Based optical and electronic devices. We demonstrated that an $RuO_2$ film forms a stable Schottky contact on a GaN layer with a barrier height (${\Phi}_B$) of 1.46 eV and transmittance of 70% in the visible and near UV region. $RuO_2$/GaN Schottky diode showed a breakdown at over -50V and leakage current of only 0.3 nA at -5V. The $RuO_2$/GaN Schottky type photodetector had the UV/Visible rejection ratio of over $10^5$ and the responsivity of 0.23 A/W at 330 nm. The $RuO_2$ gate AlGaN/GaN EFET exhibited high drain current ($I_d$) of 689.3 mA/mm and high transconductance ($g_m$) of 197.4 mS/mm. Cut-Off frequency ($f_t$) and maximum operating frequency ($f_{max}$) were measured as 27.0 GHz and 45.5 GHz, respectively.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2002년도 추계학술발표강연 및 논문개요집
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• pp.79-79
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• 2002

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2011

본 논문에서 실리콘 기판 위에 성장된 GaN 에피탁시를 활용하여 고전압 쇼트키 장벽 다이오드를 제작하였으며, 금속-반도체 접합의 열처리 조건에 따른 GaN 완충층 (buffer layer) 누설전류와 제작된 다이오드의 전기적 특성 변화를 연구하였다. Ti/Al/Mo/Au 오믹 접합과 Ni/Au 쇼트키 접합이 제작된 소자에 설계 및 제작되었다. 메사를 관통하는 GaN 완충층의 누설전류를 측정하기 위하여 테스트 구조가 제안되었으며 제작하였다. $700^{\circ}C$에서 열처리한 경우 100 V 전압에서 측정된 완충층의 누설전류는 87 nA이며, 이는 $800^{\circ}C$에서 열처리한 경우의 완충층의 누설전류인 780 nA보다 적었다. GaN 쇼트키 장벽 다이오드의 누설전류 메커니즘을 분석하기 위해서 Auger 전자 분광학 (Auger electron spectroscopy) 측정을 통해 GaN 내부로 확산되는 Au, Ti, Mo, O 성분들이 완충층 누설전류 증가에 기여함을 확인했다. 금속-반도체 접합의 열처리를 통해 GaN 쇼트키장벽 다이오드의 누설전류를 성공적으로 감소시켰으며 높은 항복전압을 구현하였다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.486-493
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• 2003

유기금속 화학기상 증착법(MOCVD)을 이용하여 사파이어 기판에 AlGaN/n/sup ＋/-GaN 구조와 AlGaN/AlGaN interlayer/n/sup ＋/-GaN 구조로 성장시킨 AlGaN 층을 이용하여 쇼트키형 자외선 수광소자를 제작하였다. 성장층은 약 1018의 캐리어 농도와 각각 236과 269 ㎠/V·s의 이동도를 가진다. 메사구조를 형성하기 위해 ICP 장비로 식각한 후, Si₃N₄로 절연한 뒤 Ti/Al/Ni/Au와 Pt를 이용하여 저항성 전극 및 쇼트키전극을 형성하였다. 그리고 interlayer를 갖는 Pt/Al/sub 0.33/Ga/sub 0.67/N의 전기적 특성은 -5 V에서 1 ㎁의 낮은 누설전류를 보였고, interlayer가 없는 Pt/Al/sub 0.33/Ga/sub 0.67/N은 0.1㎂로 나타났다. 광측정 결과, interlayer를 갖는 Pt/Al/sub 0.33/Ga/sub 0.63/N 쇼트키 수광소자는 차단파장이 약 300 ㎚이며, 광응답도는 280 ㎚에서 0.15 A/W, 그리고 자외선 대 가시광선 제거비는 1.5×10⁴로 우수한 반응특성을 보였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.5 No.1
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• pp.417-420
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• 2004

The electrical effects of dry-etch on n-type GaN by an inductively coupled $Cl_2/CH_4/H_2/Ar$ plasma were investigated as a function of ion energy, by means of ohmic and Schottky metallization method. The specific contact resistivity(${\rho}_c$) of ohmic contact was decreased, while the leakage current in Schottky diode was increased with increasing ion energy due to the preferential sputtering of nitrogen. At a higher rf power, an additional effect of damage was found on the etched sample, which was sensitive to the dopant concentration in terms of the ${\rho}_c$ of ohmic contact. This was attributed to the effects such as the formation of deep acceptor as well as the electron-enriched surface layer within the depletion layer. Furthermore, thermal annealing process enhanced the ohmic and Schottky property of heavily damaged surface.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.471-476
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• 2003

Au/oxide/n-InP Schottky diodes were fabricated from heteroepitaxial InP layers grown on GaAs substrates by the metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) method from a new combination of source materials: ethyldimethylindium (EDMIn) and tertiarybutylphosphine (TBP). Anodic oxidation technique by using a solution of 10 g of ammonium pentaborate in 100 cc of ethylene glycole as the electrolyte was used to deposit a thin oxide layer. The barrier heights determined from three different techniques, current-voltage (I-V) measurements at room temperature and in the temperature range of 273 K - 373 K, and room temperature capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements are in good agreement, 0.7 - 0.9 eV which is considerably high as compared to the 0.45 - 0.55 eV in Au/n-InP Schottky diode without a Passivation layer. The ideality factors of 1.1 - 1.3 of the Schottky diodes were also determined from the I-Y characteristics. Deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) studies revealed only one shallow electron state at 92.6 meV below the bottom of the conduction band and no deep state in the heteroepitaxial InP layers grown from EDMIn and TBP.