Low density of near-interface traps at the Al2O3/4H-SiC interface with Al2O3 made by low temperature oxidation of Al

Rabia Y. Khosa, Einar Sveinbjӧrnsson, Michael Winters, Jawad Ul Hassan, Robin Karhu, Erik Janzén, Niklas Rorsman

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Abstract

We report on a very low density (<5×1011 cm-2) of near-interface traps (NITs) at the Al2O3/4H-SiC interface estimated from capacitance-voltage (CV) analysis of MOS capacitors. The aluminum oxide (Al2O3) is grown by repeated deposition and subsequent low temperature (200 °C) oxidation for 5 min of thin (1-2 nm) Al layers using a hot plate. We refer to this simple method as hot plate Al2O3. It is observed that the density of NITs is significantly lower in the hot plate Al2O3 samples than in samples with Al2O3 grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) at 300 °C and in reference samples with thermally grown silicon dioxide grown in O2 or N2O ambient.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSilicon Carbide and Related Materials 2016
EditorsKonstantinos Zekentes, Konstantin V. Vasilevskiy, Nikolaos Frangis
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages135-138
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783035710434
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event11th European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials, ECSCRM 2016 - Halkidiki, Greece
Duration: 25 Sept 201629 Sept 2016

Publication series

NameMaterials Science Forum
Volume897 MSF

Conference

Conference11th European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials, ECSCRM 2016
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityHalkidiki
Period25/09/1629/09/16

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright: © 2017 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.

Other keywords

  • Aluminum oxide
  • Gate dielectrics
  • Interface states
  • Near-interface traps

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