Abstract:
A semiconductor-containing heterostructure including, from bottom to top, a IH-V compound semiconductor buffer layer, a III-V compound semiconductor channel layer, a HI-V compound semiconductor barrier layer, and an optional, yet preferred, IH-V compound semiconductor cap layer is provided. The barrier layer may be doped, or preferably undoped. The HI-V compound semiconductor buffer layer and the HI-V compound semiconductor barrier layer are comprised of materials that have a wider band gap than that of the pi-V compound semiconductor channel layer. Since wide band gap materials are used for the buffer and barrier layer and a narrow band gap material is used for the channel layer, carriers are confined to the channel layer under certain gate bias range. The inventive heterostructure can be employed as a buried channel structure in a field effect transistor.
Abstract:
A semiconductor-containing heterostructure including, from bottom to top, a IH-V compound semiconductor buffer layer, a III-V compound semiconductor channel layer, a HI-V compound semiconductor barrier layer, and an optional, yet preferred, IH-V compound semiconductor cap layer is provided. The barrier layer may be doped, or preferably undoped. The HI-V compound semiconductor buffer layer and the HI-V compound semiconductor barrier layer are comprised of materials that have a wider band gap than that of the pi-V compound semiconductor channel layer. Since wide band gap materials are used for the buffer and barrier layer and a narrow band gap material is used for the channel layer, carriers are confined to the channel layer under certain gate bias range. The inventive heterostructure can be employed as a buried channel structure in a field effect transistor.
Abstract:
Es werden Techniken zum Herstellen selbstjustierter Kontakte in III-V-FET-Einheiten bereitgestellt. Gemäß einem Aspekt weist ein Verfahren zum Herstellen eines selbstjustierten Kontakts zu III-V-Materialien die folgenden Schritte auf. Mindestens ein Metall wird auf einer Oberfläche des III-V-Materials abgeschieden. Das mindestens eine Metall wird mit einem oberen Teil des III-V-Materials zur Reaktion gebracht, um eine Metall-III-V-Legierungsschicht zu bilden, die den selbstjustierten Kontakt darstellt. Ein Ätzprozess wird angewendet, um alle bei der Reaktion nicht umgesetzten Teile des mindestens einen Metalls zu entfernen. Mindestens eine Verunreinigung wird in die Metall-III-V-Legierungsschicht implantiert. Die mindestens eine in die Metall-III-V-Legierungsschicht implantierte Verunreinigung wird zu einer Grenzfläche zwischen der Metall-III-V-Legierungsschicht und dem darunterliegenden III-V-Material diffundiert, um einen Kontaktwiderstand des selbstjustierten Kontakts zu verringern.
Abstract:
Techniques for fabricating self-aligned contacts in III-V FET devices are provided. A method for fabricating a self-aligned contact to III-V materials includes the steps of depositing at least one metal on a surface of a III-V material 102, the metal is reacted with an upper portion of the III-V material to form a metal III-V alloy layer 106 which is the self-aligned contact, an etch is used to remove any unreacted portions of the metal, at least one impurity is implanted into the metal III-V alloy layer, the impurity implanted into the metal III-V alloy layer is diffused to an interface between the metal III-V alloy layer and the III-V material to reduce the contact resistance of the self-aligned contact. The reaction may involve an annealing step.