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Capacitance behavior of InAlN Schottky diodes in presence of large concentrations of shallow and deep states related to oxygen

Py, M.A.  
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Lugani, L.  
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Taniyasu, Y.
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2015
Journal of Applied Physics

The capacitance-voltage-temperature characteristics of nonintentionally doped In0.16Al0.84  N/n+- GaN Schottky diodes were measured at 1 MHz and in the 90–400 K range. They are discussed in the framework of existing theories, which properly treat the Poisson's equation, especially near the edge of the space-charge region, the so-called transition region. The concentration of a shallow donor and of a deep DX-like center, previously reported, is properly determined. The key parameter to discuss the temperature dependence of the capacitance is the ratio between the frequency of the small ac modulating signal and the temperature-dependent emission rate associated to each level. The capacitance-voltage C-Va curves were successfully fitted using a three parameters expression over the full range of temperatures. The concentration of both shallow and deep levels exceeds a few 1018 cm−3. Based on secondary ion mass spectrometry profiling, we assign both levels to the dominant oxygen impurity. This result supports our previous assignment of the shallow donor to a substitutional oxygen atom on a nitrogen site and the deep state to an O-related DX center, naturally explaining its high concentration. The sluggish kinetics at low temperatures, associated to the large concentration of deep levels located near the transition region, is illustrated by hysteresis loops in the C-Va curves below 270 K. Furthermore, the contribution of free carriers to the capacitance is revealed below 150 K, when both shallow and deep donors cannot respond anymore due to an emission rate lower than the 1 MHz modulating frequency. Finally, the presence of a highly doped thin surface barrier, as already reported in other III-nitrides, finds further support.

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research article
DOI
10.1063/1.4919846
Web of Science ID

WOS:000354984500039

Author(s)
Py, M.A.  
Lugani, L.  
Taniyasu, Y.
Carlin, J.-F.  
Grandjean, N.  
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

American Institute of Physics

Published in
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume

117

Issue

18

Article Number

185701

Subjects

Capacitance

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Secondary ion mass spectrometry

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Doping

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Electrical hysteresis

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Schottky barriers

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REVIEWED

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