High-k GaAs metal insulator semiconductor capacitors passivated by ex-situ plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposited AlN for Fermi-level unpinning

Henri Jussila; Päivi Mattila; Jani Oksanen; Alexander Perros; Juha Riikonen; Markus Bosund; Aapo Varpula; Teppo Huhtio; Harri Lipsanen; Markku Sopanen

doi:10.1063/1.3687199

High-k GaAs metal insulator semiconductor capacitors passivated by ex-situ plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposited AlN for Fermi-level unpinning

Henri Jussila^*
, Päivi Mattila
, Jani Oksanen
, Alexander Perros
, Juha Riikonen
, Markus Bosund
, Aapo Varpula
, Teppo Huhtio
, Harri Lipsanen
, Markku Sopanen

^*Corresponding author for this work

Aalto University
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Abstract

This paper examines the utilization of plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition grown AlN in the fabrication of a high-k insulator layer on GaAs. It is shown that high-k GaAs MIS capacitors with an unpinned Fermi level can be fabricated utilizing a thin ex-situ deposited AlN passivation layer. The illumination and temperature induced changes in the inversion side capacitance, and the maximum band bending of 1.2 eV indicates that the MIS capacitor reaches inversion. Removal of surface oxide is not required in contrast to many common ex-situ approaches.

Original language	English
Article number	071606
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	100
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3687199
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Academy of Finland (Projects Nos. 12140711, 127689, and 128961).

Keywords

Atomic layer deposition
bending
Fermi level
gallium arsenide
III-V semiconductors
MIS capacitors
passivation
plasma deposition

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High-k GaAs metal insulator semiconductor capacitors passivated by ex-situ plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposited AlN for Fermi-level unpinning

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