Border traps in 6H-SiC metal–oxide–semiconductor capacitors investigated by the thermally-stimulated current technique
We demonstrate the usefulness of the thermally-stimulated current (TSC) technique for investigating shallow interface state defects in silicon carbide metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) structures. For dry oxides, low-temperature TSC measurements reveal a high density of near-interfacial oxide traps (b...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Applied physics letters 2001-12, Vol.79 (24), p.4034-4036 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We demonstrate the usefulness of the thermally-stimulated current (TSC) technique for investigating shallow interface state defects in silicon carbide metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) structures. For dry oxides, low-temperature TSC measurements reveal a high density of near-interfacial oxide traps (border traps) close to the band edges of 6H–SiC. Furthermore we find that annealing the SiC/SiO2 interface in pyrogenic steam at 950 °C (reoxidation) essentially reduces the density of deep interface states, while it increases the density of shallow states. Our results agree with observations of the appearance of a negative oxide charge in reoxidized MOS capacitors and the corresponding increase of the threshold voltage in n channel metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors. |
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ISSN: | 0003-6951 1077-3118 |
DOI: | 10.1063/1.1424479 |