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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
In this paper, the electrical properties of the SiO2/SiC interface on silicon carbide (4H-SiC) epilayers grown on 2°-off axis substrates were studied. After epilayer growth, chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) allowed to obtain an atomically flat surface with a roughness of 0.14 nm. Metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitors, fabricated on this surface, showed an interface state density of ∼1 × 1012 eV−1 cm−2 below the conduction band, a value which is comparable to the standard 4°-off-axis material commonly used for 4H-SiC MOS-based device fabrication. Moreover, the Fowler–Nordheim and time-zero-dielectric breakdown analyses confirmed an almost ideal behavior of the interface. The results demonstrate the maturity of the 2°-off axis material for 4H-SiC MOSFET device fabrication.
Publisher: 
North-Holland
Publication date: 
28 Feb 2016
Authors: 

M Vivona, P Fiorenza, T Sledziewski, M Krieger, T Chassagne, M Zielinski, F Roccaforte

Biblio References: 
Volume: 364 Pages: 892-895
Origin: 
Applied Surface Science