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Effect of Varying Oxidation Parameters on the Generation of C-Dangling Bond Centers in Oxidized SiC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

P. J. Macfarlane  and
M. E. Zvanut
P. J. Macfarlane
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 3 10 Campbell Hall, Birmingham, AL 35294–1170
M. E. Zvanut
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 3 10 Campbell Hall, Birmingham, AL 35294–1170
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Abstract

SiC is perhaps the most appropriate material to replace Si in power-metal-oxidesemiconductor- field-effect-transistors (MOSFETs), because, unlike the other wide band-gap semiconductors, SiC can be thermally oxidized similarly to Si to form a SiO2 insulating layer. In our studies of oxidized SiC, we have used electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) to identify Cdangling bonds generated by hydrogen release from C-H bonds. While hydrogen's effect on SiCbased MOSFETs is uncertain, studies of Si-based MOSFETs indicate that it is important to minimize hydrogen in MOS structures. To examine the role of hydrogen, we have studied the effects of SiC/SiO2 fabrication on the density of C-related centers, which are made EPR active by a dry heat-treatment. Here we examine the starting and ending procedures of our oxidation routine. The parameter that appears to have the greatest effect on center density is the ending step of our oxidation procedure. For example, samples that were removed from the furnace in flowing O2 produced the smallest concentration of centers after dry heat-treatment. We report on the details of these experiments and use our results to suggest an oxidation procedure that limits center production.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 572: Symposium Y – Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors for High-Power, High Frequency… , 1999 , 51
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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