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The Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Directly Deposited TiN Ohmic Contacts to Gallium Nitride.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

P. Ruterana*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Matériaux, UPRESA 6004 CNRS, ISMRA, 6 boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen Cedex, France
G. Nouet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Matériaux, UPRESA 6004 CNRS, ISMRA, 6 boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen Cedex, France
Th. Kehagias
Affiliation:
Aristotle University, Physics Department, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
Ph. Komninou
Affiliation:
Aristotle University, Physics Department, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
Th. Karakostas
Affiliation:
Aristotle University, Physics Department, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
M.A. di Forte Poisson
Affiliation:
Thomson-CSF/Laboratoire Central de Recherches, Domaine de Corbeville, 91404 Orsay Cedex, France
F. Huet
Affiliation:
Aristotle University, Physics Department, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
*
Author for correspondence: email [email protected], Tel: 33 2 31 45 26 53, Fax: 33 2 31 45 26 60
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Abstract

When the stoichiometric TiN was deposited directly on GaN, we obtained columnar TiN grains of 5-20 nm section which cross the whole film thickness and are rotated mostly around the [111] axis. The conventional epitaxial relationship is obtained and no amorphous patches are observed at the interface. The deposition of TiN on Si doped GaN layers lead to the formation of an ohmic contact, whereas we obtain a rectifying contact on p type layers.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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