Electrical characterization of titanium-based ohmic contacts to 4H-Silicon carbide for high-power and high-temperature operation

• We report on titanium-based ohmic contacts (titanium carbide. titanium tungsten, and titanium) on both highly doped epilayers (n(+) and p(+)) and Al-ion-implanted layers. The TiC contact layer was epitaxially grown on epilayers as well as an Al-ion-implanted layers of 4H-SiC by co-evaporation Ti and C-60 under an ultra-high vacuum condition at low temperature (<500 degreesC). For comparison and long-term stability test, we also deposited TiW (weight ratio 30 : 710) ohmic contacts to p and n-type epilayers of 4H-SiC. The specific contact resistances (p(c)) were found to be as low as p- 5X10(-6), 2x10(-5), 2x10(-5), 3x10(-4), 4x10(-5), and 1X10(-4) Omegacm(2) for TiC contacts to n(+) epilayers, p(+) epilayers, and Al-ion-implanted layers, Ti contacts to p(+) epilayers, and TiW contacts to p(+) and to n(+) epilayers, respectively, by using linear transmission line method (TLM) measurements. During the long-term reliability tests in a vacuum chamber, we found that evaporated Au capping layers helped to keep the contacts from degrading.

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Ohmic contacts

4H-silicon carbide

Long-term reliability

silicon-carbide

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