1. Ultralow Resistance Ohmic Contacts for p-Channel InGaSb Field-Effect Transistors
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Guo, Luke W., Bennett, Brian R., Boos, John Brad, Del Alamo, Jesus A., Lu, Wenjie, del Alamo, Jesus A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Microsystems Technology Laboratories, del Alamo, Jesus A., Guo, Luke W., and Lu, Wenjie
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Materials science ,Condensed matter physics ,Annealing (metallurgy) ,business.industry ,Contact resistance ,Electrical engineering ,Omega ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Electrical resistivity and conductivity ,MOSFET ,Field-effect transistor ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,business ,Ohmic contact ,Sheet resistance - Abstract
We demonstrate ultralow ohmic contact resistance to antimonide-based, p-channel quantum-well field-effect transistor (QW-FET) structures using a new p[superscript ±]-InAs/InAsSb cap structure. The incorporation of a p[superscript ±]-InAsSb layer enables the use of a thicker cap with lower sheet resistance, resulting in an improved contact resistivity. Using a Pd-based ohmic scheme, the composite cap structure resulted in a 4x reduction in contact resistance compared with a standard p[superscript ±]-InAs cap. This translates into nearly 3x improvement in the gm of fabricated InGaSb p-channel QW-FETs. Furthermore, Ni contacts on the composite cap were fabricated and a contact resistance of 45 Ω · μm was obtained. An accurate contact resistivity extraction in this very low range is possible through nanotransmission line models with sub-100 nm contacts. In devices of this kind with Ni-based contacts, we derive an ultralow contact resistivity of 5.2 · 10[superscript -8] Ω · cm[superscript 2]., Samsung (Firm), Intel Corporation
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- 2015