INVESTIGATION OF RUTHENIUM SCHOTTKY CONTACTS TO N-GAAS

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PRASAD, K [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WESTERN AUSTRALIA,DEPT ELECT & ELECTR ENGN,NEDLANDS,WA 6009,AUSTRALIA
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10.1007/BF00324326
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T [工业技术];
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Ruthenium was evaporated on n-GaAs to form Schottky contacts. Initial electrical measurements revealed a near ideal Schottky behaviour with low leakage currents. The Schottky diodes exhibit good stability upon thermal aging at elevated temperatures up to 300-degrees-C. However, the diode parameters rapidly deteriorate after aging at temperatures in excess of 400-degrees-C. The room temperature (300 K) median life of the diodes, based on a failure criterion of a tenfold increase in the diode saturation current, J(s)riv, from reverse bias current-voltage (I-V) data, was of the order of 10(4) h.
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