Electrical Characteristics and Reliability of Pt/Ti/Pt/Au Ohmic Contacts to p-Type GaAs
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 30 (4A) , L558
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.30.l558
Abstract
The ohmic contacts to p-type GaAs formed by GaAs/Pt/Ti/Pt/Au systems were investigated. The specific contact resistance below 8×10-7 Ω·cm2 was achieved when the interface Pt between GaAs and Ti/Pt/Au was thicker than 50 Å, which is about one-fourth of the conventional Ti/Pt/Au contact. The activation energies of the initial degradation of the Pt/Ti/Pt/Au electrodes correspond to the reaction of GaAs and Pt to form PtAs2. However, even after the initial degradation, Pt/Ti/Pt/Au with the thin Pt interface layer still shows lower contact resistivity. These systems are promising for practical p-tye ohmic contacts for AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors.Keywords
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