Plasma-Grown Oxide on InP

Abstract
A plasma oxidation of InP has been realized for the first time. The resistivity of the plasma-grown oxide is about 6×109 Ω cm, and the dielectric breakdown strength is in the range of 0.5–1×106 V cm-1. The electrical characteristics of the surface states at the plasma-grown oxide-type InP interface have been investigated using MOS capacitors, which yield a surface state distribution having a minimum density of 1–3×1011 cm-2 eV-1.