Effect of Al2O3 thickness and oxidant precursors on the interface composition and contamination in Al2O3/GaN structures

IF 1.6 4区化学 Q4 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

Surface and Interface Analysis Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI:10.1002/sia.7299

Tarek Spelta, Eugénie Martinez, Marc Veillerot, Pedro Fernandes Paes Pinto Rocha, Laura Vauche, Bassem Salem, Bérangère Hyot

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the Al2O3/GaN critical buried interface of the next generation of gallium nitride (GaN)‐based transistors using time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF‐SIMS) and hard X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES). Results highlight that gallium oxidation at this interface is enhanced when increasing the Al2O3 thickness from 3 up to 20 nm. Gallium oxidation is reduced when using both O3 and H2O as oxidant precursors, compared with only H2O during the growth of Al2O3. In addition, the O3/H2O‐based Al2O3 favors a reduction of contaminants such as hydrogen and carbon but enhances the presence of halides (Cl− and F−) at this Al2O3/GaN interface.

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Al2O3 厚度和氧化剂前驱体对 Al2O3/GaN 结构中界面成分和污染的影响

本文采用飞行时间二次离子质谱法（ToF-SIMS）和硬 X 射线光电子能谱法（HAXPES）研究了下一代氮化镓（GaN）晶体管的 Al2O3/GaN 临界埋藏界面。结果表明，当 Al2O3 的厚度从 3 纳米增加到 20 纳米时，该界面上的镓氧化作用会增强。与 Al2O3 生长过程中仅使用 H2O 相比，同时使用 O3 和 H2O 作为氧化剂前驱体时，镓的氧化作用会减弱。此外，基于 O3/H2O 的 Al2O3 有利于减少氢和碳等污染物，但会增加 Al2O3/GaN 界面的卤化物（Cl- 和 F-）。

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130

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4.4 months

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