Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2003
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
82
Issue
20
DOI of Original Publication
10.1063/1.1572532
Date of Submission
April 2015
Abstract
KOH etch was investigated as a means to improve the I–Vcharacteristics of Schottky diodes onn-type GaNgrown by molecular-beam epitaxy on sapphire, or on hydride vapor phase epitaxy templates. Atomic force microscopy images and I–Vcharacteristics are presented. After etching as-grown films in molten KOH, Schottky diodes on c-plane GaN had orders of magnitude reduction in reverse leakage current. The best devices had leakage currents less than 10−12 A (10−8 A/cm2) at −5 V, and ideality factors of 1.04. Measurements on several different sample structures indicate a correlation between surface roughness and saturation current, and an improvement in ideality factor when etched in KOH. Phosphoric acid was also investigated, but did not result in significant improvements in I–Vcharacteristics.
Rights
Spradlin. J., Dogan. S., Mikkelson, M., et al. Improvement of n-GaN Schottky diode rectifying characteristics using KOH etching. Applied Physics Letters, 82, 3556 (2003). Copyright © 2003 AIP Publishing LLC.
Is Part Of
VCU Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1572532