CHEMICAL AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ALGAAS/GAAS HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR-TRANSISTORS TREATED BY ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON RESONANCE PLASMAS

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LI, PW
WANG, Q
YANG, ES
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[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York
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10.1063/1.107122
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The effects of electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) hydrogen, nitrogen, and ammonia plasma have been studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Experimental evidence shows that the ECR hydrogen plasma removes the native oxide on the GaAs surface and recovers the surface order. A mixed nitride-oxide surface layer is formed after nitrogen and ammonia plasma treatments. The appearance of the nitride layer correlates with the passivation of the GaAs surface and the much improved I-V characteristics of AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors.
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页码:1996 / 1998
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