USING A TWO-CONTACT CIRCULAR TEST STRUCTURE TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC CONTACT RESISTIVITY OF CONTACTS TO BULK SEMICONDUCTORS

Aaron M. Collins, Yue Pan, Anthony S. Holland

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First page
457
Last page
464

Abstract


We present a numerical method to extract specific contact resistivity (SCR) for three-dimensional (3-D) contact structures using a two-electrode test structure. This method was developed using Finite Element Modeling (FEM). Experimental measurements were performed for contacts of 200 nm nickel (Ni) to p+-type germanium (Ge) substrates and 200 nm of Titanium (Ti) on 4H-Silicon Carbide (SiC). The SCR obtained was (2.3-27) ×10-6 Ω·cm2 for the Ni-Ge contacts and (1.3-2.4）×10-3 Ω·cm2 for the Ti-SiC.

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