Study of Oxygen Plasma Effects to Reduce the Contact Resistance of N-Type GaN with Nitrogen Polarity

본 논문은 N-face n-type GaN 표면에 산소 플라즈마 처리에 의해서 오믹전극과 접촉 저항을 낮추기 위한 연구를 하였다. 120초 산소 플라즈마 처리후 Ti (50 nm) / Al (35 nm)을 증착한 결과 오믹 전극을 구현하였으며, $1.25{\times}10^{-3}\;{\Omega}cm^2$의 접촉저항을 보였다. 이는 산소 플라즈마 처리가 기존의 플라즈마 처리와 같이 질소결원이 발생하였기 때문이다. 이를 통해 쇼트키장벽 높이(SBH)이 낮아지게 되었고, 오믹 전극및 플라즈마 처리를 안 한 경우보다 더 낮은 접촉저항의 결과를 획득하였다. We studied the effect of $O_2$ plasma treatments on the electrical property of Ti / Al ohmic contacts to N-face n-type GaN. The surface of N-face, n-type GaN has been treated with $O_2$ plasma for 120 s before the deposition of bilayered electrodes, Ti (50 nm) / Al (35 nm), and its contact resistance was compared with that of the reference sample without $O_2$ plasma. As a result, we found that the ohmic contact was reduced from $4.3\;{\times}\;10^{-1}\;{\Omega}cm^2$ to $1.25\;{\times}\;10^{-3}\;{\Omega}cm^2$ by applying $O_2$ plasma on the surface of n-type GaN, which was attributed to the reduction in the Schottky barrier height (SBH), caused by nitrogen vacancies formed during the $O_2$ plasma process.