INFRARED, Volume. 43, Issue 12, 26(2022)

Effect of Passivation Film Stress on the Performance of InSb Devices

Nan-yang MI*, Ti NING, Zhong-he LI, and Jian-wei CUI
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    With the decreasing of the key size of InSb infrared detector, the influence of the passivation film stress on the I-V performance of the device becomes more and more obvious. In order to reduce the stress of the detector chip, a composite passivation film system consisting of SiO2 and SiON was studied. Passivation films with thicknesses of 300 nm, 500 nm, 700 nm and 900 nm were deposited on InSb wafers by varying the radio frequency (RF) time of the gas. The stresses of passivation films with different thicknesses were measured and calculated. When the thickness is 700 nm, the minimum stress of the passivation film is -1.78 MPa. The I-V characteristics of devices with different stress passivation films are investigated. It is found that the InSb chip has better I-V characteristics when the thickness is 700 nm. By adjusting the thickness of composite passivation film, the stress of passivation film is reduced, and the performance of InSb detector is effectively improved.

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    MI Nan-yang, NING Ti, LI Zhong-he, CUI Jian-wei. Effect of Passivation Film Stress on the Performance of InSb Devices[J]. INFRARED, 2022, 43(12): 26

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    Paper Information

    Received: May. 25, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 11, 2023

    The Author Email: Nan-yang MI (nanyangmi@163.com)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1672-8785.2022.12.005

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