Chinese Physics B, Volume. 29, Issue 9, (2020)

Improved electrical properties of NO-nitrided SiC/SiO2 interface after electron irradiation

Ji-Long Hao1,2, Yun Bai1,2、†, Xin-Yu Liu1,2, Cheng-Zhan Li3, Yi-Dan Tang1,2, Hong Chen1,2, Xiao-Li Tian1,2, Jiang Lu1,2, and Sheng-Kai Wang1,2
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  • 1Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 00029, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd., Zhuzhou 412000, China
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    Effective improvement in electrical properties of NO passivated SiC/SiO2 interface after being irradiated by electrons is demonstrated. The density of interface traps after being irradiated by 100-kGy electrons decreases by about one order of magnitude, specifically, from 3×1012 cm-2?eV-1 to 4×1011 cm-2?eV-1 at 0.2 eV below the conduction band of 4H-SiC without any degradation of electric breakdown field. Particularly, the results of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement show that the C–N bonds are generated near the interface after electron irradiation, indicating that the carbon-related defects are further reduced.

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    Ji-Long Hao, Yun Bai, Xin-Yu Liu, Cheng-Zhan Li, Yi-Dan Tang, Hong Chen, Xiao-Li Tian, Jiang Lu, Sheng-Kai Wang. Improved electrical properties of NO-nitrided SiC/SiO2 interface after electron irradiation[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(9):

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    Received: Mar. 18, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 29, 2021

    The Author Email: Bai Yun (xyliu@ime.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/ab9434

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