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DC and RF characteristics of bilayer Schottky metal contact on n-GaN Schottky diode

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2012

T. Munir*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia
A. Abdul Aziz
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia
M.J. Abdullah
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia
M.F. Ain
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia
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Abstract

In device technology, the multilayer contacts provide improved performance. The comparative study of different high work function bilayer Schottky metal (Pt/Pd, Pt/Ni and Pt/Ti) contact has been taken to study the DC and RF performance of n-GaN Schottky diode. The fabricated Schottky metal contact Pt/Pd, Pt/Ni and Pt/Ti annealed from room temperature to 800 °C studied shows that Pt/Pd Schottky metal contact on n-GaN shows high thermal stability and maximum barrier height 1.10 eV, ideality factor 1.001, lower series resistance and lower insertion loss (S21 dB) at high frequency compared to Pt/Ni and Pt/Ti bilayer Schottky metal contact.

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© EDP Sciences, 2012

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