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Reactive sputtering of III-N materials for applications in electronic devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2016

Sameer Joglekar*
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A. Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Mohamed Azize
Affiliation:
Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Tomás Palacios
Affiliation:
Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Abstract

Gallium Nitride (GaN) and other III-N semiconductors are rapidly gaining importance in high power and high frequency electronic applications. III-N material based devices are fabricated on heterostructures that are usually grown by high vacuum techniques such as metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) or molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). However, in many applications, it is necessary to regrow thin cap layers of III-N materials during device fabrication. One such application is regrowth of ohmic contacts to III-N devices. Heavily doped n+ GaN, or InGaN grown by MBE or MOCVD is used to obtain low resistance non-alloyed ohmic contacts to GaN based devices. However, from a commercial point of view, this becomes difficult because of the high cost and lack of availability of ultra high vacuum (∼1x10-10 Torr) techniques in most clean room facilities. Reactive sputtering provides a cheaper and more ubiquitous alternative for the growth of thin cap layers on parent MOCVD III-N heterostructures during device fabrication. In this work, we explore the possibility of using reactive sputtering as a method to grow III-N materials as ohmic contacts to GaN based devices.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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