Abstract
The main electrical parameters such as ideality factor (n), zero bias barrier height (Bo), series resistances (Rs), depletion layer width (WD) and interface state densities (NSS) of (Ni/Au)/AlGaN/AlN/GaN heterostructures have been extracted from the current-voltage (I-V) at room temperature, and frequency dependent capacitance voltage (C-V) and conductancevoltage (G/w-V) measurements. The high value of n and Rs were attributed to the existence of an interfacial layer (IL) and particular distribution of Nss. The density distrubition profile of Nss was obtained from both forward bias I-V data and low-high frequency (CLF-CHF) measurement methods. In addition, the voltage dependent Rs profile obtained both I-V and admittance measurements are in good agreement. As a result, the existence of an IL, Rs and Nss lead to deviation from the ideal case of these heterostructures.
Keywords
(Ni/Au)/AlGaN/AlN/GaN, C-V-f and G/w-V-f measurements, Interface states, Rs.
Citation
İ. TAŞÇIOĞLU, H. USLU, Y. ŞAFAK, E. ÖZBAY, Frequency dependent electrical characteristics of (Ni/Au)/AlGaN/AlN/GaN heterostructures, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 6, June 2010, pp.859-862 (2010).
Submitted at: March 1, 2010
Accepted at: June 16, 2010