Double threshold behaviour of I－V characteristics of CoSi2/Si Schottky contacts

The forward current－voltage (I－V) characteristics of polycrystalline CoSi₂/n-Si(100) Schottky contacts have been measured in a wide temperature range. At low temperatures (≤200K), a plateau-like section is observed in the I－V characteristics around 10^-4A·cm^-2. The current in the small bias region significantly exceeds that expected by the model based on thermionic emission (TE) and a Gaussian distribution of Schottky barrier height (SBH). Such a double threshold behaviour can be explained by the barrier height inhomogeneity, i.e. at low temperatures the current through some patches with low SBH dominates at small bias region. With increasing bias voltage, the Ohmic effect becomes important and the current through the whole junction area exceeds the patch current, thus resulting in a plateau-like section in the I－V curves at moderate bias. For the polycrystalline CoSi₂/Si contacts studied in this paper, the apparent ideality factor of the patch current is much larger than that calculated from the TE model taking the pinch-off effect into account. This suggests that the current flowing through these patches is of the tunnelling type, rather than the thermionic emission type. The experimental I－V characteristics can be fitted reasonably well in the whole temperature region using the model based on tunnelling and pinch-off.     

As在Co/Ti/Si三元固相反应中的分凝效应

在注入As的Si表面上,采用离子束溅射淀积Co/Ti双层金属膜。在氮气氛下对Co/Ti/Si进行多步热处理,研究As原子在Co/Ti/Si三元固相反应过程中的行为。实验采用背散射技术测量As原子在反应各阶段中的分布。结果表明,随着反应形成TiN(O)/Co-Ti-Si/CoSi₂/Si多层薄膜结构,一部分Si衬底中的As原子被分凝出来,向表面运动,并聚集在Co-Ti-Si三元硅化物中。对As原子的这一再分布行为进行了讨论。 关键词：