Prediction of barrier inhomogeneities and carrier transport in Ni-silicided Schottky diode |
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Authors: | A.R. Saha,C.B.- Dimitriu,S. Chattopadhyay,A.G. O&rsquo Neill |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Electronics & ECE, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India b School of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK |
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Abstract: | Based on Quantum Mechanical (QM) carrier transport and the effects of interface states, a theoretical model has been developed to predict the anomalous current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of a non-ideal Ni-silicided Schottky diode at low temperatures. Physical parameters such as barrier height, ideality factor, series resistance and effective Richardson constant of a silicided Schottky diode were extracted from forward I-V characteristics and are subsequently used for the simulation of both forward and reverse I-V characteristics using a QM transport model in which the effects of interface state and bias dependent barrier reduction are incorporated. The present analysis indicates that the effects of barrier inhomogeneity caused by incomplete silicide formation at the junction and the interface states may change the conventional current transport process, leading to anomalous forward and reverse I-V characteristics for the Ni-silicided Schottky diode. |
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Keywords: | Carrier transport Barrier inhomogeneity Schottky diode Quantum Mechanical |
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