• DocumentCode
    3138643
  • Title

    Effects of plasma surface pre-treatments on the electrical properties of silicon nitride passivated GaAs MESFETs

  • Author

    Prasad, Krishnamachar

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    272
  • Lastpage
    274
  • Abstract
    GaAs MESFETs were fabricated using different surface pre-treatments such as photochemical passivation and RF plasma pre-treatments. Detailed electrical characterization of MESFETs was subsequently carried out. The results point out that the use of RF plasma pre-treatments is beneficial to GaAs MESFET device technology. GaAs MESFETs fabricated using RF plasma pre-treatment exhibit improved electrical characteristics and better thermal stability
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; Schottky gate field effect transistors; gallium arsenide; passivation; plasma materials processing; surface treatment; thermal stability; GaAs; I-V characteristics; MESFET; RF plasma pre-treatment; electrical characteristics; photochemical passivation; plasma surface pre-treatments; thermal stability; Electric variables; Gallium arsenide; MESFETs; Passivation; Photochemistry; Plasma devices; Plasma properties; Plasma stability; Radio frequency; Thermal stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials Devices, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Perth, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4513-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COMMAD.1998.791639
  • Filename
    791639