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The Characterization of Alloyed NiGeAuAgAu Ohmic Contacts to AlInAs/GaInAs Heterostructure by Auger Electron Spectroscopy and Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

P. M. Capani ,
S. D. Mukerjee ,
L. Rathbun ,
H. T. Griem ,
G. W. Wicks ,
L. F. Eastman  and
J. Hunt
P. M. Capani
Affiliation:
1IBM Corporation, 1701 North Street, Endicott, NY 13760
S. D. Mukerjee
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Enginneering and National Research and Resource Facility for Submicron Structures, Cornell University, Phillips Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
L. Rathbun
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Enginneering and National Research and Resource Facility for Submicron Structures, Cornell University, Phillips Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
H. T. Griem
Affiliation:
Highes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA 90265
G. W. Wicks
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Enginneering and National Research and Resource Facility for Submicron Structures, Cornell University, Phillips Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
L. F. Eastman
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Enginneering and National Research and Resource Facility for Submicron Structures, Cornell University, Phillips Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
J. Hunt
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science, Bard Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Abstract

In a lattice-matched <100> InP/Ga0.47In0.53As/Al0.48In0.52As system used for modulation-doped field effect transistors (MODFETs), low resistance ohmic contacts to the two-dimensional electron gas have been fabricated using alloyed NiGeAuAgAu metallization. In this work we examine the use of Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and wavelength dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (WDX) analyses for studying the metal-semiconductor interactions and their correlation with measured ohmic contact resistance.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 48: Symposium E – Applied Materials Characterization , 1985 , 203
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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