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Low Contact Resistivity Mn/Au/Ti/Pd/Au P-Ohmic Contacts for HBTs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

B. Vetanen
Affiliation:
Electronics Research Labs Tektronix, MS 50-223 Beaverton, OR 97077
C. Haynes
Affiliation:
Electronics Research Labs Tektronix, MS 50-223 Beaverton, OR 97077
S.J. Prasad
Affiliation:
Electronics Research Labs Tektronix, MS 50-223 Beaverton, OR 97077
I. Beers
Affiliation:
Electronics Research Labs Tektronix, MS 50-223 Beaverton, OR 97077
S. Park
Affiliation:
Electronics Research Labs Tektronix, MS 50-223 Beaverton, OR 97077
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Abstract

Obtaining good p-ohmics to the base layers of AlGaAs/GaAs HBTs have been difficult due to metal spiking and instability of the contacts to subsequent processing temperatures. To avoid spiking, non-alloyed contacts have been traditionally used. In this paper, we present a stable, non-spiking, low contact resistivity alloyed p-ohmic contact to HBT structures.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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