LiNbO_3/SiO_2/Si薄膜的蓝光发射

采用射频磁控溅射方法制备了LiNbO3/SiO2／Si薄膜。通过X射线衍射（XRD）、电感耦合等离子体质谱（ICP-MS）和傅立叶变换红外吸收光谱（FT-IR）对薄膜的物相、晶体取向和成分进行了表征。采用荧光分光光度计研究了LiNbO3／SiO2／Si薄膜的光致发光。研究结果表明：在280nm激发光的激发下,LiNbO3／SiO2／Si薄膜在室温下发射470nm的蓝光,来源于LiNbO3薄膜与SiO2层界面处白捕获激子的辐射复合,发现在SiO2／Si薄膜上生长LiNbO3薄膜调制SiO2／Si薄膜的发光机制。     

Si/SiO2和SiNx/SiO2多层膜的室温光致发光

采用射频磁控溅射法,制备了纳米Si/SiO2和SiNx/SiO2多层膜,得到强的可见光致发光,利用傅里叶红外吸收(FTIR)谱和光致发光(PL)谱,对其发光特性进行了研究,在374 nm和712 nm左右观察到强发光峰.用量子限制-发光中心(QCLC)模型解释了其可能的发光机制,认为发光可能源自于SiOx界面处的缺陷发光中心.建立了发光的能隙态(EGS)模型,认为440 nm和485 nm的发光源于N-Si-O和Si-O-Si缺陷态能级.     

非晶态SiO2过渡层对生长C轴取向LiNbO3薄膜的影响

采用磁控溅射方法,在Si衬底和LiNbO3薄膜之间引入SiO2过渡层制备LiNbO3薄膜。采用X射线衍射（XRD〉、傅里叶变换红外吸收光谱（FT-IR）和扫描电子显微镜（SEM）对LiNbO3薄膜的结晶取向、组成成分和表面形貌进行了表征,重点研究了非晶态SiO2过渡层对LiNbO3薄膜C轴取向的影响。结果表明,非晶态S...     

Au/SiO_2纳米复合薄膜的结构表征及光致发光特性

采用磁控溅射和退火技术制备出Au/SiO2纳米复合薄膜。利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM),X射线衍射(XRD)和原子力显微镜(AFM)对上述纳米复合薄膜进行了结构表征。实验结果表明,纳米复合薄膜的表面上均匀分布着直径在100～300nm的金纳米颗粒。金纳米颗粒的大小随着退火时间的增加而增大。用荧光光谱仪(PL)对薄膜的光致发光特性进行了研究。结果表明,在激发波长为325nm时,分别在525nm和560nm处出现两个发光峰;在激发波长为250nm时,在325nm处出现发光峰,这一发光峰可能与非晶SiO2的结构缺陷有关。     

恒压应力下超薄Si_3N_4/SiO_2叠层栅介质与SiO_2栅介质寿命比较

以等效氧化层厚度(EOT)同为2.1nm的纯SiO2栅介质和Si3N4/SiO2叠层栅介质为例,给出了恒定电压应力下超薄栅介质寿命预测的一般方法,并在此基础上比较了纯SiO2栅介质和Si3N4/SiO2叠层栅介质在恒压应力下的寿命.结果表明,Si3N4/SiO2叠层栅介质比同样EOT的纯SiO2栅介质有更长的寿命,这说明Si3N4/SiO2叠层栅介质有更高的可靠性.     

恒压应力下超薄Si3N4/SiO2叠层栅介质与SiO2栅介质寿命比较

以等效氧化层厚度(EOT)同为2.1nm的纯SiO2栅介质和Si3N4/SiO2叠层栅介质为例,给出了恒定电压应力下超薄栅介质寿命预测的一般方法,并在此基础上比较了纯SiO2栅介质和Si3N4/SiO2叠层栅介质在恒压应力下的寿命.结果表明,Si3N4/SiO2叠层栅介质比同样EOT的纯SiO2栅介质有更长的寿命,这说明Si3N4/SiO2叠层栅介质有更高的可靠性.     

SiO2/4H-SiC(0001)界面过渡区的ADXPS研究

采用角依赖X射线光电子谱技术(ADXPS)对高温氧化SiO2/4H-SiC(0001)界面过渡区的组成、成分分布等进行了研究.通过控制1%浓度HF酸刻蚀氧化膜的时间,制备出超薄膜(1～1.5nm)样品,同时借助标准物对照分析,提高了谱峰分解的可靠性.结果显示,高温氧化形成的SiO2/4H-SiC(0001)界面,同时存在着Si1 ,Si2 ,Si33 3种低值氧化物,变角分析表明,一个分层模型适合于描述该过渡区的成分分布.建立了过渡区的原子级模型并计算了氧化膜厚度.结合过渡区各成分含量的变化及电容-电压(C-V)测试分析,揭示了过渡区成分与界面态的直接关系.     

SiO2/4H-SiC(0001)界面过渡区的ADXPS研究

采用角依赖X射线光电子谱技术(ADXPS)对高温氧化SiO2/4H-SiC(0001)界面过渡区的组成、成分分布等进行了研究.通过控制1%浓度HF酸刻蚀氧化膜的时间,制备出超薄膜(1～1.5nm)样品,同时借助标准物对照分析,提高了谱峰分解的可靠性.结果显示,高温氧化形成的SiO2/4H-SiC(0001)界面,同时存在着Si1+,Si2+,Si33+3种低值氧化物,变角分析表明,一个分层模型适合于描述该过渡区的成分分布.建立了过渡区的原子级模型并计算了氧化膜厚度.结合过渡区各成分含量的变化及电容-电压(C-V)测试分析,揭示了过渡区成分与界面态的直接关系.     

磁控溅射和热氧化法制备ZnO纳米颗粒

利用射频磁控共溅射技术在Si(111)衬底上沉积金属锌／二氧化硅基质(Zn/SiO2)复合薄膜。在空气中600℃退火60min，从SiO2基质中析出的金属Zn被空气中O2氧化生成了ZnO纳米颗粒，并形成了SiO2多孔网络结构。用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和光致发光谱(PL)对样品的组成、结构、表面形貌及发光特性进行了分析。结果表明，生成的ZnO纳米颗粒为六角纤锌矿结构，呈近椭圆形，平均尺寸在65nm左右。在280nm光激发下，有较强的370nm近带边激子跃迁紫外光发射和峰位在460nm处较弱的蓝色发光。     

超薄Si3N4/SiO2(N/O) stack栅介质及器件

成功制备了EOT(equivalent oxide thickness)为2.1nm的Si3N4/SiO2(N/O) stack栅介质,并对其性质进行了研究.结果表明,同样EOT的Si3N4/SiO2 stack栅介质和纯SiO2栅介质比较,前者在栅隧穿漏电流、抗SILC性能、栅介质寿命等方面都远优于后者.在此基础上,采用Si3N4/SiO2 stack栅介质制备出性能优良的栅长为0.12μm的CMOS器件,器件很好地抑制了短沟道效应.在Vds=Vgs=±1.5V下,nMOSFET和pMOSFET对应的饱和电流Ion分别为584.3μA/μm和-281.3μA/μm,对应Ioff分别是8.3nA/μm和-1.3nA/μm.     

Performance improvement in tensile-strained In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As/In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As metamorphic HEMT

This paper proposes a In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As/In/sub 0.5/Al/sub 0.5/As (x=0.3-0.5-0.3) metamorphic high-electron mobility transistor with tensile-strained channel. The tensile-strained channel structure exhibits significant improvements in dc and RF characteristics, including extrinsic transconductance, current driving capability, thermal stability, unity-gain cutoff frequency, maximum oscillation frequency, output power, power gain, and power added efficiency.     

Very low-noise Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/As/Ga/sub 0.65/In/sub 0.35/As/GaAs single quantum-well pseudomorphic HEMTs

AlGaAs/GaInAs/GaAs pseudomorphic HEMTs with an InAs mole fraction as high as 35% in the channel has been successfully fabricated. The device exhibits a maximum extrinsic transconductance of 700 mS/mm. At 18 GHz, a minimum noise figure of 0.55 dB with 15.0 dB associated gain was measured. At 60 GHz, a minimum noise figure as low as 1.6 dB with 7.6 dB associated gain was also obtained. This is the best noise performance yet reported for GaAs-based HEMTs.<>     

A 12 /spl times/ 12 In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As-In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As avalanche photodiode array

We report a 12 /spl times/ 12 In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As-In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As avalanche photodiode (APD) array. The mean breakdown voltage of the APD was 57.9 V and the standard deviation was less than 0.1 V. The mean dark current was /spl sim/2 and /spl sim/300 nA, and the standard deviation was /spl sim/0.19 and /spl sim/60 nA at unity gain (V/sub bias/ = 13.5 V) and at 90% of the breakdown voltage, respectively. External quantum efficiency was above 40% in the wavelength range from 1.0 to 1.6 /spl mu/m. It was /spl sim/57% and /spl sim/45% at 1.3 and 1.55 /spl mu/m, respectively. A bandwidth of 13 GHz was achieved at low gain.     

Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/As/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As (0/spl les/x/spl les/0.25) doped-channel field-effect transistors (DCFET's)

The properties of both lattice-matched and strained doped-channel field-effect transistors (DCFET's) have been investigated in AlGaAs/In/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As (0/spl les/x/spl les/0.25) heterostructures with various indium mole fractions. Through electrical characterization of grown layers in conjunction with the dc and microwave device characteristics, we observed that the introduction of a 150-/spl Aring/ thick strained In/sub 0.15/Ga/sub 0.85/As channel can enhance device performance, compared to the lattice-matched one. However, a degradation of device performance was observed for larger indium mole fractions, up to x=0.25, which is associated with strain relaxation in this highly strained channel. DCFET's also preserved a more reliable performance after biased-stress testings.<>     

Morphological and electrical characterization of SixCryCzBv thin films

Si_xCr_yC_zB_v thin films with several compositions have been studied for integration of high precision resistors in 0.8 μm BICMOS technology. These resistors, integrated in the back-end of line, have the advantage to provide high level of integration and attractive electrical behavior in temperature, for analog devices. The film morphology and the structure have been investigated through transmission electron microscopy analysis and have been then related to the electrical properties on the base of the percolation theory. According to this theory, and in agreement with experimental results, negative thermal coefficient of resistance (TCR) has been obtained for samples with low Cr content, corresponding to a crystalline volume fraction below the percolation threshold.Samples with higher Cr content exhibit, instead, a variation of the TCR as a function of film thickness: negative TCR values are obtained for thickness lower than 5 nm, corresponding to a crystalline volume fraction below the percolation threshold; positive TCR are obtained for larger thickness, indicating the establishment of a continuous conductive path between the Cr rich grains. This property seems to be determinant in order to assure the possibility to obtain thin film resistors almost independent on the temperature.     

Highly linear Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/N-Al/sub 0.05/Ga/sub 0.95/N-GaN composite-channel HEMTs

We report an Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/N-Al/sub 0.05/Ga/sub 0.95/N-GaN composite-channel HEMT with enhanced linearity. By engineering the channel region, i.e., inserting a 6-nm-thick AlGaN layer with 5% Al composition in the channel region, a composite-channel HEMT was demonstrated. Transconductance and cutoff frequencies of a 1 /spl times/100 /spl mu/m HEMT are kept near their peak values throughout the low- and high-current operating levels, a desirable feature for linear power amplifiers. The composite-channel HEMT exhibits a peak transconductance of 150 mS/mm, a peak current gain cutoff frequency (f/sub T/) of 12 GHz and a peak power gain cutoff frequency (f/sub max/) of 30 GHz. For devices grown on sapphire substrate, maximum power density of 3.38 W/mm, power-added efficiency of 45% are obtained at 2 GHz. The output third-order intercept point (OIP3) is 33.2 dBm from two-tone measurement at 2 GHz.     

Comparison between Pt/TiO2/Pt and Pt/TaOX/TaOY/Pt based bipolar resistive switching devices

Nonvolatile memories have emerged in recent years and have become a leading candidate towards replacing dynamic and static random-access memory devices. In this article, the performances of TiO₂ and TaO₂ nonvolatile memristive devices were compared and the factors that make TaO₂ memristive devices better than TiO₂ memristive devices were studied. TaO₂ memristive devices have shown better endurance performances (10⁸ times more switching cycles) and faster switching speed (5 times) than TiO₂ memristive devices. Electroforming of TaO₂ memristive devices requires~4.5 times less energy than TiO₂ memristive devices of a similar size. The retention period of TaO₂ memristive devices is expected to exceed 10 years with sufficient experimental evidence. In addition to comparing device performances, this article also explains the differences in physical device structure, switching mechanism, and resistance switching performances of TiO₂ and TaO₂ memristive devices. This article summarizes the reasons that give TaO₂ memristive devices the advantage over TiO₂ memristive devices, in terms of electroformation, switching speed, and endurance.     

Electrooptic ferroelectric Na/sub 0.5/K/sub 0.5/NbO/sub 3/ films

We report on waveguiding and electrooptic properties of epitaxial Na/sub 0.5/K/sub 0.5/NbO/sub 3/ films grown by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering on Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/(11_02) single crystal substrates. High optical waveguiding performance has been demonstrated in infrared and visible light. The in-plane electrooptic effect has been recorded in transmission using a transverse geometry. At dc fields, the effective linear electrooptic coefficient was determined to 28 pm/V, which is promising for modulator applications.     

A 1 cm/spl times/1 cm In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As-In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As avalanche photodiode array

We report a 1 cm/spl times/1 cm array of 100 In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As-In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As avalanche photodiodes (APD). The average breakdown voltage was 28.7 V with a standard deviation of less than 0.5 V. The distribution of breakdown voltage across the area followed a radial pattern consistent with a slight epitaxial growth nonuniformity. The mean dark current at a gain of 10, or 6.1 A/W, was 10.3 nA, and none of the 100 APDs had a dark current of more than 25 nA. The bandwidth at a gain of 10 was 6.2 GHz, and the maximum gain-bandwidth product was 140 GHz. This technology is ideally suited for next-generation three-dimensional imaging applications.