TY - JOUR A1 - Würfl, J. A1 - Hilsenbeck, J. A1 - Nebauer, E. A1 - Tränkle, G. A1 - Obloh, H. A1 - Österle, Werner T1 - Reliability of AIGaN/GaN HFETs comprising refractory ohmic and Schottky contacts T2 - Microelectronics Reliability N2 - Recent progress in the development of A1GaN/GaN heterostructure field effect transistors (HFETs) Shows the great potential towards high temperature / high power electronics. Nevertheless investigations on reliability properties of GaN-based devices are still at the beginning. The frequently used Ti/A1 based ohmic and Pt based Schottky contacts suffer from strong Degradation after aging at elevated temperatures. Therefore new contact systems have to be employed. Concerning the source and drain metallization we used an amorphous WSiN barrier layer as applied for GaAs on top of the Ti/Al-based ohmic contact. This technique significantly reduces the in-diffusion of the Au-containing overlayer, furthermore the barrier layer guaranties smooth contact morphology after RTA and aging, respectively. For the Schottky metallization the Ir/Au system was used. Reliability studies performed on HFET devices containing refractory Ti/A1/Ti/Au/WSiN ohmic and Ir/Au Schottky contacts demonstrate stable conditions during 120h aging at 500°C. PB - Elsevier KW - Semiconductor KW - Reliability KW - Contact resistance KW - Heterostructure field effect transistor PY - 2000 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/38541 AN - OPUS4-38541 SN - 0026-2714 VL - 40 SP - 1689 EP - 1693 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany