Method of obtaining high quality silicon dioxide passivation on silicon carbide and resulting passivated structures
AssigneeCree Research, Inc.
InventorJohn W. Palmour
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Abstract
A method of obtaining high quality passivation layers on silicon carbide surfaces by oxidizing a sacrificial layer of a silicon-containing material on a silicon carbide portion of a device structure to substantially consume the sacrificial layer to produce an oxide passivation layer on the silicon carbide portion that is substantially free of dopants that would otherwise degrade the electrical integrity of the oxide layer.
Claims3
A silicon carbide-based device structure having passivation areas that have substantially fewer impurities than the amounts normally associated with oxides grown on doped silicon carbide, said structure comprising:
- a silicon carbide portion;
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- a thermally-grown oxidation layer upon said silicon carbide portion, said oxidation layer having an aluminum dopant concentration of 3E17 (3.times.10.sup..intg. cm.sup.-3) or less.
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