The Research of Influence of the Barrier Transition Parameters Determination Methods on their Accuracy

Authors V.S. Dmitriev
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Zaporizhzhya State Engineering Academy, 226, Soborny Ave., 69006 Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine

Е-mail dems562@gmail.com
Issue Volume 9, Year 2017, Number 5
Dates Received 15 June 2017; revised manuscript received 13 July 2017; published online 16 October 2017
Citation V.S. Dmitriev, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 9 No 5, 05037 (2017)
DOI 10.21272/jnep.9(5).05037
PACS Number(s) 73.20. – r, 85.40.Sz, 85.30.Hi
Keywords Current-voltage characteristic (12) , Schottky barrier height, Non-ideality factor, Sequential resistance, Gallium arsenide, Silver (13) .
Annotation The accuracy of the main qualitative barrier transitions characteristics (barrier height b and nonideality factor η) depends on the accuracy of the measurement as the current and voltage as their determination method. The methods for determining the Schottky barrier height using current-voltage characteristics are considered and tested at the Ag/n - n+GaAs barrier transitions, which are made using different heat treatment regimes. It is established that the method of calculating the current-voltage characteristics by the Rhoderick method is the simplest, but it does not take into account the series resistance, which can lead to additional errors in determining the current-voltage characteristic section where this influence can be neglected. It is established that the most accurate method is the direct approximation method, which takes into account the effect of the series resistance in calculating the non-ideality factor and the Schottky barrier height.

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