Abstract:
A reliable low-resitance ohmic contact to n-type GaN was studied. First, a Ti(30nm)/Al(500nm) bilayer was deposited on the Si-doped GaN(3×10
18cm
-3) by evaporation and then annealed in nitrogen at 530℃ for 3 min. After annealing, another bilayer of Ti(100nm)/Au(1000nm) was deposited on the top of Al layer to protect it from being oxidized. This contact show good ohmic contact with a specific resistance of 8.8×10
-5 Ω·cm
2.The surface of the contact is found to be very smooth, stable and suitable for bonding. The results indicate that the contact can be used for fabrication of high-performance GaN devices.