Breakdown Enhancement in Silicon Nanowire p-n Junctions

Autor: P. Agarwal, F. Neuilly, E. Hijzen, M. N. Vijayaraghavan, G. A. M. Hurkx
Rok vydání: 2007
Předmět:
Zdroj: Nano Letters. 7:896-899
ISSN: 1530-6992
1530-6984
DOI: 10.1021/nl062681n
Popis: We demonstrate highly reproducible silicon nanowire diodes fabricated with a fully VLSI compatible etching technology, with diameters down to 30 nm. A contact technology based on recrystallized polysilicon enables specific contact resistances as low as rho approximately 10-7 Omega cm2. Our devices show a strongly diameter-dependent breakdown voltage at reverse bias, which we explain in terms of the influence of the surrounding dielectric. We suggest that this technology is suitable for incorporating nanowire-based functionalities into future integrated circuits.
Databáze: OpenAIRE