Materials Science Forum, Vol.483, 697-700, 2005
Effects of N2O anneal on channel mobility of 4H-SiC MOSFET and gate oxide reliability
The effect of N2O anneal on channel mobility of inversion-type 4H-SiC n-channel MOSFET has been systematically investigated. It is found that the mobility increases with increasing anneal temperature from 900 to 1150° C. The highest field effect mobility of 30 cm(2)/Vs is achieved by 1150° C anneal for 3 h, which is about 20 times higher than that for non-annealed MOSFET. In order to investigate the oxide reliability, TDDB measurement has been performed on SiO2 grown on n-type 4H-SiC. The oxide lifetime is found to be drastically improved by N2O anneal.