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The Influence of the Metal Microstructure on the Breakdown Mechanism of Schottky Diodes

Shahlar Gachayogli Askerov, M. G. Gasanov, L. KAbdullayeva

Abstract


In this paper, the influence of the microstructure of a metal on the breakdown mechanism of diodes with a Schottky barrier is studied. It is shown that in electronic processes occurring in the contact between a metal and a semi-conductor, the metal plays a very active role and is a more important contact partner than a semiconductor. Unlike the known mechanisms of breakdown of diodes (avalanche, tunnel and thermal), another mechanism is proposed in this paper - the geometric mechanism of the reverse current flow of Schottky diodes made using a metal with a poly-crystalline structure. The polycrystallinity of a metal transforms a homogeneous contact into a complex system, which consists of parallel-connected multiple elementary contacts having different properties and parameters.

Keywords


Schottky diode, Metal-semiconductor contact, Interface, Barrier height, Breakdown voltage

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/mpc.v1i1.565

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