Materials Science Forum, Vol.353-356, 479-482, 2001
Shallow dopant and surface levels in 6H-SiC MOS structures studied by thermally stimulated current technique
In this work, the shallow majority-carrier traps ill 6H-SiC MOS structures are studied using thermally stimulated current (TSC) measurements in the range 6-100 K. In this temperature range: we observe TSC signals from shallow doping levels and from traps at the SiC/SiO(2) interface. The first results of the investigation of very shallow (shallower than doping levels) interface states in differently prepared structures are presented. We find that the re-oxidation anneal, which essentially reduces the density of deep interface states, results in a significant increase (by a factor of 2) in the density of shallow states nests the valence band.