Moroccan Journal of Condensed Matter, Vol 2 (1999)

Properties of Cd1-xZnx Te crystals grown by High Pressure Bridgman (HPB)

A. Drighil, R. Adhiri, C. Sribi, M. Mousstad, K. Cherkaoui, G. Marrakchi, A. Zerrai, M. Zazoui

Abstract


In this paper we present results of a modelling of the current-voltage characteristics of metal/ultra-thin oxide/semiconductor structures with negatively biased metal gate (V<0), when the oxide thickness varies from 45Å to 80Å. We analyze the theoretical influence of the temperature and Schottky effect on the Fowler-Nordheim (FN) conduction. The results obtained show that these influences depend on the electric field in the oxide and on the potential barrier at the metal/oxide interface. At the ambient temperature, the influence on this potential barrier is lower than 1.5%. However, it can reach 45% on the pre-exponential coefficient of the FN current. It is therefore necessary to consider in the FN classical conduction expression a correction term that takes account the temperature and Schottky effects. These results are validated experimentally by modelling the current-voltage characteristics of the realized structures at high field.