Electrical and dielectric properties of MIS Schottky diodes at low temperatures
The electrical and dielectric properties of the Al/SiO2/p-Si (MIS) Schottky diodes have been investigated by capacitancevoltage (CV) and conductancevoltage (G/?V) measurements in the frequency (f) and temperature (T) range of 100Hz1MHz and 80300K, respectively. Experimental results show that the values of dielectric constant (??), dielectric loss (??), loss tangent (tan?), ac electrical conductivity (?ac) and the electric modulus were found to be a strong function of T and f. An increase in the values of the ?? and ?? was observed with both a decrease in frequency and an increase in temperature. The ?ac is found to increase with both increasing frequency and temperature. In addition, the experimental dielectrical data have been analyzed considering electric modulus formalism. The interfacial polarization can more easily occur at the lower frequency and/or with the number of interface state density between Si/SiO2 interface, consequently, which contributes to the improvement of dielectric properties of MIS Schottky diode.
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