Study of Electron Traps Associated With Oxygen Superlattices in n-Type Silicon.

In this paper, the deep levels found by Deep-Level Transient Spectroscopy in Si-O superlattices (SLs) on n-type silicon are reported. Samples have been grown with one, two or five silicon-oxygen layers, separated by 3 nm of silicon. A Cr Schottky barrier (SB) is thermally evaporated on top of the SL. Similar as for p-type silicon, no deep levels have been found for a bias pulse in depletion, while a broad distribution of electron traps shows up when pulsing into forward bias. At the same time, these bands are absent in a zero SL reference sample. Similar as for the p-type results, the trap filling of the electron states exhibits a logarithmic capture. The possible origin of this slow filling will be discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]