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Paper Abstract
The formation process of devices' electrodes is one of the key techniques in the fabrication of HgCdTe infrared
photoconductive detectors. A new structure of extended electrode has been developed and improved for low temperature
stability. The parts of HgCdTe wafers exposed by photolithography are first dry etched until the sapphire substrate by
ion beam milling (IBM). Then the contact metal films are deposited on HgCdTe and sapphire respectively. The main
innovation of this paper is the optimization of the thickness of contact metal films. The traditional method of evaluation
the stability of electrodes is to measure the changes of resistance when the devices are taken from normal temperature
into low temperatures. Nevertheless, the changes of resistance are not sensitive to microdefects. So as to the effective
evaluation of the contact metal films, another means (SEM) is utilized to get details about the microstructure of the
contact metal films on the sidewall. In this paper, the topography of the improved sidewall contact metal was
investigated by SEM. The outcome shows that a continuous columnar structure is gained by that optimization. No voids
could be seen in the contact metals on the sidewall of etched HgCdTe, which reveals that the improved process is valid.
It also indicated that SEM is a reasonable and efficient means to evaluate the quality of deposited metal film on the
sidewall of a mesa structure in the fabrication of HgCdTe photoconductive detectors.
Paper Details
Date Published: 8 September 2011
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8193, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011: Advances in Infrared Imaging and Applications, 81932E (8 September 2011); doi: 10.1117/12.900348
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8193:
International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011: Advances in Infrared Imaging and Applications
Jeffery J. Puschell; Junhao Chu; Haimei Gong; Jin Lu, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8193, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011: Advances in Infrared Imaging and Applications, 81932E (8 September 2011); doi: 10.1117/12.900348
Show Author Affiliations
Dahan Qian, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Jia Jia, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Yidan Tang, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Fuhao Liu, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Xueliang Ma, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Liyao Zhang, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Jia Jia, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Yidan Tang, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Fuhao Liu, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Xueliang Ma, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Liyao Zhang, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Fei Liu, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Baisong Ye, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Hui Qiao, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Longyuan Zhu, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Xiangyang Li, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Baisong Ye, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Graduate Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Hui Qiao, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Longyuan Zhu, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Xiangyang Li, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (China)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8193:
International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011: Advances in Infrared Imaging and Applications
Jeffery J. Puschell; Junhao Chu; Haimei Gong; Jin Lu, Editor(s)
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