Title : 
A new procedure to extract ultra-low specific contact resistivity
         
        
            Author : 
Hsuan-Tzu Tseng ; Bing-Yue Tsui
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Inst. of Electron., Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this work, a new procedure to extract ultra-low specific contact resistivity down to 10-9 Ω-cm2 is proposed. Design guidelines of the test structure are analyzed with 3-D simulation. Compared to the typical Cross-bridge-Kelvin resistor structure, the proposed structure has much better accuracy at low resistivity regime, looser design rules, simpler fabrication process.
         
        
            Keywords : 
contact resistance; resistors; semiconductor-metal boundaries; 3D simulation; Cross-bridge-Kelvin resistor structure; fabrication process; looser design rules; metal-semiconductor contact; test structure; ultra-low specific contact resistivity extraction; Accuracy; Conductivity; Guidelines; Metals; Radio frequency; Resistance; Solid modeling;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC), 2012 IEEE International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-1138-0
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
pending
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IITC.2012.6251584