Improved Inversion Channel Mobility in 4H-SiC MOSFETs on Si Face Utilizing Phosphorus-Doped Gate Oxide

We propose a new technique for fabricating 4H-SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) with high inversion channel mobility. P atoms were incorporated into the SiO
₂
/4H-SiC (0001) interface by postoxidation annealing using phosphoryl chloride (POCl
₃
). The interface state density near the conduction band edge of 4H-SiC was reduced significantly, and the peak field-effect mobility of lateral 4H-SiC MOSFETs on (0001) Si face was improved to 89 cm
²
/V · s by POCl
₃
annealing at 1000°C.