Electrical contacts to both n and p-type GaN films have been investigated using electron-beam evaporated and sputtered films of metals such as Al, Au, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pt, and Ti. Films deposited by electron-beam evaporation for the n-type films with doping levels of 1 x 10 18 /cm 3 and lower showed rectifying characteristics with all the metals studied with the exception of Al. Aluminum contact diodes were ohmic in the as-deposited state. The Pt rectifying contact was near-ideal with an ideality factor close to 1.0. Ideality factors for the other metals were much greater than 1. This deviation from thermionic behavior was interpreted as space charge limited current conduction in the presence of deep-level states. Sputtered films showed very similar characteristics to electron-beam deposited films, with the exception of Ti. The Ti contact was ohmic in the as-deposited state. Non-linear Cu contacts to n-type films became ohmic on annealing. However, for p-type films, Ar ion sputter-cleaning prior to metal deposition by sputtering created ohmic contacts with Cu and Pt. Low resistance ohmic contacts were achieved by ion implantation and anneal of Si in n-type and Mg in p-type films, prior to metallization. The implant parameters and anneal temperatures are currently being optimized.
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