SEMICONDUCTOR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION SENSOR BASED ON ALUMINIUM NITRIDE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAID SENSOR Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC H01L31/101 

FIELD: physics, semiconductors.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to microelectronics and can be used in designing semiconductor ultraviolet radiation sensors. A semiconductor UV radiation sensor has a substrate on which there are series-arranged wiring layer made from TiN, a photosensitive AlN layer, and an electrode system which includes a platinum rectifying electrode which is semi-transparent in the C-region of UV radiation, connected to the AlN layer to form a Schottky contact, first and second leads for connecting to an external measuring circuit, where the first lead is connected to the wiring layer and the second to the rectifying electrode. The method of making a semiconductor UV radiation sensor involves successive deposition of a wiring TiN layer and a photosensitive AlN layer onto a substrate through reactive magnetron sputtering on a general processing unit in a nitrogen-containing gas medium with subsequent formation of a platinum rectifying electrode which is semitransparent in the C-region of UV radiation, connected to the photosensitive AlN layer to form a Schottky contact, and leads for connecting the rectifying electrode and the wiring layer to an external measuring circuit. The wiring and photosensitive layers are deposited continuously without allowing cooling down of the substrate. The platinum rectifying electrode is made through three-electrode ion-plasma sputtering of a platinum target at pressure of 0.5-0.6 Pa for 4-6 minutes, target potential of 0.45-0.55 kV and anode current of 0.8+1.2 A. Sensitivity of the end product is equal to 65-72 mA/W.

EFFECT: increased sensitivity of the end product.

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