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Group IVB Oxides as High Permittivity Gate Insulators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. A. Campbell ,
B. He ,
R. Smith ,
T. Ma ,
N. Hoilien ,
C. Taylor  and
W. L. Gladfelter
S. A. Campbell
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Campbell@ece.umn.edu
B. He
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Campbell@ece.umn.edu
R. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
T. Ma
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Campbell@ece.umn.edu
N. Hoilien
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Campbell@ece.umn.edu
C. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
W. L. Gladfelter
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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Abstract

Increasing MOSFET performance requires scaling, the systematic reduction in device dimensions. Tunneling leakage, however, provides an absolute scaling limit for SiO2of about 1.5 nm. Power limitations and device reliability are likely to pose softer limits slightly above 2 nm. We have investigated the use of high permittivity materials such as TiO2, ZrO2, and their silicates as potential replacements for SiO2. We have synthesized titanium nitrate (Ti(NO3)4or TN), zirconium nitrate (Zr(NO3)4or ZrN), and hafnium nitrate (Hf(NO3)4or HfN) as hydrogen and carbon free deposition precursors. Several problems arise in the use of these films including the formation of an amorphous low permittivity interfacial layer. For TiO2this layer is formed by silicon up diffusion. Surface nitridation retards the formation of the interfacial layer. We discuss the effects of both thermal and remote plasma surface nitridation treatments on the properties of the film stack. ZrO2and HfO2appear to form a thermal layer of silicon oxide between the high permittivity film and the silicon and have excess oxygen in the bulk of the film.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 606: Symposium NN – Chemical Processing of Dielectrics, Insulators & Electronic Ceramics , 1999 , 23
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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