Title
SrO capping effect for La2O3/Ce-silicate gate dielectrics
Abstract
The chemical bonding states and electrical characteristics of SrO capped La2O3/CeOx gate dielectric have been examined. Angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement has revealed that Sr atoms diffuse into silicate layer to form SrLa-silicate after annealing. Owing to the incorporation of Sr atoms into silicate layer, a transistor operation with an equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) below 0.5nm has been demonstrated. A strongly degraded effective electron mobility of 78cm2/Vs at 1MV/cm has been obtained, which fit well with the general trend in small EOT range below 1nm. Although process optimization is needed to improve the performance of transistors, Sr capping technique can be useful for EOT scaling.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1016/j.microrel.2009.12.004
Microelectronics Reliability
Keywords
Field
DocType
process optimization,x ray photoelectron spectroscopy,equivalent oxide thickness
Equivalent oxide thickness,Analytical chemistry,Dielectric,Chemistry,Electronic engineering,Gate dielectric,Annealing (metallurgy),Silicate,Chemical bond,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,Electron mobility
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
50
3
0026-2714
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
13
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kuniyuki Kakushima101.35
K. Okamoto200.34
T. Koyanagi300.34
M. Kouda400.34
K. Tachi500.68
T. Kawanago600.34
J. Song700.34
Parhat Ahmet801.01
H. Nohira900.68
Kazuo Tsutsui1001.01
Nobuyuki Sugii1145.26
Takeo Hattori1201.01
Hiroshi Iwai1301.01