Al掺杂HfO2高k栅介质沉积后退火工艺研究

为满足集成电路发展需求,通过向HfO2掺入Al元素形成Al掺杂的HfO2新型高k材料,并在不同的环境和温度下进行退火,研究其电学特性的变化。通过对电学参数的分析,研究Al掺杂HfO2材料体内正电荷缺陷、k值（晶相变化）、界面层厚度、栅漏电等的影响。最终,在N2环境中700℃退火条件下,Al掺杂HfO2的电学特性达到最优,其EOT为0.88nm、Vfb为0.46V和Ig为2.19×10-4A/cm2。最优条件下的EOT可以满足14/16nm器件的需要（EOT<1nm）,Ig比相同EOT的HfO2材料小3个数量级。     

湿N2退火HfTiO和HfO2栅介质 Ge MOS电特性研究

采用反应磁控溅射方法在Ge衬底上分别制备了HfTiO和HfO2高κ栅介质薄膜,并研究了湿N2和干N2退火对介质性能的影响。由于GeOx在水气氛中的水解特性,湿N2退火能分解淀积过程中生长的锗氧化物,降低界面态和氧化物电荷密度,有效提高栅介质质量。测量结果表明,湿N2退火Al/HfTiO/n-GeMOS和Al/HfO2/n-GeMOS电容的栅介质等效厚度分别为3.2nm和3.7nm,-1V栅偏压下的栅极漏电流分别为1.08×10-5A/cm2和7.79×10-6A/cm2。实验结果还表明,HfTiO样品由于Ti元素的引入提高了介电性能,但是Ti的扩散也使得界面态密度升高。     

Al2O3栅介质的制备工艺及其泄漏电流输运机制

利用室温下反应磁控溅射结合炉退火的方法在P-Si(100)衬底上制备了Al2O3栅介质层,研究了不同的溅射气氛和退火条件对Al2O3栅介质层物理特性的影响.结果表明:在较高温度下N2气氛中退火有助于减小泄漏电流;在O2气氛中退火有助于减少Al2O3栅介质中的氧空位缺陷.对Al2O3栅介质泄漏电流输运机制的分析表明,在电子由衬底注入的情况下,泄漏电流主要由Schottky发射机制引起,而在电子由栅注入的情况下,泄漏电流可能由Schottky发射和Frenkel-Poole发射两种机制共同引起.     

Al_2O_3栅介质的制备工艺及其泄漏电流输运机制

利用室温下反应磁控溅射结合炉退火的方法在P Si(10 0 )衬底上制备了Al2 O3 栅介质层,研究了不同的溅射气氛和退火条件对Al2 O3 栅介质层物理特性的影响.结果表明:在较高温度下N2 气氛中退火有助于减小泄漏电流;在O2 气氛中退火有助于减少Al2 O3 栅介质中的氧空位缺陷.对Al2 O3 栅介质泄漏电流输运机制的分析表明,在电子由衬底注入的情况下,泄漏电流主要由Schottky发射机制引起,而在电子由栅注入的情况下,泄漏电流可能由Schot tky发射和Frenkel Poole发射两种机制共同引起.     

先进的Hf基高k栅介质研究进展

随着CMOS器件特征尺寸的不断缩小,SiO2作为栅介质材料已不能满足集成电路技术高速发展的需求,利用高k栅介质取代SiO2栅介质成为微电子技术发展的必然.但是,被认为最有希望替代SiO2的HfO2由于结晶温度低等缺点,很难集成于现有的CMOS工艺中,新型Hf基高k栅介质的研究成为当务之急.据报道,在HfO2中引入N、Si、Al和Ta可大大改善其热力学稳定性,由此形成的高k栅介质具有优良的电学特性,基本上满足器件的要求.本文综述了这类先进的Hf基高k栅介质材料的最新研究进展.     

超薄HfO2高K栅介质薄膜的软击穿特性

研究了高K(高介电常数)栅介质HfO2薄膜的制备工艺,制备了有效氧化层厚度为2.9nm的超薄MOS电容。当栅氧化层很薄时会发生软击穿现象,软击穿和通常的硬击穿是不同的现象。分别利用在栅介质上加恒流应力和恒压应力两种方法研究了HfO2薄膜的击穿特性,实验结果表明,在两种应力方式下HfO2栅介质均发生了软击穿现象,软击穿和硬击穿的机理不同。     

离子注入氮化薄SiO_2栅介质的特性

研究了通过多晶硅栅注入氮离子氮化 10 nm薄栅 Si O2 的特性 .实验证明氮化后的薄 Si O2 栅具有明显的抗硼穿透能力 ,它在 FN应力下的氧化物陷阱电荷产生速率和正向 FN应力下的慢态产生速率比常规栅介质均有显著下降 ,氮化栅介质的击穿电荷 (Qbd)比常规栅介质提高了 2 0 % .栅介质性能改善的可能原因是由于离子注入工艺在栅 Si O2 中引进的 N+离子形成了更稳定的键所致     

退火气氛对Ge MOS电容电特性的影响

采用反应磁控溅射法在Ge衬底上制备了HfTiO高介电常数k栅介质薄膜,研究了不同气体(N2、NO、N2O)淀积后退火对Ge金属-氧化物-半导体(MOS)电容性能的影响.透射电子显微镜和电特性测量表明,湿N2退火能有效抑制界面层的生长,提高界面质量,改善栅极漏电流特性,从而得到最优的器件性能,即Al/HfTiO/n-Ge MOS电容的栅介质等效氧化物厚0.81 nm,k=34.5,带隙中央界面态密度为2.4×1011cm-2·eV-1,1 V栅偏压下的栅极漏电流为2.71×10-4A·cm-2.     

优化了栅电极溅射工艺的难熔金属栅MOS电容的性能

论述了通过优化难熔金属栅电极的溅射工艺及采用适当的退火温度修复损伤来提高 3nm栅氧 W/ Ti N叠层栅 MOS电容的性能 .实验选取了合适的 Ti N厚度来减小应力 ,以较小的 Ti N溅射率避免溅射过程对栅介质的损伤 ,并采用了较高的 N2 / Ar比率在 Ti N溅射过程中进一步氮化了栅介质 .实验得到了高质量的 C- V曲线 ,并成功地把 Nss(表面态密度 )降低到了 8× 10 1 0 / cm2以下 ,达到了与多晶硅栅 MOS电容相当的水平     

含N超薄栅氧化层的击穿特性

研究了含 N超薄栅氧化层的击穿特性 .含 N薄栅氧化层是先进行 90 0℃干氧氧化 5 m in,再把 Si O2 栅介质放入 10 0 0℃的 N2 O中退火 2 0 min而获得的 ,栅氧化层厚度为 10 nm.实验结果表明 ,在栅介质中引入适量的 N可以明显地起到抑制栅介质击穿的作用 .分析研究表明 ,N具有补偿 Si O2 中 O3≡ Si·和 Si3≡ Si·等由工艺引入的氧化物陷阱和界面陷阱的作用 ,从而可以减少初始固定正电荷和 Si/ Si O2 界面态 ,因此提高了栅氧化层的抗击穿能力     

HfO2 Gate Dielectrics for Future Generation of CMOS Device Application

The material and electrical properties of HfO2 high-k gate dielectric are reported.In the first part,the band alignment of HfO2 and (HfO2)x(Al2O3)1-x to (100)Si substrate and their thermal stability are studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and TEM.The energy gap of (HfO2)x(Al2O3)1-x,the valence band offset,and the conduction band offset between (HfO2)x(Al2O3)1-x and the Si substrate as functions of x are obtained based on the XPS results.Our XPS results also demonstrate that both the thermal stability and the resistance to oxygen diffusion of HfO2 are improved by adding Al to form Hf aluminates.In the second part,a thermally stable and high quality HfN/HfO2 gate stack is reported.Negligible changes in equivalent oxide thickness (EOT),gate leakage,and work function (close to Si mid-gap) of HfN/HfO2 gate stack are demonstrated even after 1000℃ post-metal annealing(PMA),which is attributed to the superior oxygen diffusion barrier of HfN as well as the thermal stability of the HfN/HfO2 interface.Therefore,even without surface nitridation prior to HfO2 deposition,the EOT of HfN/HfO2 gate stack has been successfully scaled down to less than 1nm after 1000℃ PMA with excellent leakage and long-term reliability.The last part demonstrates a novel replacement gate process employing a HfN dummy gate and sub-1nm EOT HfO2 gate dielectric.The excellent thermal stability of the HfN/HfO2 gate stack enables its use in high temperature CMOS processes.The replacement of HfN with other metal gate materials with work functions adequate for n- and p-MOS is facilitated by a high etch selectivity of HfN with respect to HfO2,without any degradation to the EOT,gate leakage,or TDDB characteristics of HfO2.     

HfO2 Gate Dielectrics for Future Generation of CMOS Device Application

Introduction High- k gate dielectrics have been extensivelystudied as alternates to conventional gate oxide( Si O2 ) due to the aggressive downscaling of Si O2thickness in CMOS devices,and hence the exces-sive gate leakage.Hf O2 has emerged as one...     

YON界面钝化层改善HfO2/Ge界面特性的研究

本文采用YON界面钝化层来改善HfO₂栅介质Ge metal-oxide-semiconductor（MOS）器件的界面质量和电特性.比较研究了两种不同的YON制备方法：在Ar+N₂氛围中溅射Y₂O₃靶直接淀积获得以及先在Ar+N₂氛围中溅射Y靶淀积YN再于含氧氛围中退火形成YON.实验结果及XPS的分析表明,后者可以利用YN在退火过程中先于Ge表面吸收从界面扩散的O而氧化,从而阻挡了O扩散到达Ge表面,更有效抑制了界面处Ge氧化物的形成,获得了更优良的界面特性和电特性：较小的CET（1.66 nm）,较大的k值（18.8）,较低的界面态密度（7.79×10¹¹ eV^-1cm^-2）和等效氧化物电荷密度（-4.83×10¹² cm^-2）,低的栅极漏电流（3.40×10^-4 A/cm²@V_g=V_fb+1 V）以及好的高场应力可靠性.     

Improvement of TDDB reliability, characteristics of HfO2 high-k/metal gate MOSFET device with oxygen post deposition annealing

In this work, influences of oxygen effect on an Hf-based high-k gate dielectric were investigated. A post deposition annealing (PDA) including oxygen ion after high-k dielectric deposition was used to improve reliability of the Hf-based high-k/metal gate device. The basic electrical characteristics of devices were compared with and without the PDA process. Experiment results show that the oxygen PDA did not degrade the drive current and effective oxide thickness of the Hf-based gate devices. In addition, reliability issues such as positive bias instability, negative bias instability and TDDB were also improved by the oxygen PDA significantly. During the TDDB test, the charge trapping was characterized by an in situ charge pumping system, which could make us to understand the variations of interface trap during the reliability stress easily.     

Improving channel carrier mobility and immunity to charge trapping of high-K NMOSFET by using stacked Y/sub 2/O/sub 3//HfO/sub 2/ gate dielectric

A stacked Y/sub 2/O/sub 3//HfO/sub 2/ multimetal gate dielectric with improved electron mobility and charge trapping characteristics is reported. Laminated hafnium and yttrium were sputtered on silicon followed by post-deposition anneal (PDA) in N/sub 2/ ambient. The new dielectric shows a similar scalability to HfO/sub 2/ reference. Analysis on flatband voltage shift indicates positive fixed charge induced by Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/. Excellent transistor characteristics have been demonstrated. Stacked Y/sub 2/O/sub 3//HfO/sub 2/, compared to HfO/sub 2/ reference with similar equivalent oxide thickness (EOT), shows 49% enhancement in transconductance and 65% increase in the peak electron mobility. These improvements may be attributed to better charge trapping characteristics of the multimetal dielectric.     

堆叠栅介质MOS器件栅极漏电流的计算模型

采用顺序隧穿理论和传输哈密顿方法并考虑沟道表面量子化效应,建立了高介电常数堆叠栅介质MOS器件栅极漏电流的顺序隧穿模型。利用该模型数值,研究了Si3N4/SiO2、Al2O3/SiO2、HfO2/SiO2和La2O3/SiO2四种堆叠栅介质结构MOS器件的栅极漏电流随栅极电压和等效氧化层厚度变化的关系。依据计算结果,讨论了堆叠栅介质MOS器件按比例缩小的前景。     

High-k Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ gate dielectrics prepared by oxidation of aluminum film in nitric acid followed by high-temperature annealing

A simple, cost-effective, and room temperature process was proposed to prepare high-k gate dielectrics. An aluminum oxide (Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/) gate dielectric was prepared by oxidation of ultrathin Al film in nitric acid (HNO/sub 3/) at room temperature then followed by high-temperature annealing in O/sub 2/ or N/sub 2/. The substrate injection current behavior and interface trap-induced capacitance were introduced to investigate the interfacial property between the gate dielectric and Si substrate. Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ gate dielectric MOS capacitors with and without initial SiO/sub 2/ layers were characterized. It was shown that the Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ gate dielectrics with initial oxide exhibit better electrical properties than those without. The 650/spl deg/C N/sub 2/-POA Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/-SiO/sub 2/ sample with an equivalent oxide thickness of 18 /spl Aring/ exhibits three orders of magnitude reduction in gate leakage current in comparison with the conventional thermal SiO/sub 2/ sample.     

Mobility measurement and degradation mechanisms of MOSFETs made with ultrathin high-k dielectrics

Accurate measurements and degradation mechanisms of the channel mobility for MOSFETs with HfO/sub 2/ as the gate dielectric have been systematically studied in this paper. The error in mobility extraction caused by a high density of interface traps for a MOSFET with high-k gate dielectric has been analyzed, and a new method to correct this error has been proposed. Other sources of error in mobility extraction, including channel resistance, gate leakage current, and contact resistance for a MOSFET with ultrathin high-k dielectric have also been investigated and reported in this paper. Based on the accurately measured channel mobility, we have analyzed the degradation mechanisms of channel mobility for a MOSFET with HfO/sub 2/ as the gate dielectric. The mobility degradation due to Coulomb scattering arising from interface trapped charges, and that due to remote soft optical phonon scattering are discussed.     

HfTiO氮化退火对MOS器件电特性的影响

采用磁控溅射方法,在Si衬底上淀积HfTiO高k介质,研究了NO、N2O、NH3和N2不同气体退火对MOS电特性的影响。结果表明,由于NO氮化退火能形成类SiO2/Si界面特性的HfTiSiON层,所制备的MOS器件表现出优良的电特性,即低的界面态密度、低的栅极漏电和高的可靠性。根据MOS器件栅介质(HfTiON/HfTiSiON)物理厚度变化(ΔTox)和电容等效厚度变化(ΔCET)与介质(HfTiON)介电常数的关系,求出在NO气氛中进行淀积后退火处理的HfTiON的介电常数达到28。