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.     

GeOI pMOSFETs空穴迁移率的物理模型

A physical model of hole mobility for germanium-on-insulator p MOSFETs is built by analyzing all kinds of scattering mechanisms, and a good agreement of the simulated results with the experimental data is achieved, confirming the validity of this model. The scattering mechanisms involved in this model include acoustic phonon scattering, ionized impurity scattering, surface roughness scattering, coulomb scattering and the scattering caused by Ge film thickness fluctuation. The simulated results show that the coulomb scattering from the interface charges is responsible for the hole mobility degradation in the low-field regime and the surface roughness scattering limits the hole mobility in the high-field regime. In addition, the effects of some factors, e.g. temperature, doping concentration of the channel and the thickness of Ge film, on degradation of the mobility are also discussed using the model, thus obtaining a reasonable range of the relevant parameters.     

NH3等离子体处理钝化层致Ge MOS界面特性的改善

制备了以TaYON作为钝化层,以HfTiON作为高k栅介质的Ge MOS电容。研究了NH₃和N₂等离子体处理TaYON对界面特性的影响。结果表明,N₂和NH₃等离子体处理可以有效改善器件的界面及电性能,其中,NH₃等离子体处理的效果更好,可获得更高的k值(25.9)、更低的界面态密度(6.72×10¹¹ eV-1·cm-2)和等效氧化物电荷密度(-9.43×10¹¹ cm-2),以及更小的栅极漏电流(5.18×10-5 A/cm²@V_g=1 V+V_fb)。原因在于NH₃等离子体分解产生的N原子或H原子以及NH基团能有效钝化界面附近的悬挂键和缺陷态,防止GeO_x低k界面层的形成,N原子的结合也增加了介质的热稳定性。