TY - GEN
T1 - Mechanism of Vfb shift in HfO2 gate stack by Al diffusion from (TaC)1-xAlx gate electrode
AU - Nabatame, T.
AU - Kimura, M.
AU - Yamada, H.
AU - Ohi, A.
AU - Ohishi, T.
AU - Chikyow, T.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We investigate Vfb behavior of (TaC)1-xAlx gated HfO2 MOS capacitors as a function of post metal annealing (PMA) temperature. The positive Vfb shift appears in PMA temperature at above 700°C, while the negative Vfb shift occurs at below 600°C. At below 600°C, the effective work function (φm,eff) of gate electrode becomes lower by increasing Al atoms with a low work function. We found that the positive Vfb shift occurs dominantly due to the φm,eff change induced by Al diffusion from gate electrode at 700 and 800°C. At above 900°C, Al atoms reach to the HfO2/SiO2 interface and form the AlOx layers, and results in positive Vfb shift due to the bottom interface dipole. We can divide into two components of φm,eff change of gate electrode and the bottom interface dipole due to AlOx layer as a function of PMA temperature.
AB - We investigate Vfb behavior of (TaC)1-xAlx gated HfO2 MOS capacitors as a function of post metal annealing (PMA) temperature. The positive Vfb shift appears in PMA temperature at above 700°C, while the negative Vfb shift occurs at below 600°C. At below 600°C, the effective work function (φm,eff) of gate electrode becomes lower by increasing Al atoms with a low work function. We found that the positive Vfb shift occurs dominantly due to the φm,eff change induced by Al diffusion from gate electrode at 700 and 800°C. At above 900°C, Al atoms reach to the HfO2/SiO2 interface and form the AlOx layers, and results in positive Vfb shift due to the bottom interface dipole. We can divide into two components of φm,eff change of gate electrode and the bottom interface dipole due to AlOx layer as a function of PMA temperature.
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U2 - 10.1149/1.3700871
DO - 10.1149/1.3700871
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869071924
SN - 9781566779555
T3 - ECS Transactions
SP - 49
EP - 59
BT - Dielectrics for Nanosystems 5
PB - Electrochemical Society Inc.
T2 - 5th International Symposium on Dielectrics for Nanosystems: Materials Science, Processing, Reliability and Manufacturing - 221st ECS Meeting
Y2 - 6 May 2012 through 10 May 2012
ER -