J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (8): 901-906.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2017.04.021
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Gao Juanab, He Ganga(), Xiao Dongqia, Jin Penga, Jiang Shanshana, Li Wendonga, Liang Shuanga, Zhu Lia
Received:
2016-12-15
Revised:
2017-03-01
Accepted:
2017-04-01
Online:
2017-08-20
Published:
2017-10-31
Gao Juan, He Gang, Xiao Dongqi, Jin Peng, Jiang Shanshan, Li Wendong, Liang Shuang, Zhu Li. Passivation of Ge surface treated with trimethylaluminum and investigation of electrical properties of HfTiO/Ge gate stacks[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2017, 33(8): 901-906.
Substrate | Pretreatment process |
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S1 | Unpretreated |
S2 | 10 cycles of TMA(0.2 s)/N2(8 s) half-ALD-cycle purge |
S3 | 20 cycles of TMA(0.2 s)/N2(8 s) half-ALD-cycle purge |
S4 | 1 nm Al2O3 passivation layer |
Table 1 Ge substrates with different surface pretreatment processes.
Substrate | Pretreatment process |
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S1 | Unpretreated |
S2 | 10 cycles of TMA(0.2 s)/N2(8 s) half-ALD-cycle purge |
S3 | 20 cycles of TMA(0.2 s)/N2(8 s) half-ALD-cycle purge |
S4 | 1 nm Al2O3 passivation layer |
Fig. 1. XPS spectra of Hf 4f core level at the interface between HfTiO films and Ge substrates with different surface pretreatment processes: (a) S1, (b) S2, (c) S3, (d) S4.
Fig. 2. XPS spectra of O 1s core level at the interface between HfTiO films and Ge substrates with different surface pretreatment processes: (a) S1, (b) S2, (c) S3, (d) S4.
Fig. 3. XPS spectra of Ge 3d core level at the interface between HfTiO films and Ge substrates with different surface pretreatment processes: (a) S1, (b) S2, (c) S3, (d) S4.
Fig. 4. C-V characteristic curves of all samples, corresponding to different surface pretreatment processes, i.e., uncleaned (S1), 10 cycles TMA (S2), 20 cycles TMA (S3), and 1 nm-thick Al2O3 barrier layer (S4), respectively.
Samples | Eot (nm) | k | Nbt ( × 1011 cm-2) | Qox ( × 1012 cm-2) | Dit ( × 1012 eV-1cm-2) | J (A/cm2) |
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S1 | 1.89 | 18.5 | 1.37 | -5.95 | 7.65 | 1.79 × 10-2 |
S2 | 1.92 | 18.2 | 0.57 | -3.63 | 8.55 | 6.36 × 10-4 |
S3 | 1.56 | 22.6 | 1.11 | -3.53 | 7.56 | 2.67 × 10-5 |
S4 | 1.71 | 20.5 | 0.50 | -5.67 | 7.84 | 1.03 × 10-4 |
Table 2 Parameters extracted from C-V curvesof all samples, corresponding to different surface pretreatment processes, i.e., uncleaned (S1), 10 cycles TMA (S2), 20cycles TMA (S3), and 1 nm-thick Al2O3 barrier layer (S4), respectively.
Samples | Eot (nm) | k | Nbt ( × 1011 cm-2) | Qox ( × 1012 cm-2) | Dit ( × 1012 eV-1cm-2) | J (A/cm2) |
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S1 | 1.89 | 18.5 | 1.37 | -5.95 | 7.65 | 1.79 × 10-2 |
S2 | 1.92 | 18.2 | 0.57 | -3.63 | 8.55 | 6.36 × 10-4 |
S3 | 1.56 | 22.6 | 1.11 | -3.53 | 7.56 | 2.67 × 10-5 |
S4 | 1.71 | 20.5 | 0.50 | -5.67 | 7.84 | 1.03 × 10-4 |
Fig. 5. J-V characteristic curves of all samples, corresponding to different surface pretreatment processes, i.e., uncleaned (S1), 10 cycles TMA (S2), 20 cycles TMA (S3), and 1 nm-thick Al2O3 barrier layer (S4), respectively.
Fig. 6. Conduction mechanism fitting of the MOS capacitor with 20 cycles TMA cleaning Ge substrate under gate injection: (a) Schottky emisson, (b) P-F emission, (c) FN tunneling.
Fig. 7. Conduction mechanism fitting of the MOS capacitor with 20 cycles TMA cleaning Ge substrate under substrate injection: (a) P-F emission, (b) FN tunneling.
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