Impact of atomic-layer-deposited TiN on the gate oxide quality of W/TiN/SiO2/Si metal-oxide-semiconductor structures

被引：46

作者：

Park, DG ^{[1
]}

Lim, KY ^{[1
]}

Cho, HJ ^{[1
]}

Cha, TH ^{[1
]}

Yeo, IS ^{[1
]}

Roh, JS ^{[1
]}

Park, JW ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Hynix Semicond Inc, Memory Res & Dev Div, Ichon Si 467701, Kyoungki Do, South Korea

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2002年 / 80卷 / 14期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1468273

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

We demonstrate the impact of atomic-layer-deposited TiN gate on the characteristics of W/TiN/SiO2/p-Si metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) systems. Damage-free gate oxide quality was attained with atomic-layer-deposition (ALD)-TiN as manifested by an excellent interface trap density (D-it) as low as similar to4x10(10) eV(-1) cm(-2) near the Si midgap. ALD-TiN improved the D-it level of MOS systems on both thin SiO2 and high-permittivity (high-k) gate dielectrics. The leakage current of a MOS capacitor gated with ALD-TiN is remarkably lower than that with sputter-deposited TiN and poly-Si gate at the similar capacitance equivalent thickness (CET). Less chlorine content in ALD-TiN films appears to be pivotal in minimizing the CET increase against postmetal anneal and improving gate oxide reliability, paving a way for the direct metal gate process. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

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