Effects of rapid thermal annealing time and ambient temperature on the charge storage capability of SiO2/pure Ge/rapid thermal oxide memory structure

被引:15
作者
Heng, CL
Teo, LW
Ho, V
Tay, MS
Lei, Y
Choi, WK
Chim, WK
机构
[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Singapore 117576, Singapore
[2] MIT, Adv Mat & Micro & Nanosyst, Singapore 117576, Singapore
关键词
rapid thermal annealing; charge storage; Ge nanocrystals;
D O I
10.1016/S0167-9317(03)00050-9
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A metal-insulator-semiconductor device with a tri-layer structure consisting of sputtered silicon dioxide (SiO2) (similar to50 nm)-evaporated pure germanium (Ge) (2.3 nm)-rapid thermal oxidation (RTO) oxide (5 nm) was fabricated on a p-type silicon (Si) substrate. This structure was rapid thermal annealed at 1000 degreesC in argon. For the as-prepared structure and those that were annealed from 10 to 400 s, it was observed that the hysteresis of the capacitance versus voltage (C-V) curves increased from similar to1.5 to 10 V. This indicated that the charge storage capability of the structure improved with increasing annealing time. From our transmission electron microscope results, we observed that as the annealing time increased, more Ge nanocrystals were formed. When the ambient temperature was increased from 25 to 150 degreesC, the width of the hysteresis of our devices reduced. The charge storage mechanism of the Ge nanocrystals was explained in terms of charging/discharging from traps at the internal/surface of Ge nanocrystals and tunneling of charges to the interface states at the Si-RTO oxide interface. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:218 / 223
页数:6
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