Ultrathin zirconium silicate film with good thermal stability for alternative gate dielectric application
- 11 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 77 (11) , 1704-1706
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1308535
Abstract
Zirconium silicate (ZrSixOy) films have been sputtered by comagnetron-reactive sputtering. The composition of ZrSixOy has been controlled by adjusting the sputtering powers of Si and Zr targets to achieve various effective dielectric constants. The sputtered silicate layers showed low equivalent oxide thickness of 14.5 Å with a low leakage of 3.3×10−3 A/cm2 at −1.5 V relative to flat band voltage. The silicate films also exhibited good high-temperature stability and smooth interfacial properties on silicon substrate.Keywords
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