Superthin O/N/O stacked dielectrics formed by oxidizing thin nitrides in low pressure oxygen for high-density memory devices
- 1 November 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Electron Device Letters
- Vol. 15 (11) , 440-442
- https://doi.org/10.1109/55.334660
Abstract
High-performance superthin oxide/nitride/oxide (O/N/O) stacked dielectrics have been successfully achieved by oxidizing thin nitride films in low-pressure dry-oxygen at 850/spl deg/C for 30 min. Since the nitrides exhibit a better oxidation resistance to the low-pressure dry-oxygen than to the atmospheric-pressure dry-oxygen and wet-oxygen, the low pressure oxidation obtains a thinner oxidized nitride for the high-density dynamic-random-access-memories (DRAM's) and metal-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (MONO'S) memory devices. In addition, this dielectric possesses low leakage current and excellent time-dependent-dielectric-breakdown (TDDB) characteristics. Therefore, this novel recipe is promising for future ULSI technology.Keywords
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