Suppression of cobalt silicide agglomeration using nitrogen (N/sub 2//sup +/) implantation
- 1 May 1998
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Electron Device Letters
- Vol. 19 (5) , 163-166
- https://doi.org/10.1109/55.669736
Abstract
In this paper, the effects of nitrogen coimplantation with boron into p/sup +/-poly gate in PMOSFETs on the agglomeration effects of CoSi/sub 2/ are studied. The thermal stability of CoSi/sub 2//poly-Si stacked layers can be significantly improved by using nitrogen implantation. Samples with 40-nm cobalt silicide (CoSi/sub 2/) on 210-nm poly-Si implanted by 2/spl times/10/sup 15//cm/sup 2/ N/sub 2//sup +/ are thermally stable above 950/spl deg/C for 30 s in N/sub 2/ ambient. If the dose of nitrogen is increased up to 6/spl times/10/sup 15//cm/sup 2/, the sheet resistance of CoSi/sub 2/ film is not increased at all, and TEM photographs show that the agglomeration of CoSi/sub 2/ film is completely suppressed.Keywords
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