SiGe gate oxide prepared at low-temperatures in an electron cyclotron resonance plasma
- 22 November 1993
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 63 (21) , 2938-2940
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.110790
Abstract
SiGe gate oxide prepared at low temperatures (25-400°C) by electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma is reported. 100-200 Å oxides were grown on Si 0.8Ge 0.2 substrates by ECR oxidation under different bias conditions. The electrical properties of the ECR grown oxides are strong functions of processing conditions and post-processing treatments. High frequency (1 MHz) and quasistatic capacitance-voltage ECR grown oxides' measurements indicate that device quality gate oxides can be produced by this process; specifically, the fixed charge and interface state densities are comparable to those of ECR grown metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors on silicon with an aluminum gate.link_to_subscribed_fulltexKeywords
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