Journal
SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS
Volume 122, Issue -, Pages 64-69Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2016.04.006
Keywords
ALD; Metal gate; Work function; CMOS device
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China through the key technology study for 16/14nm program [2013ZX02303]
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TiAlX (X = N or C) films are developed by thermal atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique as metal gate. The TiAlX films are deposited by using four different combinations of precursors: A: TiCl4-NH3-TMA-NH3, B: TiCl4-TMA-NH3, C: TiCl4-NH3-TMA and D: TiCl4-TMA. The physical characteristics of the TiAlX films such as chemical composition, growth rate, resistivity and surface roughness are estimated by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope, four point probe method and atomic force microscopy respectively. Additionally, the electrical characteristics of the TiAlX films are investigated by using metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor structure. It is shown that NH3 presence in the reaction makes the film more like TiAlN(C) while NH3 absence makes the film more like TiAlC. The TiAlC film deposited by TiCl4-TMA has effective work function close to mid-gap of Si, which is rather potential for low power FinFET device application. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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