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High-k Polymerized Dichlorotetramethyldisiloxane Films Deposited by Radio Frequency Pulsed Plasma for Gate Dielectrics in Polymer Field Effect Transistors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
Polymerized dichlorotetramethyldisiloxane (DCTMDS) films deposited by radio frequency pulsed plasma polymerization (PPP) demonstrated very high dielectric constants for an organic-based system, in the range of 7 to 10. The high dielectric constants of PPP DCTMDS films are due to the high polarizability of the DCTMDS monomer. The pulsed plasma duty cycle (ON/OFF) resulted in higher dielectric constant DCTMDS films for higher duty cycles. The variation of dielectric constants does not show any trend with varying film thicknesses, indicating that the thickness of the deposited films is not significant for controlling permittivity. Post-deposition annealing in a certain temperature range improves the electrical integrity of PPP DCTMDS films, but temperatures that are too high induce even higher leakage than the samples with no heat treatment. An optimal annealing temperature was identified to be in the range of 150 °C to 200 °C. Samples annealed within this temperature window have low leakage current densities below 0.1 pA/νm2 at 10 V for film thicknesses about 100 nm. The PPP DCTMDS films are resistant to typical chemical solvents, and have withstood conventional photolithographic processing with no observable film shrinkage, warping or peeling. Film adhesion was excellent and withstood the scotch tape test.
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