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Ultra-thin Gate Oxide Prepared by Nitridation in ND3 for MOS Device Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

Hyungshin Kwon
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1, Oryong-dong, Puk-gu, Kwangju, 500-712, KOREA, email: [email protected]
Hyunsang Hwang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1, Oryong-dong, Puk-gu, Kwangju, 500-712, KOREA, email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The electrical and reliability characteristics of ultra-thin gate oxide, annealed in ND3 gas, have been investigated. Compared with a control oxide, which had been annealed in NH3, the ND3-nitrided oxide exhibits a significant reduction in charge trapping and interface state generation. The improvement of electrical and reliability characteristics can be explained by the strong Si-D bond at the Si/SiO2 interface. This nitridation process of gate dielectric using ND3 has considerable potential for future ultra large scaled integration (ULSI) device applications.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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