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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 90, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.2715112
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The electrical characteristics of RuO2/HfAlO/SiON/Si(001) capacitors prepared by thermal nitridation of the Si substrate previously to HfAlO ultrathin film deposition were determined. A dielectric constant of 19 and a gate current density of 67 mA/cm(2) for an equivalent oxide thickness of 1.1 nm have been determined, whereas non-nitrided capacitors gave substantially lower dielectric constant and higher gate current density. The structure and integrity of the stacks after thermal annealing were accessed by means of spectroscopic ellipsometry and x-ray reflectometry, indicating that thermal N incorporation into the gate dielectric stacks forms an effective diffusion barrier, leading to a smoother, SiO2-like interface. The HfAlO films grown on nitrided substrates were seen also to have lower porosity, percentage of voids, and density of oxygen vacancies. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.
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