Interface models and processing technologies for surface passivation and interface control in III-V semiconductor nanoelectronics

Interface models and processing technologies are reviewed for successful establishment of surface passivation, interface control and MIS gate stack formation in III-V nanoelectronics. First, basic considerations on successful surface passivation and interface control are given, including review of interface models for the band alignment at interfaces, and effects of interface states in nanoscale devices. Then, a brief review is given on currently available surface passivation technologies for III-V materials, including the Si interface control layer (ICL)- based passivation scheme by the authors' group. The Si-ICL technique has been successfully applied to surface passivation of nanowires and to formation of a HfO2 high-k dielectric/GaAs interfaces with low values of the interface state density. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B. V.