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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 287, Issue -, Pages 349-354Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.09.153
Keywords
High k; Germanate; La2O3; HfO2; Atomic layer deposition; Bilayer; Doping; LaGeOx; La(iprCp)(3)
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- Industrial Strategic Technology Development Program [10041926]
- Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MIKE, Korea)
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We compared the electrical properties of HfO2, HfO2/La2O3, and La-doped HfO2 gate insulators deposited on Ge substrate using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. TDMAH [tetrakis(dimethylamino)hafnium] and La(iprCp)(3) [tris(isopropyl-cyclopentadienyl) lanthanum] were employed as Hf and La precursors, respectively. Chemical compositions and binding structures were analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Electrical properties were evaluated by capacitance-voltage (C-V) and current-voltage (I-V) measurements. We found that incorporation of La2O3 near Ge can enhance the electrical properties of Ge MOS capacitors. The best electrical properties of 50 mV of hysteresis and mid similar to 10(12) cm(-2) eV(-1) range interface states were found for the 400 degrees C-annealed HfO2/La2O3 bilayer sample. These values are significantly better than those of ALD HfO2 gate insulators on Ge. We attribute this to the formation of LaGeOx layers on the Ge surface, which reduces Ge-O bonding. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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