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ECS JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
卷 9, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/2162-8777/ab80ae
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- Academy of Integrated Circuit Innovation of Chinese Academy of Sciences [Y7YC01X001]
The lateral and vertical gate-all-around (GAA) field-effect transistors are considered the most promising candidates for next generation logic device at and beyond 3-nm technology node. SiGe plays an important role in these devices as the sacrificial layer or channel material and needs isotropic etching. In this paper, an advanced etching process termed quasi atomic layer etching (qALE) is developed with advantages of controllable etch rate and atomically smooth surfaces. The qALE of SiGe is based on wet chemical etching, in which H2O2 is applied to oxidate the surface with cyclic manner, and diluted buffered oxide etchant (dBOE) is applied to remove the oxide. The profiles of SiGe qALE for quasi-self-limited behavior, etch rate and the effect in concentration and temperature of H2O2 have been studied. The etch per cycle (EPC) of Si0.7Ge0.3 is 0.50 nm and the etching selectivity between Si0.7Ge0.3 and heavily p-type doped silicon is 4.99 in Si/SiGe/Si stacked layers with (110) sidewall. The etch rate and the selectivity are influenced by Ge fraction of SiGe and the boron doping in Si. The root mean square (RMS) roughness after 60 cycles qALE is 0.183 nm indicating atomically smooth surfaces. Finally, the application of qALE for vertical nanowire compared with wet continuous etching is discussed in this work. (C) 2020 The Electrochemical Society (ECS). Published on behalf of ECS by IOP Publishing Limited.
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