High-temperature stable HfLaON p-MOSFETs with high-work-function Ir3Si gate

We report a novel 1000 degrees C stable HfLaON p-MOSFET with Ir3Si gate. Low leakage current of 1.8 x 10(-5) A/cm(2) at 1 V above flat-band voltage, good effective work function of 5.08 eV, and high mobility of 84 cm(2)/V center dot s are simultaneously obtained at 1.6 nm equivalent oxide thickness. This gate-first p-MOSFET process with self-aligned ion implant and 1000 degrees C rapid thermal annealing is fully compatible to current very large scale integration fabrication lines.