中国物理B ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (11): 117306-117306.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/11/117306

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Influence of multi-deposition multi-annealing on time-dependent dielectric breakdown characteristics of PMOS with high-k/metal gate last process

王艳蓉, 杨红, 徐昊, 王晓磊, 罗维春, 祁路伟, 张淑祥, 王文武, 闫江, 朱慧珑, 赵超, 陈大鹏, 叶甜春   

  1. Key Laboratory of Microelectronics Devices and Integrated Technology, the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
  • 收稿日期:2015-06-26 修回日期:2015-07-27 出版日期:2015-11-05 发布日期:2015-11-05
  • 通讯作者: Wang Wen-Wu E-mail:wangwenwu@ime.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. SS2015AA010601) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61176091 and 61306129).

Influence of multi-deposition multi-annealing on time-dependent dielectric breakdown characteristics of PMOS with high-k/metal gate last process

Wang Yan-Rong (王艳蓉), Yang Hong (杨红), Xu Hao (徐昊), Wang Xiao-Lei (王晓磊), Luo Wei-Chun (罗维春), Qi Lu-Wei (祁路伟), Zhang Shu-Xiang (张淑祥), Wang Wen-Wu (王文武), Yan Jiang (闫江), Zhu Hui-Long (朱慧珑), Zhao Chao (赵超), Chen Da-Peng (陈大鹏), Ye Tian-Chun (叶甜春)   

  1. Key Laboratory of Microelectronics Devices and Integrated Technology, the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2015-06-26 Revised:2015-07-27 Online:2015-11-05 Published:2015-11-05
  • Contact: Wang Wen-Wu E-mail:wangwenwu@ime.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. SS2015AA010601) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61176091 and 61306129).

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摘要： A multi-deposition multi-annealing technique (MDMA) is introduced into the process of high-k/metal gate MOSFET for the gate last process to effectively reduce the gate leakage and improve the device’s performance. In this paper, we systematically investigate the electrical parameters and the time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) characteristics of positive channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) under different MDMA process conditions, including the deposition/annealing (D&A) cycles, the D&A time, and the total annealing time. The results show that the increases of the number of D&A cycles (from 1 to 2) and D&A time (from 15 s to 30 s) can contribute to the results that the gate leakage current decreases by about one order of magnitude and that the time to fail (TTF) at 63.2% increases by about several times. However, too many D&A cycles (such as 4 cycles) make the equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) increase by about 1 Å and the TTF of PMOS worsen. Moreover, different D&A times and numbers of D&A cycles induce different breakdown mechanisms.

关键词: high-k/metal gate, time dependent dielectric breakdown, multi-deposition multi-annealing

Abstract: A multi-deposition multi-annealing technique (MDMA) is introduced into the process of high-k/metal gate MOSFET for the gate last process to effectively reduce the gate leakage and improve the device’s performance. In this paper, we systematically investigate the electrical parameters and the time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) characteristics of positive channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) under different MDMA process conditions, including the deposition/annealing (D&A) cycles, the D&A time, and the total annealing time. The results show that the increases of the number of D&A cycles (from 1 to 2) and D&A time (from 15 s to 30 s) can contribute to the results that the gate leakage current decreases by about one order of magnitude and that the time to fail (TTF) at 63.2% increases by about several times. However, too many D&A cycles (such as 4 cycles) make the equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) increase by about 1 Å and the TTF of PMOS worsen. Moreover, different D&A times and numbers of D&A cycles induce different breakdown mechanisms.

Key words: high-k/metal gate, time dependent dielectric breakdown, multi-deposition multi-annealing

中图分类号:  (Metal-insulator-semiconductor structures (including semiconductor-to-insulator))

  • 73.40.Qv
85.30.Tv (Field effect devices)