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Study on influences of TiN capping layer on time-dependent dielectric breakdown characteristic of ultra-thin EOT high-k metal gate NMOSFET with kMC TDDB simulations |
Hao Xu(徐昊), Hong Yang(杨红), Wei-Chun Luo(罗维春), Ye-Feng Xu(徐烨峰), Yan-Rong Wang(王艳蓉), Bo Tang(唐波), Wen-Wu Wang(王文武), Lu-Wei Qi(祁路伟), Jun-Feng Li(李俊峰), Jiang Yan(闫江), Hui-Long Zhu(朱慧珑), Chao Zhao(赵超), Da-Peng Chen(陈大鹏), Tian-Chun Ye(叶甜春) |
Key Laboratory of Microelectronics Devices & Integrated Technology, Institute of MicroElectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China |
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Abstract The thickness effect of the TiN capping layer on the time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) characteristic of ultra-thin EOT high-k metal gate NMOSFET is investigated in this paper. Based on experimental results, it is found that the device with a thicker TiN layer has a more promising reliability characteristic than that with a thinner TiN layer. From the charge pumping measurement and secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) analysis, it is indicated that the sample with the thicker TiN layer introduces more Cl passivation at the IL/Si interface and exhibits a lower interface trap density. In addition, the influences of interface and bulk trap density ratio Nit/Not are studied by TDDB simulations through combining percolation theory and the kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) method. The lifetime reduction and Weibull slope lowering are explained by interface trap effects for TiN capping layers with different thicknesses.
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Received: 26 March 2016
Revised: 21 April 2016
Accepted manuscript online:
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PACS:
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73.40.Qv
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(Metal-insulator-semiconductor structures (including semiconductor-to-insulator))
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73.43.Cd
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(Theory and modeling)
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77.22.Jp
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(Dielectric breakdown and space-charge effects)
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Fund: Project supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. SS2015AA010601), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61176091 and 61306129), and the Opening Project of Key Laboratory of Microelectronics Devices & Integrated Technology, Institute of MicroElectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
Corresponding Authors:
Wen-Wu Wang
E-mail: wangwenwu@ime.ac.cn
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Hao Xu(徐昊), Hong Yang(杨红), Wei-Chun Luo(罗维春), Ye-Feng Xu(徐烨峰), Yan-Rong Wang(王艳蓉), Bo Tang(唐波), Wen-Wu Wang(王文武), Lu-Wei Qi(祁路伟), Jun-Feng Li(李俊峰), Jiang Yan(闫江), Hui-Long Zhu(朱慧珑), Chao Zhao(赵超), Da-Peng Chen(陈大鹏), Tian-Chun Ye(叶甜春) Study on influences of TiN capping layer on time-dependent dielectric breakdown characteristic of ultra-thin EOT high-k metal gate NMOSFET with kMC TDDB simulations 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 087305
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