Experimental Investigation of Inserted HfO<sub>2</sub> Impact on V<sub>Fb</sub> and Interface via ALD for La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Dipole-First Multi-V<sub>T</sub> Techniques
An inserted <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\text{HfO}_{2}$</tex> approach is proposed to achieve <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\mathrm{V}_{\text{FB}}$</tex> tuning and interface improvement in <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\text{La}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{3}$</tex> dipole-first gate stack via ALD. A series of <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\mathrm{V}_{\text{FB}}$</tex> levels were achieved with 61 mV linear-tuning step and 310 mV tuning range by manipulating inserted <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\text{HfO}_{2}$</tex> thickness (<tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$<5 \AA$</tex>) ahead of <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\text{La}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{3} / \text{HfO}_{2}$</tex> stacks in MOSCAPs. Furthermore, the device performance and interface are improved indeed. These results indicate that the proposed approach provides a promising way for advanced NS-GAA multi- <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{T}}$</tex> techniques.
Authors
- Yu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5533-4847)
- Yanzhao Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0372-2423)
- Qingzhu Zhang
- Huaxiang Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8066-6002)
- Jiaxin Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7668-4811)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Microelectronics (CN)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/edtm61175.2025.11041485
- Primary Topic
- Semiconductor materials and devices
- Type
- article
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