Ni全硅化金属栅功函数调节技术研究

通过制备栅内不同掺杂条件的Ni全硅化金属栅电容并分析其C-V和V_fb-EOT特性发现,Ga和Yb较常规的杂质而言具有更好的栅功函数调节能力,能够分别将Ni全硅化金属栅电极功函数调节到价带顶和导带底附近,满足高性能体硅平面互补金属氧化物半导体(CMOS)器件对栅电极功函数的要求. 同时根据电偶极子(Dipole)理论分析了Ga和Yb具有较强栅功函数调节能力的原因. 另外,研究发现栅内掺入Ga或Yb杂质后的Ni全硅化金属栅电容的电容值变大、栅极泄漏电流反而变小,通过对C-V和栅极泄漏电流特性进行分析,对这一现象进行了解释. 关键词： 金属栅电极 功函数 硅化物     

A high performance HfSiON/TaN NMOSFET fabricated using a gate-last process

A gate-last process for fabricating HfSiON/TaN n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor-field-effect transistors(NMOSFETs)is presented.In the process,a HfSiON gate dielectric with an equivalent oxide thickness of 10 A was prepared by a simple physical vapor deposition method.Poly-Si was deposited on the HfSiON gate dielectric as a dummy gate.After the source/drain formation,the poly-Si dummy gate was removed by tetramethylammonium hydroxide(TMAH)wet-etching and replaced by a TaN metal gate.Because the metal gate was formed after the ion-implant doping activation process,the effects of the high temperature process on the metal gate were avoided.The fabricated device exhibits good electrical characteristics,including good driving ability and excellent sub-threshold characteristics.The device’s gate length is 73 nm,the driving current is 117μA/μm under power supply voltages of VGS=VDS=1.5 V and the off-state current is only 4.4 nA/μm.The lower effective work function of TaN on HfSiON gives the device a suitable threshold voltage(~0.24 V)for high performance NMOSFETs.The device’s excellent performance indicates that this novel gate-last process is practical for fabricating high performance MOSFETs.