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Title: Fabrication of metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors using crystalline {gamma}-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} films as the gate dielectrics

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1826228· OSTI ID:20634463
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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1 Hibarigaoka, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi, 441-8580 (Japan)

Crystalline {gamma}-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} films were employed as high-{kappa} gate dielectrics in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) and characterization of these devices was performed. The crystalline dielectric was deposited with thicknesses of 4.0-4.5 nm by mixed source molecular beam epitaxy and the capacitance equivalent thicknesses obtained were 2.7-2.9 nm. The MOSFETs had exceptionally steep subthreshold slopes (63-67 mV/decade), relatively low negative fixed charge densities (5-7x10{sup 12} cm{sup -2}) and interface state densities (2-3x10{sup 11} eV{sup -1} cm{sup -2}). The maximum values of the effective carrier mobilities were 145 cm{sup 2}/V s for electrons and 85 cm{sup 2}/V s for holes.

OSTI ID:
20634463
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85, Issue 21; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1826228; (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English