The role of the substrate on the dispersion in accumulation in III-V compound semiconductor based metal-oxide-semiconductor gate stacks

Journal Article · Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930202· OSTI ID:22482056

Krylov, Igor ^[1]; Ritter, Dan ^[1]; Eizenberg, Moshe ^[1]

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1. The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 (Israel)

Dispersion in accumulation is a widely observed phenomenon in metal-oxide-semiconductor gate stacks based on III-V compound semiconductors. The physical origin of this phenomenon is attributed to border traps located in the dielectric material adjacent to the semiconductor. Here, we study the role of the semiconductor substrate on the electrical quality of the first layers at atomic layer deposited (ALD) dielectrics. For this purpose, either Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} or HfO{sub 2} dielectrics with variable thicknesses were deposited simultaneously on two technology important semiconductors—InGaAs and InP. Significantly larger dispersion was observed in InP based gate stacks compared to those based on InGaAs. The observed difference is attributed to a higher border trap density in dielectrics deposited on InP compared to those deposited on InGaAs. We therefore conclude that the substrate plays an important role in the determination of the electrical quality of the first dielectric monolayers deposited by ALD. An additional observation is that larger dispersion was obtained in HfO{sub 2} based capacitors compared to Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} based capacitors, deposited on the same semiconductor. This phenomenon is attributed to the lower conduction band offset rather than to a higher border trap density.

• OSTI ID: 22482056
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 10; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
GALLIUM ARSENIDES
HAFNIUM OXIDES
INDIUM ARSENIDES
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SUBSTRATES
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