Reliability of HfAlOx in multi layered gate stack

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

5-26-2015

Abstract

This work has demonstrated a high quality HfO2 based gate stack by depositing HfAlOx along with HfO2 in a layered structure. In order to get multifold enhancement of the gate stack quality both Al percentage and distribution were observed by varying the HfAlOx layer thickness and it was found that < 2% Al/(Al+Hf)% incorporation can result in up to 18% reduction in average EOT along with up to 41% reduction in gate leakage current as compared to the dielectric with no Al content. On the other hand, excess Al presence in the interfacial layer moderately increased the interface state density (Dit). When devices were stressed in the gate injection mode at a constant voltage stress, dielectrics with Al/(Hf+Al)% < 2% showed resistance to stress induced flat-band voltage shift (ΔVFB), and stress induced leakage current (SILC). The time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) characteristics showed a higher charge to breakdown and an increase in the extracted Weibull slope (β) that further confirms an enhanced dielectric reliability for devices with < 2% Al/(Al+Hf)%.

Identifier

84942920712 (Scopus)

ISBN

[9781467373623]

Publication Title

IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1109/IRPS.2015.7112821

ISSN

15417026

First Page

PI31

Last Page

PI37

Volume

2015-May

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