Abstract
Silicon dioxide and oxynitride films have been deposited on strained-Si0.82Ge0.18 layers at a low temperature using tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), TEOS/O2 and TEOS/NO plasma. Effect of post-oxidation annealing (POA) time (at 700°C) on the electrical properties of the dielectrics have been studied. The border trap (Qbt) generation has been characterized using the hysteresis in high-frequency capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics. It has been observed that the interface trap charge density (Dit) and gate voltage shift (Δ VG) decrease with POA time. Under Fowler-Nordheim constant current stressing, the charge trapping behaviour and the amount of border trap charge density are found to be low in the case of TEOS/NO-plasma-deposited oxynitride films compared with TEOS- and TEOS/O2-plasma-deposited oxide films.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 704-707 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Semiconductor Science and Technology |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 08 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |