Abstract
Growth of gate-quality ultrathin (< 100 Å) oxides directly on tensile-strained Si1-yCy alloy layers has been investigated using microwave O2-plasma discharge. The electrical properties of oxide grown on an Si0.993C0.007 layer have been studied using a metal-oxide-semiconductor structure. Fixed oxide charge density and mid-gap interface state density are found to be 2.5 × 1011 cm-2 and 2.0 × 1011 cm-2 eV-1, respectively. Oxide film exhibits hole trapping behaviour under Fowler-Nordheim constant current stressing.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1000-1001 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Electronics Letters |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 17 |
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| State | Published - 15 08 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |