Characterization of Charge Traps in Metal-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Semiconductor (MONOS) Structures for Embedded Flash Memories

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Ishida ◽  
Yutaka Okuyama ◽  
Renichi Yamada
Keyword(s):  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Flash Memories ◽  
Nitride Oxide ◽  
Embedded Flash

Interface/border trap characterization of Al2O3/AlN/GaN metal-oxide-semiconductor structures with an AlN interfacial layer

2015 ◽  
Vol 106 (5) ◽  
pp. 051605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenghou Liu ◽  
Shu Yang ◽  
Zhikai Tang ◽  
Qimeng Jiang ◽  
Cheng Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Interfacial Layer ◽  
Metal Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Semiconductor Structures

Characterization of High-Performance Polycrystalline Silicon Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Circuits

2007 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genshiro Kawachi ◽  
Yoshiaki Nakazaki ◽  
Hiroyuki Ogawa ◽  
Masayuki Jyumonji ◽  
Noritaka Akita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Metal Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Semiconductor Circuits

Characterization of HfO2/Si Exposed to Water Vapor at Room Temperature

2006 ◽  
Vol 917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Driemeier ◽  
Elizandra Martinazzi ◽  
Israel J. R. Baumvol ◽  
Evgeni Gusev
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Gate Dielectric ◽  
Metal Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Dielectric Films ◽  
Nuclear Reaction Analysis ◽  
Environmental Air

AbstractHfO2-based materials are the leading candidates to replace SiO2 as the gate dielectric in Si-based metal-oxide-semiconductor filed-effect transistors. The ubiquitous presence of water vapor in the environments to which the dielectric films are exposed (e.g. in environmental air) leads to questions about how water could affect the properties of the dielectric/Si structures. In order to investigate this topic, HfO2/SiO2/Si(001) thin film structures were exposed at room temperature to water vapor isotopically enriched in 2H and 18O followed by quantification and profiling of these nuclides by nuclear reaction analysis. We showed i) the formation of strongly bonded hydroxyls at the HfO2 surface; ii) room temperature migration of oxygen and water-derived oxygenous species through the HfO2 films, indicating that HfO2 is a weak diffusion barrier for these oxidizing species; iii) hydrogenous, water-derived species attachment to the SiO2 interlayer, resulting in detrimental hydrogenous defects therein. Consequences of these results to HfO2-based metal-oxide-semiconductor devices are discussed.

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