Abstract
Different lanthanide oxynitrides (LaON, NdON, CeON, and GdON) are applied as the interfacial passivation layers (IPLs) for GaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitors with HfO2 as the gate dielectric. The measurement results show that all the IPLs can improve the quality of the HfO2/GaAs interface by suppressing the in-diffusions of Hf and O toward the GaAs surface from the gate dielectric, and thus the growth of unstable Ga/As oxides as proved by the atomic force microscope (AFM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. Among the IPLs, the LaON IPL shows the best passivating effect on the GaAs surface, and so the relevant MOS capacitor exhibits the lowest interface-state density (8× 10-11} cm-2eV-1), smallest flat-band voltage (0.65 V), negligible hysteresis (33 mV), lowest gate leakage (1.08× 10-6 A/cm2 at Vtext fb + 1 V), smallest frequency dispersion (2.85% in accumulation region), and good high-field reliability. NdON exhibits slightly less performance improvement than LaON, but its lower cost and higher moisture resistance can enhance its potential for GaAs surface passivation.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 8718026 |
Pages (from-to) | 3080-3085 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- GaAs MOS
- high-k interfacial passivation layer (IPL)
- interface states density
- lanthanide oxynitride
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering