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Hafnium oxide gate dielectrics on sulfur-passivated germanium

  • Martin M. Frank
  • , Steven J. Koester
  • , Matthew Copel
  • , John A. Ott
  • , Vamsi K. Paruchuri
  • , Hulling Shang
  • , Rainer Loesing

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Abstract

Sulfur passivation of Ge(100) is achieved using aqueous ammonium sulfide (NH4)2S(aq). The passivation layer is largely preserved after atomic layer deposition of the high-κ dielectric material HfO 2 when sufficiently low growth temperatures (e.g., 220°C) are employed. Oxygen incorporation is moderate and results in an electrically passivating GeOS interface layer. The HfO2/GeOS/Ge gate stack exhibits lower fixed charge and interface state density than a more conventional HfO2/GeON/Ge gate stack fabricated via an ammonia gas treatment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number112905
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume89
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

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