Erratum: Review—Investigation and Review of the Thermal, Mechanical, Electrical, Optical, and Structural Properties of Atomic Layer Deposited High-kDielectrics: Beryllium Oxide, Aluminum Oxide, Hafnium Oxide, and Aluminum Nitride [ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol., 6, N189 (2017)]

2018 ◽  
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John T. Gaskins ◽  
Patrick E. Hopkins ◽  
Devin R. Merrill ◽  
Sage R. Bauers ◽  
Erik Hadland ◽  
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Robert B. Clark-Phelps ◽  
Anuranjan Srivastava ◽  
Lance Cleveland ◽  
Thomas E. Seidel ◽  
Ofer Sneh

ABSTRACTContinued scaling of device dimensions requires deposition of high-quality thin films with a thickness of 50 angstroms or less. Nucleation effects in typical CVD processes make it difficult to achieve continuous films in this thickness regime. Atomic layer deposition (ALD), a technique developed over 25 years ago but applied to IC processing only recently, enables deposition of ultra-thin films with atomic-scale precision. This technique offers 100 percent step coverage of high aspect ratio features, as-deposited films which are amorphous and free of pinholes, excellent within-wafer uniformity and wafer-to-wafer uniformity, and favorable electrical properties. Moreover, ALD offers the opportunity to engineer material properties by creating layered structures (nanolaminates) and mixtures (alloys) which combine advantageous properties of different materials. These last features may be critical in efforts to replace silicon dioxide as the industry's dielectric workhorse if no single material emerges as a suitable direct replacement. The nanolaminate capability of ALD will be discussed with physical and electrical data on nanolaminates of aluminum oxide with tantalum pentoxide and aluminum oxide with hafnium oxide. Individual nanolaminate layers can be varied from tens of angstroms to as little as 1-2 atomic layers. Data for Al2O3/Ta2O5 and Al2O3/HfO2 alloys will also be presented demonstrating the ability to create materials with controlled, variable composition. The alloy and nanolaminate capabilities enable the creation of graded interfaces and atomically smooth transitions between different materials. Prospects for application of these materials to gate stacks and capacitors will be assessed.


Author(s):  
Sungho Park ◽  
Byung Jun Kim ◽  
Tae Yeon Kim ◽  
Eui Young Jung ◽  
Kyu-Myung Lee ◽  
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We have developed a visible-light phototransistor with excellent photodetection characteristics and stability via atomic layer deposition (ALD) to add a thin layer of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) to quantum dot (QD)/zinc oxide (ZnO) films.


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Kevin Goodman ◽  
Vladimir Protasenko ◽  
Jai Verma ◽  
Tom Kosel ◽  
Grace Xing ◽  
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Alexander J. Pearse ◽  
Thomas E. Schmitt ◽  
Elliot J. Fuller ◽  
Farid El-Gabaly ◽  
Chuan-Fu Lin ◽  
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Author(s):  
J. H. Yum ◽  
J. Oh ◽  
Todd. W. Hudnall ◽  
C. W. Bielawski ◽  
G. Bersuker ◽  
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In a previous study, we have demonstrated that beryllium oxide (BeO) film grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) on Si and III-V MOS devices has excellent electrical and physical characteristics. In this paper, we compare the electrical characteristics of inserting an ultrathin interfacial barrier layer such as SiO2, Al2O3, or BeO between the HfO2gate dielectric and Si substrate in metal oxide semiconductor capacitors (MOSCAPs) and n-channel inversion type metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs). Si MOSCAPs and MOSFETs with a BeO/HfO2gate stack exhibited high performance and reliability characteristics, including a 34% improvement in drive current, slightly better reduction in subthreshold swing, 42% increase in effective electron mobility at an electric field of 1 MV/cm, slightly low equivalent oxide thickness, less stress-induced flat-band voltage shift, less stress induced leakage current, and less interface charge.


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