کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10365359 872042 2005 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Effect of microwave radiation on the properties of Ta2O5-Si microstructures
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر سخت افزارها و معماری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Effect of microwave radiation on the properties of Ta2O5-Si microstructures
چکیده انگلیسی
The paper presents results of the effect of microwave irradiation at room temperature on the properties of thin layers of tantalum pentoxide deposited on Si by rf sputtering. Electrical characterization is performed in conjunction with Auger electron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. Among exposure times used (1; 5; 10 s), treatment of about 5 s shows the best promise as an annealing step--an improvement of number of parameters of the system Ta2O5-Si is established (dielectric constant and surface morphology; stoichiometry and microstructure of both the bulk oxide and the interfacial transition region; electrical characteristics in terms of oxide charge density, leakage current and breakdown fields). At the same time the microwave irradiation is not accompanied by crystalization effects in Ta2O5 and/or additional oxidation of Si substrate. It is concluded that the short-time microwave irradiation can be used as an annealing process for Ta2O5-Si microstructures and it has a potential to replace the high-temperature annealing processes for high-k insulators.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Microelectronics Reliability - Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2005, Pages 123-135
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