Field effect transistor with thin AlOxNy film as gate dielectric
Authors:
- Piotr Firek,
- Jakub Szarafiński,
- Grzegorz Głuszko,
- Jan Szmidt
Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to directly measure and determine the Si/SiO2/AlOxNy interface state density on metal insulator semiconductor field effect transistor (MISFET) structures. The primary advantage of using aluminum oxynitride (AlOxNy) is the perfectly controlled variability of the properties of these layers depending on their stoichiometry, which can be easily controlled by the parameters of the magnetron sputtering process. Therefore, a continuous spectrum of properties can be achieved from the specific values for oxide to the specific ones for nitride, thus opening a wide range of applications in high power, high temperature and high frequency electronics, optics and sensors and even acoustic devices.Design/methodology/approachThe basic subject of this study isn-channel transistors manufactured using silicon with 50-nm-thick AlOxNy films deposited on a silicon dioxide buffer layer via magnetron sputtering in which the gate dielectric was etched with wet solutions and/or dry plasma mixtures. Furthermore, the output, transfer and charge pumping (CP) characteristics were measured and compared for all modifications of the etching process.FindingsAn electrical measurement of MISFETs with AlOxNy gate dielectrics was conducted to plot the current-voltage and CP characteristics and examine the influence of the etching method on MISFET parameters.Originality/valueIn this report, a flat band and threshold voltage and the density of interface traps were determined to evaluate and improve an AlOxNy-based MISFET performance toward highly sensitive field effect transistors for hydrogen detection by applying a Pd-based nanocrystalline layer. The sensitivity of the detectors was highly correlated with the quality of the etching process of the gate dielectrics.
- Record ID
- WUTbefbf61bd1d34fb9b214063929b8397d
- Author
- Journal series
- Microelectronics International, ISSN 1356-5362, e-ISSN 1758-812X
- Issue year
- 2020
- Vol
- 37
- No
- 2
- Pages
- 103-107
- ASJC Classification
- ; ; ; ;
- DOI
- DOI:10.1108/MI-11-2019-0074 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MI-11-2019-0074/full/html Opening in a new tab
- Language
- (en) English
- Score (nominal)
- 40
- Score source
- journalList
- Score
- = 40.0, 30-04-2022, ArticleFromJournal
- Publication indicators
- = 0; = 0; : 2016 = 0.487; : 2020 (2 years) = 0.758 - 2020 (5 years) =0.691
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://repo.pw.edu.pl/info/article/WUTbefbf61bd1d34fb9b214063929b8397d/
- URN
urn:pw-repo:WUTbefbf61bd1d34fb9b214063929b8397d
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