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Vavasour, Oliver J., Jefferies, Richard, Walker, Marc, Roberts, Joseph W., Meakin, Naomi R., Gammon, P. M., Chalker, Paul R and Ashley, Tim (2019) Effect of HCl cleaning on InSb–Al2O3 MOS capacitors. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 34 (3). 035032. doi:10.1088/1361-6641/ab0331 ISSN 0268-1242.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6641/ab0331
Abstract
In this work, the role of HCl treatments on InSb surfaces and InSb–Al2O3 dielectric interfaces is characterised. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements indicate that HCl diluted in and rinsed with isopropanol (IPA) results in a surface layer of InCl3 which is not present for similar HCl-water processes. Furthermore, this InCl3 layer desorbs from the surface between 200 °C and 250 °C. Metal–oxide–semiconductor capacitors were fabricated using atomic layer deposition of Al2O3 at 200 °C and 250 °C and the presence of InCl3 was associated with a +0.79 V flatband voltage shift. The desorption of the InCl3 layer at 250 °C reversed this shift but the increased process temperature resulted in increased interface-trapped charge (D it) and hysteresis voltage (V H ). This shift in flatband voltage, which does not affect other figures of merit, offers a promising route to manipulate the threshold voltage of MOS transistors, allowing enhancement-mode and depletion-mode devices to be fabricated in parallel.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Metal oxide semiconductors, Capacitors | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Semiconductor Science and Technology | ||||||||
Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0268-1242 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 26 February 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 34 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 035032 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1088/1361-6641/ab0331 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 March 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 March 2019 | ||||||||
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