Dielectric functions and optical bandgaps of high-K dielectrics for metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors by far ultraviolet spectroscopic ellipsometry

A far ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopic ellipsometer system working up to 9 eV has been developed, and applied to characterize high-K-dielectric materials. These materials have been gaining greater attention as possible substitutes for SiO2 as gate dielectrics in aggressively scaled silicon devices. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied physics 2002-04, Vol.91 (7), p.4500-4505
Hauptverfasser: Lim, Seung-Gu, Kriventsov, Stas, Jackson, Thomas N., Haeni, J. H., Schlom, D. G., Balbashov, A. M., Uecker, R., Reiche, P., Freeouf, J. L., Lucovsky, G.
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Zusammenfassung:A far ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopic ellipsometer system working up to 9 eV has been developed, and applied to characterize high-K-dielectric materials. These materials have been gaining greater attention as possible substitutes for SiO2 as gate dielectrics in aggressively scaled silicon devices. The optical properties of four representative high-K bulk crystalline dielectrics, LaAlO3, Y2O3-stabilized HfO2 (Y2O3)0.15–(HfO2)0.85, GdScO3, and SmScO3, were investigated with far UV spectroscopic ellipsometry and visible-near UV optical transmission measurements. Optical dielectric functions and optical band gap energies for these materials are obtained from these studies. The spectroscopic data have been interpreted in terms of a universal electronic structure energy scheme developed form ab initio quantum chemical calculations. The spectroscopic data and results provide information that is needed to select viable alternative dielectric candidate materials with adequate band gaps, and conduction and valence band offset energies for this application, and additionally to provide an optical metrology for gate dielectric films on silicon substrates.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.1456246