Liquid‐Injection MOCVD of ZrO2 Thin Films using Zirconium Bis(diethlyamido)‐bis(di‐tert‐butylmalonato) as a Novel Precursor
Liquid‐Injection MOCVD of ZrO2 Thin Films using Zirconium Bis(diethlyamido)‐bis(di‐tert‐butylmalonato) as a Novel Precursor
复制标题
使用双(二乙基酰胺)-双(二叔丁基丙二酸)锆作为新型前体进行 ZrO2 薄膜的液体注射 MOCVD
DOI:
--
复制
发表时间:
2006
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
A. Devi
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Reji Thomas;A. Milanov;R. Bhakta;U. Patil;M. Winter;P. Ehrhart;R. Waser;A. Devi
The stabilization of highly reactive amide complexes of zirconium diethylamide with malonates as chelating ligands leads to a stable six-coordinated monomeric complex which shows promise for CVD applications. This novel precursor, zirconium bis-(diethylamido)bis(di-tert-butylmalonato) zirconium, [Zr(NEt 2 ) 2 (dbml) 2 ], has been characterized and tested in a production-type MOCVD reactor for ZrO 2 thin-film deposition. Up to 450 °C, the ZrO 2 films are amorphous, and above 475 °C films they are crystalline. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) shows a lower roughness (∼2.5A) for as-deposited amorphous films compared to crystalline films (∼6.0 A); however, smooth crystalline films can be obtained by post-deposition annealing of amorphous films. Electrical properties are investigated for Pt/ZrO 2 /SiO x /Si capacitor structures. Relative dielectric permittivity reaches a bulk value of 24, and leakage currents for typically 4 nm thick films are below 10 -4 A cm -2 at a bias of -1 V. Hence, the precursor shows promising properties for possible application in the deposition of high-k gate oxide (MIS) and high-k dielectric (MIM) structures.