Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy Studies of Advanced Gate Dielectrics

先进栅极电介质的非弹性电子隧道光谱研究

• 批准号: 0096762
• 负责人: Tso-Ping Ma
• 金额: $ 35.15万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-03-15 至 2004-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0096762&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Inelastic; Electron; Tunneling; Spectroscopy; Studies

This project has two related thrusts; the application of Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy(IETS) to achieve greater understanding and improvement of gate oxides, and the materials science of jet vapor deposited(JVD) dielectrics. With gate oxides only a few monolayers thick, it becomes increasingly difficult for conventional dielectric characterization tools, such as infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy to reveal structural and compositional information accurately. In addition, large gate leakage currents also make a number of widely used electrical measurements, such as C-V, G-V, and charge-pumping, either extremely difficult or impossible to implement. IETS relies on tunneling current to probe the ultra-thin gate dielectric in a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) sandwich and becomes more sensitive when the tunneling current increases. Examples of information from IETS include phonon modes of the gate electrode, phonon modes of the substrate, various vibrational modes of the gate dielectric, bonding structures and impurities in the gate dielectric, and traps as well as other electronic defects; all can be obtained on a sample volume of less than 10 -9 cc. Better understanding of the interactions between the tunneling electrons and the gate dielectric is expected. Information obtained from IETS will be correlated with characteristics of CMOS devices made with the same gate dielectrics, with a goal toward the optimization of high-k gate dielectrics.%%% The project addresses basic research issues in a topical area of materials science with high technological relevance. These studies will improve the fundamental understanding of gate dielectrics, which are key to advanced silicon-based microelectronics. An important feature of the program is the integration of research and education through the training of students in a fundamentally and technologically significant area. ***

该项目有两个相关的主旨；应用非弹性电子隧道光谱 (IETS) 来更好地了解和改进栅极氧化物以及喷射气相沉积 (JVD) 电介质的材料科学。由于栅极氧化物只有几个单层厚，传统介电表征工具（例如红外光谱和拉曼光谱）越来越难以准确揭示结构和成分信息。此外，大的栅极漏电流也使得许多广泛使用的电气测量，例如C-V、G-V和电荷泵，变得极其困难或不可能实施。 IETS 依靠隧道电流来探测金属-绝缘体-半导体 (MIS) 夹层中的超薄栅极电介质，并且当隧道电流增加时变得更加灵敏。来自IETS的信息的例子包括栅电极的声子模式、衬底的声子模式、栅极电介质的各种振动模式、栅极电介质中的键合结构和杂质、陷阱以及其他电子缺陷；所有这些都可以通过小于10 -9 cc 的样品体积获得。 期望更好地理解隧道电子和栅极电介质之间的相互作用。从 IETS 获得的信息将与使用相同栅极电介质制成的 CMOS 器件的特性相关联，目标是优化高 k 栅极电介质。%%% 该项目解决了具有高技术相关性的材料科学主题领域的基础研究问题。这些研究将提高对栅极电介质的基本理解，这是先进硅基微电子学的关键。该计划的一个重要特点是通过在基础和技术重要领域对学生进行培训，将研究和教育结合起来。 ***