Title: Effects of high-/spl kappa/ gate dielectric materials on metal and silicon gate workfunctions
Abstract: The dependence of metal and polysilicon gate work-functions on the underlying gate dielectric in advanced MOS gate stacks is explored. We observe that the metal workfunctions on high-/spl kappa/ dielectrics differ appreciably from their values on SiO/sub 2/ or in a vacuum. We also show the first application of the interface dipole theory on the metal-dielectric interface and obtained excellent agreement with experimental data. Important parameters such as the slope parameters for SiO/sub 2/, Si/sub 3/N/sub 4/, ZrO/sub 2/, and HfO/sub 2/ are extracted. In addition, we also explain the weaker dependence of n+ and p+ polysilicon gate workfunctions on the gate dielectric. Challenges for gate workfunction engineering are highlighted. This work provides additional guidelines on the choice of gate materials for future CMOS technology incorporating high-/spl kappa/ gate dielectrics.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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