DocumentCode
2394035
Title
Drastically improved NBTI lifetime by periodic plasma nitridation for 90 nm mobile applications at low voltage operation
Author
Kawae, T. ; Minemura, Y. ; Fukuda, S. ; Hirano, T. ; Suzuki, Y. ; Saito, M. ; Kadomura, S. ; Samukawa, S.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Fluid Sci., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
fYear
2003
fDate
6-7 Nov. 2003
Firstpage
146
Lastpage
149
Abstract
The controlling concentration and location of nitrogen in SiON film by using TM plasma, and the improvement in the NBTI lifetime due to shallow nitrogen profile of fabricated specimen were reported.
Keywords
MOSFET; dielectric thin films; nitridation; plasma materials processing; silicon compounds; 90 nm; NBTI lifetime; SiON; SiON film; negative bias temperature instability; plasma nitridation; shallow nitrogen profile; Apertures; FETs; Low voltage; Niobium compounds; Nitrogen; Plasma applications; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Semiconductor films; Titanium compounds;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Gate Insulator, 2003. IWGI 2003. Extended Abstracts of International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Toyko, Japan
Print_ISBN
4-89114-037-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IWGI.2003.159202
Filename
1252527
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