• DocumentCode
    910650
  • Title

    Self-aligned n-channel germanium MOSFETs with a thin Ge oxynitride gate dielectric and tungsten gate

  • Author

    Shang, Huiling ; Lee, Kam-Leung ; Kozlowski, P. ; D´Emic, C. ; Babich, I. ; Sikorski, E. ; Ieong, Meikei ; Wong, H.-S.P. ; Guarini, Kathryn ; Haensch, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Semicond. R&D Center, IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    135
  • Lastpage
    137
  • Abstract
    In this letter, we report self-aligned n-channel germanium (Ge) MOSFETs with a thin Ge oxynitride gate dielectric and tungsten gate electrode. Excellent off-state current is achieved through the reduction of junction leakage. For the first time, we have demonstrated an n-channel Ge MOSFET with a subthreshold slope of 150 mV/dec and an on-off current ratio of ∼104.
  • Keywords
    MIS structures; MOSFET; dielectric properties; germanium compounds; leakage currents; semiconductor junctions; tungsten compounds; Ge; junction leakage reduction; off-state current; self-aligned n-channel germanium MOSFETs; subthreshold slope; thin germanium oxynitride gate dielectric; tungsten gate electrode; Dielectric devices; Dielectric losses; Fabrication; Germanium; Leakage current; MOSFETs; Rapid thermal annealing; Semiconductor diodes; Temperature; Tungsten;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LED.2003.823060
  • Filename
    1269901