The effect of oxygen source on atomic layer deposited Al 2 O 3 as blocking oxide in metal/aluminum oxide/nitride/oxide/silicon memory capacitors
Thin Solid Films, ISSN: 0040-6090, Vol: 533, Page: 5-8
2013
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This work explores the electrical properties of Al 2 O 3 films formed by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using different oxygen sources (water and ozone) and trimethylaluminium (TMA). The as-deposited Al 2 O 3 layers were used as blocking oxides in metal (Pt)–alumina–nitride–oxide–silicon memory capacitors. The capacitance–voltage characteristics of the devices with Al 2 O 3 deposited with the ozone–TMA and water–TMA processes showed almost identical capacitance equivalent thicknesses in accordance with transmission electron microscopy imaging which revealed similar dielectric layer thicknesses between the two gate stacks. At high negative gate voltages the water-TMA devices exhibited higher leakage currents than the ozone-TMA devices. This effect had a direct impact on the attainable memory window, due to the limited erase performance of the capacitors and the extended erase-saturation effect. These findings indicate that the ALD chemistry and in particular the oxygen source is a crucial factor which determines the electrical behavior of the as-deposited Al 2 O 3 films, and therefore the performance of the memory stacks. These differences are attributed to the different trap distributions either in space or energy within the Al 2 O 3 layers.
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