Document Type
Article
Publication Date
March 2016
Publication Title
Engineering
Volume
1
Issue Number
3
First Page
372
Last Page
377
DOI
10.15302/J-ENG-2015052
ISSN
2095-8099
Keywords
high-mobility device, high-κ/III-V interface, interfacial gap states, first-principle calculations
Disciplines
Materials Science and Engineering
Abstract
Given the demand for constantly scaling microelectronic devices to ever smaller dimensions, a SiO2 gate dielectric was substituted with a higher dielectric-constant material, Hf(Zr)O2, in order to minimize current leakage through dielectric thin film. However, upon interfacing with high dielectric constant (high-κ) dielectrics, the electron mobility in the conventional Si channel degrades due to Coulomb scattering, surface-roughness scattering, remote-phonon scattering, and dielectric-charge trapping. III-V and Ge are two promising candidates with superior mobility over Si. Nevertheless, Hf(Zr)O2/III-V(Ge) has much more complicated interface bonding than Si-based interfaces. Successful fabrication of a high-quality device critically depends on understanding and engineering the bonding configurations at Hf(Zr)O2/III-V(Ge) interfaces for the optimal design of device interfaces. Thus, an accurate atomic insight into the interface bonding and mechanism of interface gap states formation becomes essential. Here, we utilize first-principle calculations to investigate the interface between HfO2 and GaAs. Our study shows that As−As dimer bonding, Ga partial oxidation (between 3+ and 1+) and Ga− dangling bonds constitute the major contributions to gap states. These findings provide insightful guidance for optimum interface passivation.
Recommended Citation
Weichao Wang, Cheng Gong, Ka Xiong, Santosh KC, Robert Wallace, and Kyeongjae Cho. "Materials Design on the Origin of Gap States in a High-κ/GaAs Interface" Engineering (2016): 372-377. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-ENG-2015052
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