High performance sol-gel spin-coated titanium dioxide dielectric based MOS structures

Kumar, Arvind and Mondal, Sandip and Kumar, Girish S and Rao, Koteswara KSR (2015) High performance sol-gel spin-coated titanium dioxide dielectric based MOS structures. In: MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING, 40 . pp. 77-83.

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Abstract

High-kappa TiO2 thin films have been fabricated using cost effective sol-gel and spin-coating technique on p-Si (100) wafer. Plasma activation process was used for better adhesion between TiO2 films and Si. The influence of annealing temperature on the structure-electrical properties of titania films were investigated in detail. Both XRD and Raman studies indicate that the anatase phase crystallizes at 400 degrees C, retaining its structural integrity up to 1000 degrees C. The thickness of the deposited films did not vary significantly with the annealing temperature, although the refractive index and the RMS roughness enhanced considerably, accompanied by a decrease in porosity. For electrical measurements, the films were integrated in metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) structure. The electrical measurements evoke a temperature dependent dielectric constant with low leakage current density. The Capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics of the films annealed at 400 degrees C exhibited a high value of dielectric constant (similar to 34). Further, frequency dependent C-V measurements showed a huge dispersion in accumulation capacitance due to the presence of TiO2/Si interface states and dielectric polarization, was found to follow power law dependence on frequency (with exponent `s'=0.85). A low leakage current density of 3.6 x 10(-7) A/cm(2) at 1 V was observed for the films annealed at 600 degrees C. The results of structure-electrical properties suggest that the deposition of titania by wet chemical method is more attractive and cost-effective for production of high-kappa materials compared to other advanced deposition techniques such as sputtering, MBE, MOCVD and AID. The results also suggest that the high value of dielectric constant kappa obtained at low processing temperature expands its scope as a potential dielectric layer in MOS device technology. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND
Keywords:	Anatase TiO2; Sol-gel spin-coating; High-kappa; MOS; Surface roughness
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2015 04:48
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2015 04:48
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/52754

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