Influence of an Oxide Interlayer Dielectric (ILD) Capping Layer on the Thermal Stability of Ni Germanide for Nanoscale Ge MOSFETs

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this research, the influence of an interlayer dielectric (ILD) capping layer on the thermal stability of Ni germanide was analyzed. The Ni germanide was formed on a Ge-on-Si substrate by using a one-step rapid thermal process (RTP) at 400 ˚C for 30 sec. We found little difference in the X-ray diffraction (XRD) results, but the proposed structure with oxide ILD capping layer showed better thermal immunity than that without one. Adopting an oxide ILD capping layer resulted in a lower sheet resistance, less surface roughness, and less Ni germanide agglomeration and penetration after high temperature post-germanidation annealing at 500 ˚C. Therefore, oxide capping is promising for improving the thermal stability of Ni germanide for nanoscale germanium metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (Ge MOSFETs).

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