摘要
We demonstrated post-fin-fabrication annealing (PFA) as a recovery process for suppressing plasma-induced damage (PID) in Ge fin field-effect-transistors (FinFETs) after the Ge fin fabrication. There are two key points in the PFA process. One is an annealing temperature (≥600 C) higher than the recrystallization temperature of Ge for the curing of PID. The other is that a SiO2 film is capped on the Ge fin to prevent GeO desorption. Furthermore, we investigated the impact of PFA at 600 C-800 C on the electrical characteristics of Ge FinFETs. The PFA process improves the subthreshold slope and the on current in Ge n- and p-type FinFETs and reduces the off current. We found that the optimum PFA temperature is 600 C in this experiment because of the minimum thermal expansion between Ge and SiO2
原文 | English |
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文章編號 | SIIE05 |
期刊 | Japanese journal of applied physics |
卷 | 59 |
發行號 | SI |
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出版狀態 | Published - 2020 |