Fabrication of high-k Zr silicate MIS and optimization of the etching process

High-k Zr silicate를 이용한 MIS 소자제작과 공정최적화

In this paper, etching characteristics of Zr-silicate in Ar/ClrCH4 plasma is studied, and possible plasma damage is investigated by fabricating MIS capacitors. We'could increase the selectivity to near 2 while keeping the etch rate of Zr-silicate to about 70 nm/min. Leakage current and flat band voltage shift of PUZr-silicate/si capacitors are measured before and after plasma etching. Using capacitor patterns with the same area but different circumference lengths, we try to separate etching damage mechanisms and to optimize the process. The leakage current of 1.2$\times$10-3 A/cm2 and smaller capacitance variation of 0.2 nF at -2V are obtained in Ar/Cl2/CF4 plasma at 200 W RF power