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The Electrical Characteristics of MOSFET having Deuterium implanted Gate Oxide  

Lee, Jae-Sung (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Uiduk University)
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Abstract
MOSFET with deuterium-incorporated gate oxide shows enhanced reliability compared to conventional MOSFET. We present an alternative process whereby deuterium is delivered to the location where the gate oxide reside by an implantation process. Deuterium ions were implanted using two different energies to account for the topography of the overlaying layers and placing the D peak at the top of gate oxide. A short anneal at forming gas was performed to remove the D-implantation damage. We have observed that deuterium ion implantation into the gate oxide region can successfully remove the interface states and the bulk defects. But the energy and the dose of the deuterium implant need to be optimized to maintain the Si substrates dopant activation, while generating deuterium bonds inside gate oxide. CV and IV characteristics studies also determined that the deuterium implant dose not degrade the transistor performance.
Keywords
Gate oxide; Deuterium; Implantation; Interface states; Defects;
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