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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2013.22.5.245

Nano-Mechanical Studies of HfOx Thin Film for Oxygen Outgasing Effect during the Annealing Process  

Park, Myung Joon (Department of Nano & Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
Kim, Sung Joon (Department of Nano & Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
Lee, Si Hong (Department of Nano & Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
Kim, Soo In (Department of Nano & Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
Lee, Chang Woo (Department of Nano & Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.22, no.5, 2013 , pp. 245-249 More about this Journal
Abstract
The $HfO_X$ thin film was deposited what it has been paid attention to the next generation oxide thin layer of MOSFET (metal-Oxide semiconductor field-effect-transistor) by rf magnetron sputter on Si (100) substrate. The $HfO_X$ thin film was deposited using a various oxygen gas flows (5, 10, 15 sccm). After deposition, $HfO_X$ thin films were annealed from 400 to $800^{\circ}C$ for 20 min in nitrogen ambient. The electrical characteristics of the $HfO_X$ thin film was improved by leakage current properties, depending on the increase of oxygen gas flow and annealing temperature. In particular, the properties of nano-mechanics of $HfO_X$ thin films were measured by AFM and Nano-indenter. From the results, the maximum indentation depth at the basis of maximum indentation force was increased from 24.9 to 38.8 nm according to increase the annealing temperature. Especially, the indentation depth was increased rapidly at $800^{\circ}C$. The rapid increasement of indentation depth was expected to be due to the change of residual stress in the $HfO_X$ thin film, and this result was caused by relative flux of oxygen outgasing during the annealing process.
Keywords
Nano-Mechanics; Nanotribology; Nano-indenter; $HfO_X$; Oxygen outgasing;
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