A high performance MIM capacitor using HfO2 dielectrics

IEEE Electron Device Letters - Tập 23 Số 9 - Trang 514-516 - 2002
Hang Hu1, Chunxiang Zhu1, Y.F. Lu1, M.F. Li1, Byung Jin Cho1, W.K. Choi1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Silicon Nano Device Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Tóm tắt

Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors with a 56 nm thick HfO/sub 2/ high-/spl kappa/ dielectric film have been fabricated and demonstrated for the first of time with a low thermal budget (/spl sim/200/spl deg/C). Voltage linearity, temperature coefficients of capacitance, and electrical properties are all characterized. The results show that the HfO/sub 2/ MIM capacitor can provide a higher capacitance density than Si/sub 3/N/sub 4/ MIM capacitor while still maintaining comparable voltage and temperature coefficients of capacitance. In addition, a low leakage current of 2/spl times/10/sup -9/ A/cm/sup 2/ at 3 V is achieved. All of these make the HfO/sub 2/ MIM capacitor to be very suitable for use in silicon RF and mixed signal IC applications.

Từ khóa

#MIM capacitors #Hafnium oxide #Capacitance #Voltage #Temperature #Metal-insulator structures #Dielectric films #Linearity #Leakage current #Silicon

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