An improved two-frequency method of capacitance measurement for SrTiO3 as high-k gate dielectric

IEEE Electron Device Letters - Tập 23 Số 9 - Trang 553-555 - 2002
Hang-Ting Lue1, Chih-Yi Liu1, Tseung-Yuen Tseng1
1Department of Electronics Engineering and Institute of Electronics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Tóm tắt

An improved two-frequency method of capacitance measurement for the high-k gate dielectrics is proposed. The equivalent circuit model of the MOS capacitor including the four parameters of intrinsic capacitance, loss tangent, parasitic series inductance, and series resistance is developed. These parameters can be extracted by independently measuring the capacitor at two different frequencies. This technique is demonstrated for high-k SrTiO/sub 3/ gate dielectrics and the results show that the calibrated capacitances are invariant over a wide range of frequency. In addition, the extracted loss tangent, inductance and resistance are independent on gate voltage and frequency. The effect of series resistance on the frequency dispersion of the capacitance can be also explained by this model. These results indicate that this modified technique can be incorporated in the routine capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurement procedure providing the physically meaningful data for the high-k gate dielectrics.

Từ khóa

#Capacitance measurement #MOS capacitors #Parasitic capacitance #Inductance #Dielectric measurements #Electrical resistance measurement #Capacitance-voltage characteristics #Equivalent circuits #Frequency measurement #High K dielectric materials

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