• 한국재료학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.263-267
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• 2007

Hafnium oxide $(HfO_2)$ films were deposited on Si(100) substrates by remote plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method at $250^{\circ}C$ using TEMAH [tetrakis(ethylmethylamino)hafnium] and $O_2$ plasma. $(HfO_2)$ films showed a relatively low carbon contamination of about 3 at %. As-deposited and annealed $(HfO_2)$ films showed amorphous and randomly oriented polycrystalline structure. respectively. The interfacial layer of $(HfO_2)$ films deposited using remote PEALD was Hf silicate and its thickness increased with increasing annealing temperature. The hysteresis of $(HfO_2)$ films became lower and the flat band voltages shifted towards the positive direction after annealing. Post-annealing process significantly changed the physical, chemical, and electrical properties of $(HfO_2)$ films. $(HfO_2)$ films deposited by remote PEALD using TEMAH and $O_2$ plasma showed generally improved film qualities compare to those of the films deposited by conventional ALD.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.497-504
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 고주파 마그네트론 스퍼터링 법을 이용하여 $HfO_2$ 박막을 제작하고, 질소 분위기에서 급속 열처리 온도에 따른 $HfO_2$ 박막의 구조적 및 광학적 특성을 조사하였다. XRD 측정을 통해 열처리 유무에 상관없이 $HfO_2$ 박막은 다결정 구조를 가짐을 확인할 수 있었고, 열처리 온도가 증가함에 따라 반가폭은 감소하는 추세를 나타내었다. 박막의 표면을 AFM 으로 조사한 결과, $600^{\circ}C$ 에서 열처리한 박막의 표면 거칠기가 3.454 nm 로 가장 작은 값을 나타내었다. 모든 $HfO_2$ 박막들은 가시광 영역에서 약 80% 정도의 투과도를 나타내었다. 또한 투과도와 반사도로부터 구한 굴절률과 셀마이어 분산 관계로부터, 파장에 따른 $HfO_2$ 의 굴절률을 예측할 수 있었다. $600^{\circ}C$ 에서 열처리 한 $HfO_2$ 박막이 2.0223 (${\lambda}=632nm$) 의 높은 굴절률과 0.963 의 높은 우수한 충진율을 나타내었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.780-785
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• 2004

The degradation mechanism of soft magnetic properties of $Fe-Hf-N/Cr/SiO_2$ thin films reacted with a bonding glass was investigated. When $Fe-Hf-N/Cr/SiO_2$ films were annealed under $600^{\circ}C$ without the bonding glass, the compositions and the soft magnetic properties of Fe-Hf-N layers were not changed. However, after reaction with the bonding glass at $550^{\circ}C$, the soft magnetic properties of the film were degraded. At $600^{\circ}C$, the saturation magnetization of the reacted film decreased to 13.5 kG, and its coercivity increased to 4 Oe, and its effective permeability decreased to 700. It was founded that O diffused from the glass into the Fe-Hf-N layers during the reaction and generated $HfO_2$ phases. It was considered that the soft magnetic properties of the $Fe-Hf-N/Cr/SiO_2$ films reacted with the bonding glass were primarily degraded by the formation of the Fe-Hf-O-N layer of which the Fe content was below 60 $at\%$, and secondarily degraded by the Fe-Hf-O-N layer above 70 $at\%$.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.129-130
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• 2009

The P/E characteristics of $HfO_2$ CTF memory capacitor with $SiO_2/HfO_2/Al_2O_3$(OHA) engineered tunnel barrier were investigated. After a growth of thermal oxide with a thickness of 2 nm, 1 nm $HfO_2$ and 3 $Al_2O_3$ layers were deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) system. The band offset was calculated by analysis of conduction mechanisms through Fowler-Nordheim (FN) plot and Direct Tunneling (DT) plot. Moreover the PIE characteristics of $HfO_2$ CTF memory capacitor with OHA tunnel barrier was presented.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.5 No.1
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• pp.74-77
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• 2004

[ $HfO_2$ ] dielectric layers were grown on the p-type Si(100) substrate by metalorganic molecular beam epitaxy(MOMBE). Hafnium $t-butoxide[Hf(O{\cdot}t-C_4H_9)_4]$ was used as a Hf precursor and Argon gas was used as a carrier gas. The thickness of the layers was measured by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high-resolution transmission electron measurement(HR-TEM). The properties of the $HfO_2$ layers were evaluated by X-ray diffraction(XRD), high frequency capacitance-voltage measurement(HF C-V), current-voltage measurement(I-V), and atomic force measurement(AFM). HF C-V measurements have shown that $HfO_2$ layer grown by MOMBE has a high dielectric constant(k=19-21). The properties of $HfO_2$ films are affected by various process variables such as substrate temperature, bubbler temperature, Ar, and $O_2$ gas flows. In this paper, we examined the relationship between the $O_2/Ar$ gas ratio and the electrical properties of $HfO_2$.

• E2M - 전기 전자와 첨단 소재
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.63.2-64
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• 2003

Epitaxial yttrium-stabilized HfO$_2$ thin films were deposited on p-type (100) Si substrates by pulsed laser deposition at a relatively lower substrate temperature of 550. Transmission electron microscopy observation revealed a fixed orientation relationship between the epitaxial film and Si; that is, (100)Si.(100)HfO$_2$ and [001]Si/[001]HfO$_2$. The film/Si interface is not atomically flat, suggesting possible interfacial reaction and diffusion, X-ray photoelectron spectrum analysis also revealed the interfacial reaction and diffusion evidenced by Hf silicate and Hf-Si bond formation at the interface. The epitaxial growth of the yttrium stabilized HfO$_2$ thin film on bare Si is via a direct growth mechanism without involoving the reaction between Hf atoms and SiO$_2$ layer. High-frequency capacitance-voltage measurement on an as-grown 40-A yttrium-stabilized HfO$_2$ epitaxial film yielded an dielectric constant of about 14 and equivalent oxide thickness to SiO$_2$ of 12 A. The leakage current density is 7.0${\times}$ 10e-2 A/$\textrm{cm}^2$ at 1V gate bias voltage.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.165-170
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• 2000

Fe-Hf-N 연자성 박막의 물리적, 자기적 특성에 미치는 열처리 영향에 대하여 고찰하였다. Fe-Hf-N 연자성 박막을 질소분위기에서 열처리 할 경우 표면에 Fe$_2$O$_3$-Fe$_3$O$_4$으로 구성된 산화층이 생성되었고, 이 산화층 아래 Fe-Hf-O-N층이 생성되었다. 열처리 온도의 증가에 따라 Fe$_2$O$_3$-Fe$_3$O$_4$ 산화층과 Fe-Hf-O-N 층의 두께가 증가하였고, Fe$_2$O$_3$-Fe$_3$O$_4$산화층을 제외한 박막의 두께는 열처리전과 같았다. 열처리한 박막에서 표면에 생성된 Fe$_2$O$_3$-Fe$_3$O$_4$산화층의 두께를 제외하고 계산한 박막의 연자기 특성은 열처리 전의 연자기 특성에 비해 약간 떨어지는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로, Fe-Hf-O-N층은 박막 전체의 연자기 특성을 크게 떨어뜨리지 않으며, 열처리 후 박막 전체의 연자기 특성은 Fe-Hf-O-N과 Fe-Hf-N의 다층막의 연자기 특성을 나타내는 것으로 생각된다.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.25-29
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• 2008

Reliability and performance in metal gate/high-k device with multiple gate dielectrics were investigated. MOSFETs with a thin $HfSiO_x$ layer on a thermal Si02 dielectric as gate dielectrics exhibit excellent mobility and low interface trap density. However, the distribution of threshold voltages of $HfSiO_x/SiO_2$ stack devices were wider than those of $SiO_2$ and $HfSiO_x$ single layer devices due to the penetration of Hf and/or intermixing of $HfSiO_x$ with underlying $SiO_2$. The results of TZDB and SILC characteristics suggested that a certain portion of $HfSiO_x$ layer reacted with the underlying thick $SiO_2$ layer, which in turn affected the reliability characteristics.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.256-261
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• 2010

In this work, high-k dielectric stacks of $HfO_2$ and $HfO_2$/$Al_2O_3$/$HfO_2$ (HAH) were deposited on $SiO_2/Si$ substrates by atomic layer deposition as charge trapping layers in charge trapping devices. The structural stability and the charge trapping characteristics of such stacks were investigated using Metal-Alumina-Hafnia-Oxide-Silicon (MAHOS) structure. The surface roughness of $HfO_2$ was stable up to 11 nm with the insertion of 0.2 nm thick $Al_2O_3$. The effect of the thickness of the HAH stack and the thickness of intermediate $Al_2O_3$ on charge trapping characteristics were investigated for MAHOS structure under various gate bias pulse with duration of 100 ms. The threshold voltage shift after programming and erase showed that the memory window was increased with increasing bias on gate. However, the programming window was independent of the thickness of HAH charge trapping layers. When the thickness of $Al_2O_3$insertion increased from 0.2 nm to 1 nm, the erase window was decreased without change in the programming window.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.34-37
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• 2003

[ $HfO_2$ ] and $HfO_xN_y$ films were deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition using $Hf[OC(CH_3)_3]_4$ as the precursor in the absence of $O_2$. The crystallization temperature of the $HfO_xN_y$ films is higher than that of the $HfO_2$ film. Nitrogen incorporation in $HfO_xN_y$ was confirmed by auger electron spectroscopy analysis. After post deposition annealing (PDA) at 800$\Box$, the EOT increased from 1.34 to 1.6 nm in the $HfO_2$ thin films, whereas the increase of EOT was suppressed to less than 0.02 nm in the $HfO_xN_y$. The leakage current density decreased from 0.18 to 0.012 $A/cm^2$ with increasing PDA temperature in the $HfO_2$ films. But the leakage current density of $HfO_xN_y$ does not vary with increasing PDA temperature because an amorphous $HfO_xN_y$ films suppresses the diffusion of oxygen through the gate dielectric.