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Initial Processes of Atomic Layer Deposition of Al₂O₃ on InGaAs: Interface Formation Mechanisms and Impact on Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Device Performance.

ABSTRACT: Interface-formation processes in atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Al₂O₃ on InGaAs surfaces were investigated using on-line Auger electron spectroscopy. Al₂O₃ ALD was carried out by repeating a cycle of Al(CH₃)₃ (trimethylaluminum, TMA) adsorption and oxidation by H₂O. The first two ALD cycles increased the Al KLL signal, whereas they did not increase the O KLL signal. Al₂O₃ bulk-film growth started from the third cycle. These observations indicated that the Al₂O₃/InGaAs interface was formed by reduction of the surface oxides with TMA. In order to investigate the effect of surface-oxide reduction on metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) properties, capacitors and field-effect transistors (FETs) were fabricated by changing the TMA dosage during the interface formation stage. The frequency dispersion of the capacitance-voltage characteristics was reduced by employing a high TMA dosage. The high TMA dosage, however, induced fixed negative charges at the MIS interface and degraded channel mobility.

SUBMITTER: Jevasuwan W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5448916 | biostudies-other | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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