Abstract
Charge trapping and interface characteristics of hafnium oxide (HfO 2) films, grown by standard thermal evaporation, were investigated. High frequency capacitance-voltage and conductance measurements were carried out at various temperatures on aluminum gate metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors, annealed at 450°C. A hysteresis below 30 mV was observed. Electrical data show, that charge trapping in HfO 2 initially increases with decrease in temperature while it shows a turnaround phenomenon when the temperature is decreased further. Interface state density distribution observed at low temperatures suggests that charge-trapping behavior of these films is mostly due to shallow traps at the interface.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3289-3291 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 11 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)