Extreme ultraviolet lithography and three dimensional integrated circuit—A review

B Wu, A Kumar - Applied Physics Reviews, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The term 3D IC generally means an IC package having multiple device layers, which is
different with 3D transistor structures such as the FinFET. 3D packaging and 3D integration …

Germanium CMOS potential from material and process perspectives: Be more positive about germanium

A Toriumi, T Nishimura - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
CMOS miniaturization is now approaching the sub-10 nm level, and further downscaling is
expected. This size scaling will end sooner or later, however, because the typical size is …

Germanium based field-effect transistors: Challenges and opportunities

PS Goley, MK Hudait - Materials, 2014 - mdpi.com
The performance of strained silicon (Si) as the channel material for today's metal-oxide-
semiconductor field-effect transistors may be reaching a plateau. New channel materials …

Ultimate scaling of CMOS logic devices with Ge and III–V materials

M Heyns, W Tsai - Mrs bulletin, 2009 - cambridge.org
Over the years, many new materials have been introduced in advanced complementary
metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes in order to continue the trend of reducing the …

Intrinsic charge trapping in amorphous oxide films: status and challenges

J Strand, M Kaviani, D Gao, AM El-Sayed… - Journal of Physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the current understanding of intrinsic electron and hole trapping in insulating
amorphous oxide films on semiconductor and metal substrates. The experimental and …

Surface preparation and deposited gate oxides for gallium nitride based metal oxide semiconductor devices

RD Long, PC McIntyre - Materials, 2012 - mdpi.com
The literature on polar Gallium Nitride (GaN) surfaces, surface treatments and gate
dielectrics relevant to metal oxide semiconductor devices is reviewed. The significance of …

Chemical properties of oxidized silicon carbide surfaces upon etching in hydrofluoric acid

S Dhar, O Seitz, MD Halls, S Choi… - Journal of the …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen termination of oxidized silicon in hydrofluoric acid results from an etching process
that is now well understood and accepted. This surface has become a standard for studies of …

Ge (001) surface cleaning methods for device integration

P Ponath, AB Posadas, AA Demkov - Applied Physics Reviews, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Germanium (Ge), with its higher hole and electron mobility than silicon, is a promising
candidate to replace silicon for future complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) …

Atomic layer deposition of dielectrics on Ge and III–V materials for ultrahigh performance transistors

RM Wallace, PC McIntyre, J Kim, Y Nishi - MRS bulletin, 2009 - cambridge.org
The prospect of utilizing alternative transistor channel materials for ultrahigh performance
transistors will require suitable gate dielectrics for surface-channel field-effect devices. With …

High-k/metal gate innovations enabling continued CMOS scaling

MM Frank - 2011 Proceedings of the European Solid-State …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-k dielectrics and metal gate electrodes have entered complementary metal-oxide-
semiconductor (CMOS) logic technology, integrated in both gate-first and gate-last schemes …