Crystallinity of inorganic films grown by atomic layer deposition: Overview and general trends

V Miikkulainen, M Leskelä, M Ritala… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is gaining attention as a thin film deposition method, uniquely
suitable for depositing uniform and conformal films on complex three-dimensional …

Development of hafnium based high-k materials—A review

JH Choi, Y Mao, JP Chang - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
The move to implement metal oxide based gate dielectrics in a metal-oxide-semiconductor
field effect transistor is considered one of the most dramatic advances in materials science …

Applications of atomic layer deposition to nanofabrication and emerging nanodevices

H Kim, WJ Maeng - Thin solid films, 2009 - Elsevier
Recently, with scaling down of semiconductor devices, need for nanotechnology has
increased enormously. For nanoscale devices especially, each of the layers should be as …

The coexistence of threshold and memory switching characteristics of ALD HfO 2 memristor synaptic arrays for energy-efficient neuromorphic computing

H Abbas, Y Abbas, G Hassan, AS Sokolov, YR Jeon… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of bioinspired electronic devices that can mimic the biological synapses is
an essential step towards the development of efficient neuromorphic systems to simulate the …

On the correct extraction of interface trap density of MOS devices with high-mobility semiconductor substrates

K Martens, CO Chui, G Brammertz… - … on Electron Devices, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
ldquoConventionalrdquo techniques and related capacitance-voltage characteristic
interpretation were established to evaluate interface trap density on Si substrates. We show …

Germanium surface passivation and atomic layer deposition of high-k dielectrics—a tutorial review on Ge-based MOS capacitors

Q Xie, S Deng, M Schaekers, D Lin… - Semiconductor …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Due to its high intrinsic mobility, germanium (Ge) is a promising candidate as a channel
material (offering a mobility gain of approximately× 2 for electrons and× 4 for holes when …

Effective electrical passivation of Ge (100) for high-k gate dielectric layers using germanium oxide

A Delabie, F Bellenger, M Houssa, T Conard… - Applied physics …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
In search of a proper passivation for high-k Ge metal-oxide-semiconductor devices, the
authors have deposited high-k dielectric layers on Ge O 2⁠, grown at 350–450 C in O 2⁠. Zr …

Direct evidence of GeO volatilization from GeO2/Ge and impact of its suppression on GeO2/Ge metal–insulator–semiconductor characteristics

K Kita, S Suzuki, H Nomura, T Takahashi… - Japanese journal of …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
From the studies on the thermal desorption behaviors of GeO 2 film and its impact on the
electrical properties of GeO 2/Ge metal–insulator–semiconductor (MIS) capacitors, it was …

Electrical properties of La2O3 and HfO2∕ La2O3 gate dielectrics for germanium metal-oxide-semiconductor devices

G Mavrou, S Galata, P Tsipas, A Sotiropoulos… - Journal of Applied …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Germanium metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitors with La 2 O 3 dielectrics deposited at
high temperature or subjected to post deposition annealing show good electrical …

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 …