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Physical-Chemical Evolution upon Thermal Treatments of Al2O3, HfO2 and Al/Hf Composite Materials Deposited by ALCVD™
This paper presents a systematic investigation of thermal stability of high-k materials deposited on RCA cleaned wafers by ALCVDTM in an ASM PulsarTM 2000 reactor. Physical-chemical evolution of Al2O3, HfO2 and A...
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Crystallization Behavior of Hf-rich Aluminates and Influence on Film Dielectric Properties
In this study, the investigation of crystallization behaviour of Hf-rich aluminate is presented. Different alloys were deposited by ALCVD™ with composition ranging between 16 and 47 Al2O3 mol%. Post-deposition an...
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Physical-Chemical Evolution of Hf-aluminates upon Thermal Treatments
This study presents an investigation on physical-chemical stability of (HfO2)x(Al2O3 )1-x alloys upon prolonged post-deposition annealings. Two different Hf-aluminates were deposited by ALCVDTM, containing 34% an...
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Ultra Thin No/N20 Oxynitride Dielectric for Advanced Flash Memory Application: Single Wafer and Batch Technology
In this paper a systematic investigation of nitrided oxides obtained by Rapid Thermal Oxidation/Nitridation (RTO/RTN) in AMAT Centura System is reported. Two different aspects were considered: first the compar...
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Nitridation by NO Or N2O of Si-SiO2 Interfaces
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and photocurrent measurements for the determination of surface recombination velocity provide complementary information on the structure of the Si-SiO2 interface, being sens...
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Characterization of nitrided silicon-silicon dioxide interfaces
A newly-developed technique for the simultaneos characterization of the oxide-silicon interface properties and of bulk impurities was used for a systematic study of the nitridation process of thin oxides. This...