Ar等离子体处理对H0.5 Z0.5 O2薄膜铁电电容器的影响

Performance investigation of H0.5 Z0.5 O2 thin film ferroelectric capacitors with Ar plasma treatment

  • 摘要: 氧化铪基铁电薄膜近年来广受关注,因为具有优良的铁电性能,并可以与CMOS工艺完美兼容。有研究表明,Ar等离子体处理HZO界面可以有效提高铁电性能,但存在剩余极化强度较低(~30 μC/cm2)的问题。本文通过不同功率(50W,100W,150W,200W) Ar等离子体处理TiN/HZO下界面,研究其对TiN/HZO/TiN/W结构器件铁电性能的影响。研究表明,施加150W等离子体处理底电极TiN时,器件的铁电性能是最优的,它可将器件的两倍剩余极化强度(2Pr)由~27 μC/cm2提升至~44 μC/cm2,还将矫顽场由~1.7 MV/cm降低至~1.37 MV/cm。进一步分析表明,Ar等离子体修饰抑制了单斜相的生长,并提高了正交相比率(由~66%提高至~88%),从而促进了铁电性能的提升。另外,Ar等离子体修饰后器件的C-V曲线呈现“蝴蝶”形状,其相对介电常数提高到55左右,大大提高了器件性能。

     

    Abstract: Hafnium oxide based ferroelectric thin films have excellent ferroelectric properties and perfect compatibility with CMOS processes, which receive widespread attention in recent years.HZO interface with Ar plasma treatment can effectively improve ferroelectric performance, but they have a problem of low polarization intensity (~30 μC/cm2).In this study, we research the ferroelectric properties of TiN/HZO/TiN/W structured devices which are the TiN/HZO interface treatment by Ar plasma with different powers (50W, 100W, 150W, 200W).When applying 150W plasma to treat the bottom electrode TiN, the ferroelectric performance of the device is optimalas.It can increase the twice remnant polarization(2Pr) from ~27 μC/cm2 to ~44 μC/cm2, and also reduce the electric field from ~1.7 MV/cm to ~1.37 MV/cm.Then, we find that Ar plasma treatment not only that inhibits the growth of monoclinic phase, but also increases the proportion of orthogonal phase (from ~66% to ~88%), which can improve the ferroelectric performance.In addition, the C-V curve of the Ar plasma treatment device shows a“butterfly” shape, and its relative dielectric constant increases to around 55, which greatly improves the device performance.

     

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