Defects in Si/SiO2 structures introduced by sputter metallization

Autor: S. Alexandrova, A. Szekeres, K. I. Kirov
Rok vydání: 1981
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Zdroj: Thin Solid Films. 75:37-46
ISSN: 0040-6090
DOI: 10.1016/0040-6090(81)90390-4
Popis: A comparative study of MOS structures metallized in planar and cylindrical magnetron systems and in a conventional d.c. diode sputtering system was conducted. In all cases the influence of the discharge led to distortion and hysteresis in high frequency C-V curves owing to the generation of neutral traps spatially distributed in the oxide. The effective concentration of the traps was about 1.4 × 1012 eV−1cm−2 in the central part of the band gap. These defects can easily be removed by conventional low temperature annealing. The necessity of post-metallization annealing of MOS structures prepared in magnetron systems can be avoided if the substrates are isolated from ground and heated to 300 °C during the sputter deposition of the metal layer.
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