Structural and electrical comparison of si and zr doped hafnium oxide thin films and integrated fefets utilizing transmission kikuchi diffraction

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Contributors

  • Maximilian Lederer - , Chair of Experimental Physics / Photophysics, Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Thomas Kämpfe - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Norman Vogel - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Dirk Utess - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Beate Volkmann - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Tarek Ali - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Ricardo Olivo - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Johannes Müller - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Sven Beyer - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Martin Trentzsch - , Global Foundries Dresden (Author)
  • Konrad Seidel - , Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Author)
  • Lukas M. Eng - , Chair of Experimental Physics / Photophysics (Author)

Abstract

The microstructure of ferroelectric hafnium oxide plays a vital role for its application, e.g., non-volatile memories. In this study, transmission Kikuchi diffraction and scanning transmission electron microscopy STEM techniques are used to compare the crystallographic phase and orientation of Si and Zr doped HfO2 thin films as well as integrated in a 22 nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) ferroelectric field effect transistor (FeFET). Both HfO2 films showed a predominately orthorhombic phase in accordance with electrical measurements and X-ray diffraction XRD data. Furthermore, a stronger texture is found for the microstructure of the Si doped HfO2 (HSO) thin film, which is attributed to stress conditions inside the film stack during crystallization. For the HSO thin film fabricated in a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) like structure, a different microstructure, with no apparent texture as well as a different fraction of orthorhombic phase is observed. The 22 nm FDSOI FeFET showed an orthorhombic phase for the HSO layer, as well as an out-of-plane texture of the [111]-axis, which is preferable for the application as non-volatile memory.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number384
JournalNanomaterials
Volume10
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2484-4158/work/158768079

Keywords

Keywords

  • Electron backscatter diffraction, Ferroelectric field effect transistor, Ferroelectrics, Hafnium oxide, Non-volatile memory, Transmission electron microscopy