MOS-based nanocapacitor using C-AFM

Daniel Hill; Sascha Sadewasser; Xavier Aymerich

doi:10.1117/12.498556

29 April 2003 MOS-based nanocapacitor using C-AFM

Daniel Hill, Sascha Sadewasser, Xavier Aymerich

Proceedings Volume 5118, Nanotechnology; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498556
Event: Microtechnologies for the New Millennium 2003, 2003, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Abstract

This report details the attempts made to realise nanocapacitors for nanoscale MOS based integrated circuits by AFM anodic oxidation, and therefore isolation, of nano-sized squares of poly-silicon, titanium and aluminium on Si/SiO₂. Conductive AFM (C-AFM) was used to perform topographical and electrical characterisation. The experiments were performed with contact mode C-AFM, in ambient air, using Pt-Ir, Co-Cr and Ti coated (20nm) n-type silicon cantilevers. Each sample consisted of a 3-5nm thick conductor deposited on 6nm of SiO₂, which was thermally grown on Phosphorus doped (1019 cm-3) n-type Si(100) substrates. Standard cleaning and passivation processes were used. Poly-silicon was immediately found to be too rough to oxidise. Initial current-voltage measurements inside of the titanium-oxide squares suggest initial isolation followed by degradation through Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling. Measurement inconsistencies seen suggest charge storage on the surface or tip with the barrier height of the native titanium oxide thought to be responsible. Al has a thicker natural oxide. To overcome this we designed a series of structures consisting of a Ti finger on SiO₂, that is connected to a Ti bond pad, allowing direct probing by a semiconductor parameter analyser. AFM anodic oxidation was performed upon these Ti fingers to reduce their in-plane dimensions towards the nanoscale. To confirm the existence of a nanocapacitor topographical and electrical measurements were then done on and around them.

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Daniel Hill, Sascha Sadewasser, and Xavier Aymerich "MOS-based nanocapacitor using C-AFM", Proc. SPIE 5118, Nanotechnology, (29 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498556

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