Low temperature MOSFET technology with Schottky barrier source/drain, high-K gate dielectric and metal gate electrode

Both Pand N-channel MOSFETs with Schottky barrier silicide source/drain (S/D), high-K gate dielectric and metal gate were successfully fabricated using a simplified low temperature process. The highest temperature after the high-K dielectric formation is 420 C. PMOSFETs with PtSi S/D show excellent electrical performance of an Ion=Ioff 10 10 and a subthreshold slope of 66 mV/dec, similar to those formed by a normal process with an optimized sidewall spacer. NMOSFETs with DySi2 x S/D have 3 orders of magnitude larger Ioff than that of PMOSFETs and show two slopes in the subthreshold region, resulting in the Ion=Ioff 10 at low drain voltage. It can be attributed to the relatively higher barrier height ðUnÞ of DySi2 x/n-Si than that of PtSi/p-Si ðUpÞ and the rougher DySi2 x film. Adding a thin intermediate Ge layer ( 1nm) between Dy and Si can improve the film morphology significantly. As a result, the improved performance of N-MOSFET is observed. 2004 Published by Elsevier Ltd.