Abstract
Au/SiO2/n-Si metal-oxide-silicon-on-insulator (MOSOI) capacitors were fabricated to study the damage caused by reactive ion etching (RIE) on (1 1 0) oriented silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates. The MOSOI capacitors with an etch-damaged SOI layer were characterized by capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements and compared to the sacrificial oxidation treated samples and the reference samples without etching treatment. The measurements revealed that C-V curves significantly change and a negative voltage shift occurs for plasma-damaged capacitors. The simulated band diagram profiles and potential distribution of the corresponding structures indicate that the C-V shift is mainly due to the removal of a parasitic depletion capacitance (Cp) in the substrate, when the interface charges (Qf) are present at the gate oxide/SOI interface. For etch-damaged MOSOI samples, the surface roughness and the interface charges (Qf) have been found to increase by ∼1.94 × 1012 cm-2 with respect to the reference devices, whereas the increase was reduced for sacrificial-oxidation treated samples, which implies a recovery from the plasma-induced etch damage on SOI structures.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 125005 |
Journal | Semiconductor Science and Technology |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Materials Chemistry