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Page ‹#› Stanford University Saraswat / EE311 / Shallow Junctions 1 Prof. Krishna Saraswat Department of Electrical Engineering Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 [email protected] Shallow Junctions & Contacts Stanford University Saraswat / EE311 / Shallow Junctions 2 Outline Junction/contact scaling issues Shallow junction technology Ohmic contacts Technology to form contacts
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Stanford University Saraswat / EE311 / Shallow Junctions1

Prof. Krishna Saraswat

Department of Electrical EngineeringStanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305

[email protected]

Shallow Junctions&

Contacts

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Outline

•Junction/contact scaling issues

•Shallow junction technology

•Ohmic contacts

•Technology to form contacts

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MOS Device Scaling

N a

P

N+N+

L

xox X j

ol

N a

P

N+N+

L

xox X j

ol

Why do we scale MOS transistors?1. Increase device packing density2. Improve frequency response α 1/L3. Improve current drive (transconductance gm)

!

gm ="ID

"VG VD = const

#W

Lµn

Ko x

to xVD for VD <VDSAT

, linear region

#W

Lµn

Ko x

to xVG $ VT( ) for V

D>VDSAT

, saturation region

Why do we need to scale junction depth?

Constant E Field ScalingAll device parameters are scaled bythe same factor.

• gate oxide thickness xox ↓• channel length L ↓• source/drain junction depth Xj ↓• Channel doping ↑• Supply voltage VDD ↓

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Q depletedby source

Q depletedby drain

B B

N+ source N+ drain

Gate

P-Si

Depletion region

L!

L

rj

Short Channel Effects on Threshold voltage

L. Yau, Solid-State Electronics, vol. 17, pp. 1059, 1974

!

QB " L = q " NA "W "L + L

'

2

#

$ % %

&

' ( (

!

L + L'

2L= 1" 1+

2 #W

rj"1

$

%

& &

'

(

) ) #rj

L

Ddepletion width in a long channel device

By trigonometry, we can write:

We can approximate, the bulk charge as

VT = VFB ! 2 "#F !QB

Cox" 1 ! 1+

2 "W

rj!1

$

% &

'

( ) "rj

L

*

+ ,

-

. /

We can then approximate the threshold voltage as:

Threshold voltage is a function of junction depth,depletion width and channel length?

!

W =2"(2#F +VBG )

qNA

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VT = VFB ! 2 "#F !QB

Cox" 1 ! 1+

2 "W

rj!1

$

% &

'

( ) "rj

L

*

+ ,

-

. /

Need for Shallow Source/Drain Junctions

•Roll-off in threshold voltage as the channel length is reduced anddrain voltage is increased

•To minimimize VT roll-off•Reduce as junction depth(rj)•Increase in Cox should increase gate control

Sheet resistance increases as junction depth is reduced

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•Source/drain doping requirements show continuing drive to obtainshallow junctions.

•How will we form such shallow junctions?•How will we make low resistance contacts to them?•How will we minimize the sheet resistance of the junctions?

Year 1997 1999 2003 2006 2009 2012

Min Feature Size 0.25! 0.18! 0.13! 0.10! 0.07! 0.05!

Contact xj (nm) 100-200 70-140 50-100 40-80 15-30 10-20

xj at Channel (nm) 50-100 36-72 26-52 20-40 15-30 10-20

Source/drain Junction Depth

From the ITRS roadmap

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2000 2004 2008 2012 20160

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

SDE Junction Depth

Max. Ratio of Rsd to Ideal Rch

Physical Gate Length2001 ITRS

Gat

e L

engt

h o

r S

DE

Dep

th [n

m]

Year

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Rsd

/Rch

-idea

l [%

]

• As Lg scales down, Rsd becomes comparable to Rch

• Rsd becomes important factor for device current• Parasitic portion of the device is now playing important role in

device performance and CMOS scaling

S/D Junction Scaling Trend

Ref: J. Woo (UCLA)

)( thgs

oxchch

VV

tLR

!" ⇒ Scaled with Lg

(Lch ↓, tox↓)

jsd

shsdXN

RR1

!! ⇒ Difficult to scale (Nsd const, Xj↓)⇒ Rsd/Rch ↑

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Impact of Parasitic Series Resistance

Rcsd RdpRext

Rov

x

y = 0

GateSidewall

Silicide

Next(x)

Nov(y)

30 nm 50 nm 70 nm 100 nm0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140NMOSScaled by ITRS Roadmap

Rcsd

Rdp

Rext

Rov

Physical Gate Length

Serie

s R

esis

tanc

e (o

hms)

Source: Jason Woo, UCLA

Problem in junction scaling:• Sheet resistance of a junction is a strong

function of doping density• Maximum doping density is limited by solid

solubility and it does not scale !• Silicidation can minimize the impact of

junction sheet resistance• Contact resistance Rcsd is one of the dominant

components for future technology 32 nm 53 nm 70 nm 100 nm0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Rdp

Rext

Rov

RcsdNMOS

Physical Gate Length

Rel

ativ

e C

ontr

ibut

ion

[%]

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32 nm 53 nm 70 nm 100 nm0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Physical Gate Length

Rdp

Rov

Rext

Rcsd

PMOS

Rel

ativ

e C

ontr

ibut

ion

[%]

30 nm 50 nm 70 nm 100 nm0

50

100

150

200 PMOSScaled by ITRS Roadmap

Rcsd

Rdp

Rext

Rov

Physical Gate Length

Serie

s R

esis

tanc

e (o

hms)

• Problem even more serious for PMOS• Rcsd will be a dominant component for highly scaled nanometer

transistor ( Rcsd/Rseries ↑ >> ~ 60 % for LG < 53 nm)

Relative Contributions of ResistanceComponents: PMOSFETs

Source: Jason Woo, UCLA

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Outline

•Junction/contact scaling issues

•Shallow junction technology

•Ohmic contacts

•Technology to form contacts

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Dopant Diffusion

Gate Stack

Anneal/Diffusion

Ion Implant

• Solutions to diffusion equations (Fick's laws) gives bulk diffusivity

!

Di = Di

o" e

_EOk"T

• In shallow junction technologies, numerous effects alter these valuesresulting in enhanced diffusion.

• Transient enhanced diffusion

• Diffusion affected by defects, e.g.,oxidation induced point defects

!

D = Di + Do " e_ t#

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Oxidation increases interstitials (CI) and decreases vacancies (CV) from theirequilibrium values. This in turn changes diffusivity.

Diffusion Affected by Oxidation InducedPoint Defects

antimony

boron

(Ref: Plummer, et al., Silicon VLSI Technology - Fundamentals, Practice and Models)

TSUPREM IV simulations of oxidation enhanced diffusion of boron (OED)and oxidation retarded diffusion of antimony (ORD) during the growth of athermal oxide on the surface of silicon.

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DGB grain boundary diffusion

DL lattice diffusion

Generally DGB >> DL

The worst-case demonstration of the defect enhanced diffusion of dopants isin polycrystalline silicon, which can be several times faster than diffusion inbulk Si because of defects at the grain boundaries.

Diffusion in Polycrystalline Materials

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Transient Enhanced Diffusion (TED)

!

Di= D

i

oexp "

E0

kT

#

$ %

&

' (

!

D = Di+ D

o" exp #

t

$

%

& '

(

) *

At lower temperatures, the damage can stay around longer and enhance the dopantdiffusion, while at higher temperatures the damage annihilates faster. Thus thediffusivity is a function of time during the transient.

Where

40 keV, 10-14 cm-2 B750ºC anneal

is intrinsic diffusity

Ref: Plummer, et.al.,

τ

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• At lower temperature longer times are needed to anneal the damage• Transient enhanced dopant diffusion effects are stronger• Junction depth is larger• Higher temperature and shorter times are needed to minimize TED

Effect of TED on Junction Depth

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Boron

Arsenic

Depth

Conc

entra

tion

(cm

-3)

Shallow Junction Formation TechnologiesLow Energy Implantation

40 keV As and B implants

Boron

BF2

Depth

Con

cent

ratio

n (c

m-3

)

0 20 40 60 801016

1018

1020

1022

Depth (nm)

As (cm-3) 5 keV

1 keV

as-implanted

As C

on

cen

trati

on

(cm

-3)

12 keV B implants

Ref. Kasnavi, PhD Thesis Stanford Univ. 2001

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Ion Implantation Damage

Heavy ions (As, P)Higher energy

Light ions (B)Lower energy

• Heavy ions (As, P) cause excessive damage turning implantedregion into amorphous

• Light ions (B) have buried damage

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Ion Implantation Damage Anneal

• Fully amorphized region can be fully annealed through solid phase regrowth• Buried damage leaves defects where damage was created as regrowth takesplace both from top and bottom.

Heavy ions (As, P)Higher energy

Light ions (B)Lower energy

After implant

After annealBuried damage

regrowth

fully annealed

Amorphous

Crystalline

SPE

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Pre-amorphization implants

10 sec 1000°C RTA

Ge preamorphized

Si preamorphized

Not preamorphized

Implanted

Depth (nm)

Log

conc

entr

atio

n (c

m-3

)

Pre-amorphization implants can reduce the damage and yet get shallow junctions

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Solid Source Diffusion

Boron profiles after diffusion at 950°C of 50 nm COSi2 implantedwith 5 X 1015 cm-2 BF2 (a) and (b)in Si after silicide removal.

In COSi2 In Si after silicide removal

Depth (nm) Depth (nm)

B C

once

ntra

tion

(cm

-3)

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Gas Immersion Laser Doping (GILD)

Si wafer showing the adsorption of the dopant species onto the cleansilicon surface. The dopant is incorporated into a very shallow regionupon exposure to the excimer laser pulse.

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Junction Depth Vs. Sheet Resistance Tradeoff

0 250 500 750 10000

10

20

30

40

50

60

Xj (nm)

Rs (!/ )

Y=2000, L g=180nm

2002, 130nm

Roadmap

2011, 50nm

2014, 35nm

2008, 70nm

2005, 100nm

1 keV

limit

5 keV limit

1020C

spike

Ju

ncti

on

Dep

th (

nm

)

Ref. Kasnavi, PhD Thesis Stanford Univ. 2001

It will be difficult to meet the ITRS scalingrequirments of junction depth and sheet resistance

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Solutions to Shallow JunctionResistance Problem

Extension implants Elevated source/ drain

Silicidation Schottky Source/Drain

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Effect of Scaling of Contacts and Junctions

Silicidation of junctions is necessary to minimize theimpact of junction parasitic resistance

Ref: Ohguro, et al., ULSI Science and Technology 1997, Electrochemical Soc. Proc., Vol. 97-3

R (total) = Rch + RparasiticRparasitic = Rextension + RextrinsicRextension = Rd’ + Rs’ Rextrinsic = Rd + Rs + 2Rc

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Elevated S/D Technology

• Elevated S/D structure ⇒ Reduction of Rcsd by increasing Nif &reducing Rsh,dp underneath silicide

From A. Hokazono et al (Toshiba), IEDM2000

!"

#$%

&=

T

con

T

c

csd

L

L

LR coth

'

dpsh

c

RLT

,

!=

!!

"

#

$$

%

&'

if

bc

N

q() exp

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New Structures and Materials for Nanoscale MOSFETs(From Handout #1)

1. Electrostatics - Double Gate - Retain gate control over channel - Minimize OFF-state drain-source

leakage2. Transport - High Mobility Channel - High mobility/injection velocity - High drive current for low intrinsic

delay3. Parasitics - Schottky S/D - Reduced extrinsic resistance4. Gate leakage - High-K dielectrics - Reduced power consumption5. Gate depletion - Metal gate

1

23

GG

Si

S D Si

SiO2

C

BULK SOI Double gate

Bottom Gate

Top Gate

Source Drain

High µchannel High-K

45

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• Extrinsic resistance reduces gate overdrive ⇒ performance limiter in ballistic FETs• Ideally need very low specific contact resistivity and hyperabrupt lateral junctions• For a given doping abruptness:

–Too much underlap ⇒ dopants spill into channel ⇒ worse SCE–Too little underlap ⇒ large series resistance in extension tip

•Extrinsic (S/D) resistance may limit performance in future ultrathin body DGFETs

Effect of Extrinsic Resistance on Double Gate MOSFETs

Shenoy and Saraswat, IEEE Trans. Nanotechnology, Dec. 2003

IIdd = K = K⋅⋅((VVgg––VVthth––IIddRRss))αα

1.E+13

1.E+14

1.E+15

1.E+16

1.E+17

1.E+18

1.E+19

1.E+20

1.E+21

40 45 50 55 60 65

x (nm)

Ne

t D

op

ing

(c

m-3

)

5nm/dec

4nm/dec

3nm/dec

2nm/dec

1nm/dec

0.5nm/dec

GATE

Dopinggradient

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Two kinds of transistorsJunction S/D MOSFET Schottky S/D MOSFET

Possible advantages• Better utilization of the metal/semiconductor interface

Possible option to overcome the higher parasitic resistance• Modulation of the source barrier by the gate

High Vg ⇒ barrier thin ⇒ tunneling current ⇑ ⇒ ION ⇑Low Vg ⇒ barrier thick ⇒ tunneling current ⇓ ⇒ IOFF ⇓

• Better immunity from short channel effectsPossible Disadvantage

• Tradeoff between short channel effect vs. ION reduction due to the Schottky barrier

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Schottky Barrier Source/Drain SOI MOSFET

Lg + Spacers =27nm

Tilted

SourceErSi2

GateN+poly, ErSi2

W=25nm

PtSi PMOS20 nm4 nm1.2 V270 uA/um100 mV/dec5E5-0.7 V

ErSi NMOS15 nm4 nm1.2 V190 uA/um150 mV/dec1E4-0.1 V

LgToxVg-VtIonSwingIon/IoffVt

-1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.51E-10

1E-9

1E-8

1E-7

1E-6

1E-5

1E-4

1E-3

NMOST

ox = 4nm

Lg = 15nm

PMOS Tox = 4nmL

g = 20nm

|Vsd| from 0.2V to 1.4Vin steps of 0.4V

|I d| (A/µm

)

Vg (V)J. Boker et al.- UC Berkeley

Lg~20 nm FETs with ComplementarySilicides PtSi PMOS, ErSi NMOS

• Metal S/D reduce extrinsic resistance• But Schottky barrier reduces Ion• Need low barrier technology to ensure high Ion

BOX

SiSilicide

Gate

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Doped vs. Schottky S/D DG Device Comparison Simulations

Low barrier height metal contact required to achieve high Ihigh IONON and low and low CV/I delayCV/I delay Extensive research needed to develop a Extensive research needed to develop a low barrier technology

ION vs. IOFFCV/I Delay

Source: King/Bokor,U.C. Berkeley Ref: R. Shenoy, PhD Thesis, Stanford 2004

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Outline

•Junction/contact scaling issues

•Shallow junction technology

•Ohmic contacts

Need to understand the physics of contacts

resistance and develop technology to minmize it

•Technology to form contacts

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Conduction Mechanisms forMetal/Semiconductor Contacts

Contact resistance strongly depends on barrier height (φB) and doping density

EfV

I

Ohmic

Schottky

(c) Field emission.!

(a) Thermionic emission

(b) Thermionic-field emission

Low doping

Medium doping

Heavy doping

φB

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Specific Contact Resistivity (ρc)

!V

!V

n+

V = Vbulk + 2Vcontact = I (Rbulk + 2Rcontact)

For a uniform current density

Rcontact =dVcontact

dI=!cA

Rbulk =dVbulk

dI=!l

A

•Specific contact resistivity and not contact resistance is the fundamentalparameter characterizing a contact

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Tunneling - Ohmic ContactsFs

Fm Jsm Xd =2 K !o " iq Nd

When Xd ≤ 2.5 – 5 nm, electrons can “tunnel” throughthe barrier. Required doping is:

!

Ndmin"

2 K #o $ i

q Xd2

" 6.2 %1019cm

&3for Xd = 2.5 nm

Jsm

=A*T

kFs! P(E)(1" F

m)dE

P(E) ~ exp -2!

B

h

"sm*

N

#

$ %

&

' (

!

Jsm" exp #2xd 2m*q$B # qV( ) /h2[ ]

!

"c =" co exp2#Bh

$sm*

N

%

&

' '

(

)

* * ohm + cm 2

Net semiconductor to metal current is

P(E) is the tunneling probability given by

Current can be shown to be

Specific contact resistivity is of the form

ρc primarily depends upon • the metal-semiconductor work function, φΒ, • doping density, N, in the semiconductor and • the effective mass of the carrier, m*.

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Specific contact resistivity

Specific Contact Resistivity to P-type Si

(S. Swirhun, PhD Thesis, Stanford Univ. 1987)

!c = !co exp2"Bqh

#sm*

N

$

% & &

'

( ) ) ohm * cm2

P-type Si

Specific contact resistivity, ρc ↓•As doping density N↑•Barrier height φB ↓

Spec

ific

cont

act r

esis

tivity

(Ωcm

2 )

NA (cm-3)

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Specific Contact Resistivity to N-type Dopants

(S. Swirhun, PhD Thesis, Stanford Univ. 1987)

• Similar trends for N-type Si

• For a given doping density contact resistanceis higher for n-type Si than p-type.

• This can be attributed to the barrier height• φBn > φBp

Spec

ific

cont

act r

esis

tivity

(Ωcm

2 )

ND (cm-3)

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Solid Solubility of Dopants in Silicon

•Problem is worse for p-type dopants (B), solid solubility is lower•Maximum concentration of dopants is limited by solid solubility

PROBLEM: Solid solubility of dopants does not scale !

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Barrier Height of Metals and Silicides to SiIdeal Schottky model

Practical barrier withFermi level pinning

φBN + φBP = Eg

Φm < χ Φm > χ

. (Ref: S. Swirhun, PhD Thesis, Stanford Univ. 1987)

Barrier height to n- and p-type Si(φBN hollow symbols and φBP solid symbols)

φBN ⇒ 2Eg/3φBP ⇒ Eg/3

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Strategy for Series Resistance Scaling

0

60

120

180

240

300

Rcsd

Rdp

Rext

Rov

Source/Drain Engineering

Box ProfileLow-BarrierSilicide(ΦB = 0.2 eV)

Box ProfileMidgap Silicide

Graded JunctionMidgap Silicide

LG = 53 nm

S/D

Ser

ies

Res

ista

nce

[Ωµm

]

Source: Jason Woo, UCLA

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Potential Solutions for S/D Engineering

• Rdp & Rcsd Scaling (ρc ↓)⇒ Maximize Nif ( Rsh,dp ↓):

- Laser annealing- Elevated S/D

⇒ Minimize ΦB:- Dual low-barrier silicide (ErSi (PtSi2) for N(P)MOS)

• Rov & Rext Scaling

⇒ Dopant Profile Control: ultra-shallow highly-doped box-shaped SDE profile

(e.g., laser annealing, PAI + Laser Annealing)

Rcsd RdpRext

Rov

x

y = 0

GateSidewall

Silicide

Next(x)

Nov(y)

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Bandgap Engineering

• Si1-xGex S/D & germanosilicide contact− Assuming metal Fermi level is pinned near midgap− Similar barrier heights on n- or p-type material− Smaller bandgap for Si1-xGex

− Reduction of Rcsd with single contact metal

From M. C. Ozturk et al. (NCSU), IEDM2002

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Energy band diagram and charging character ofinterface states for the metal-dielectric interface

Ideal Schottky model: when a metal anda semiconductor or a dielectric form aninterface, there is no charge transferacross the interface

A semiconductor or dielectric surface hasgap states due to the broken surfacebonds. These are spread across theenergy gap.

The wave functions of electrons in themetal tail or decay into thesemiconductor in the energy rangewhere the conduction band of the metaloverlaps the semiconductor band gap.These resulting states in the forbiddengap are known as metal-induced gapstates (MIGS) or simply intrinsic states.

The energy level in the band gap atwhich the dominant character of theinterface states changes from donorliketo acceptorlike is called the chargeneutrality level ECNL

Yeo, King, and Hu, J. Appl. Phys., 15 Dec. 2002

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Fermi Level Pinning

The metal work function is pinned near the charge neutrality level. The charge neutrality level is defined as the energy level at which the

character of the interface states changes from donor-like to acceptor-like. The charge neutrality level is situated at around one-third of the band gap in

the case of silicon ⇒ φbn = 2Eg/3 and φbp = Eg/3

Energy band structure of the Schottky contact and the electron energydependence of the charging character of the metal semiconductor interface states.

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Fermi-level de-pinning Can we alter the charge neutrality level? It may be possible to do so by

passivating the interface states. This can be done by modifying the interface.An issue of current research.

An example is selenium passivation of Si/Mg interface

the reconstructed Si[001] surface

Band diagram of Mg–Si contacts (a) withoutinterface states and (b) with interface states.

I –V characteristics of Mgcontacts to Si

M. Tao et al., APL, 2003

Se-passivated Si[001] surface

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Contact Resistance: 3D Model

• Current flow in a contact is highlynon-uniform

• Contact resistance does not scalewith area

Silicon

Contact

Metal

I

Current I

I

I

Silicide

!" J =#Jx

#x+#J y

#y+#Jz

#z= 0

J = !"E = "#v

!" #!V = 0

Majority carrier continuity equation outsidethe contact is

Current density in the semiconductor is

Combining these two equations we obtain

!

Itot

= " J # dA$

Total current over the contact area is

Solution of the above equations givesinformation about contact resistance.However, calculations are very involved.

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Transmission Line Contact Model

I(x) = I1 exp !x

"c Rs

#

$ %

&

' ( = I1 exp ! x lt( )

lt = !c Rs

lt is the characteristic length of thetransmission line - the distance at which 63%of the current has transferred into the metal.

A simplified 1D solution of the contacts is

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Measurement of Contact Resistanceand Specific Contact Resistivity (ρc)

Rf !"cwd

For a very large value of lt or for d << lt

• Rf gives reasonable assessment of the source/drain contact resistanceincluding the resistance of the semiconductor under the contact

• Specific contact resistivity, ρc, can be calculated by measuring I, Vf or Ve• Measurement of Rf or Re is not straightforward and needs specialized test

structures

!

Re

=Ve/I =

Rs"c

w sinh d / lt( )

!

Rf =Vf /I =Rs"c

wcoth d / lt( )

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Test Structure to Measure Contact Resistance:Transmission Line Tap Resistor

V24 = Vf + IRSi + Vf

Rt =V24

I= 2Rf + Rsls w

Rf = Vf / I1 =Rs!c

wcoth d / lt( ) is a very small number

Rf

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Test Structure to Measure Contact Resistance:Cross-bridge Kelvin Structure

N+ Diffusion

VkRk =Vk

I=

V14

I23

=!c

l2

l

l

.

.

I

Metal

.l

l

N+ Diffusion

Metal

Contact

1 2

3 4

Cross-bridge Kelvin structure used to measure an averagecontact resistance, called RK in the figure

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• Specific contact resistivity (ρc) is a fundamental property of theinterface and should be independent of contact area

• 1-D models overestimate the contact resistance (Rc)• 2-D models give more accurate results and should be used

Error in Specific Contact Resistivity due to 1-D Modeling1-D model 2-D model

Specific contact resistivity (ρc) Contact resistance

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Outline

•Junction/contact scaling issues

•Shallow junction technology

•Ohmic contacts

•Technology to form contacts

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Aluminum Contacts to Si

Oxide

Silicon

Aluminum

N+

Oxide

• Silicon has high solubility in Al ~ 0.5% at 450ºC• Silicon has high diffusivity in Al• Si diffuses into Al. Voids form in Si which fillwith Al: “Spiking” occurs.

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Al/Si Alloy Contacts to SiAl-Si phase diagram

By adding 1-2% Si in Al to satisfy solubilityrequirement junction spiking is minimmized

But Si precipitation can occur when cooldown to room temperature

⇒ bad contacts to N+ Si

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Silicide Contacts

•Silicides like PtSi, TiSi2 make excellent contacts to Si

•However, they react with Al

•A barrier like TiN or TiW prevents this reaction

Oxide

Silicon

Aluminum

N+

Oxide

TiN

TiSi2

PtSi

TiWBarrier

Contact

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Silicide Contacts

Similar methods are used for other silicides

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Interfacial reactions

Integrity of ohmic contacts due to aphysical barrier between Al and silicide

ΦB (eV)

T (°C)

Schottky barrier reductiondue to Al reaction with PtSi

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Barriers

•Silicides react with Al at T < 400°C •A barrier like TiN or TiW prevents this reaction upto T > 500°C

Structure Failure

Temperature(˚C)

Failure Mechanism

(Reaction products)

Al/PtSi/Si 350 Compound formation

(Al2Pt, Si)

Al/TiSi2/Si 400 Diffusion

(Al5Ti7Si12, Si at 550˚C)

Al/NiSi/Si 400 Compound formation

(Al3Ni, Si)

Al/CoSi2/Si 400 Compound formation

Al9Co2, Si)

Al/Ti/PtSi/Si 450 Compound formation

(Al3Ti)

Al/Ti30W70/PtSi/Si 500 Diffusion

(Al2Pt, Al12W at 500˚C)

Al/TiN/TiSi2/Si 550 Compound formation

(AlN, Al3Ti)

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Outline

•Junction/contact scaling issues

•Shallow junction technology

•Ohmic contacts

•Technology to form contacts


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