Electron paramagnetic resonance evaluation of defects at the (100)Si/Al2O3 interface

B. J. Jones; R. C. Barklie

doi:10.1088/0022-3727/38/8/013

Electron paramagnetic resonance evaluation of defects at the (100)Si/Al2O3 interface

B. J. Jones^*, R. C. Barklie

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Electron paramagnetic resonance was conducted on aluminium oxide films deposited by atomic layer deposition on (100)Si. Multiplet spectra are observed, which can be consistently decomposed assuming the presence of only P _b0 and P_b1 centres, which are well known in Si/SiO ₂ structures. Al₂O₃ films deposited on HF-treated (100)Si exhibit unpassivated P_b0 and P_b1 centres, with concentrations of (7.7 ± 1.0) × 10¹¹ cm^-2 and (8 ±3) × 10¹⁰ cm^-2, respectively. Rapid thermal annealing of the substrate in NH₃ prior to film deposition reduces the unpassivated P_b0 concentration to (4.5 ± 0.7) × 10¹¹ cm^-2. Forming gas annealing at temperatures in the range 400-550°C causes no further reduction in defect density; this may be related to a spread in passivation activation energy, associated with low-temperature deposition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1178-1181
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Volume	38
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/38/8/013
Publication status	Published - 21 Apr 2005
Externally published	Yes

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