Band alignment issues in metal/dielectric stacks: A combined photoemission and inverse photoemission study of the HfO 2/Pt and HfO 2/Hf systems

S. Sayan, R. A. Bartynski, J. Robertson, J. S. Suehle, E. Vogel, N. V. Nguyen, J. Ehrstein, J. J. Kopanski, S. Suzer, M. Banaszak Holl, E. Garfunkel

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Abstract

We have studied the HfO 2/Hf and HfO 2/Pt systems by photoemission and inverse photoemission spectroscopies. It is found that the "effective workfunction" of metals in multilayer structures are different than their vacuum workfunctions and are modified by their interface dipoles at the metal/high-k interface. The effective workfunction of Hf is 4.4 eV whereas that of Pt is 5.3 eV, within the range of acceptable values for PMOS and NMOS respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages255-263
Number of pages9
Publication statusPublished - 28 Oct 2004
Externally publishedYes
EventAdvanced Short-Time Thermal Processing for Si-Based CMOS Devices II - Proceedings of the International Symposium - San Antonio, United States of America
Duration: 10 May 200412 May 2004

Conference

ConferenceAdvanced Short-Time Thermal Processing for Si-Based CMOS Devices II - Proceedings of the International Symposium
Country/TerritoryUnited States of America
CitySan Antonio
Period10/05/0412/05/04

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