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Improvement of Surface Roughness in SiO2 Thin Films via Deuterium Annealing at 300 °C

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Recently, deuterium annealing at a reduced temperature range of 300 °C has been proposed to enhance SiO2 gate dielectrics and the Si/SiO2 interface, thereby improving device reliability. As a further investigation into deuterium annealing, for the first time this study compared deuterium absorption characteristics with various SiO2 dielectrics formed by wet oxidation, dry oxidation, low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD), and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). Deuterium annealing can also be used to reduce the roughness and improve the uniformity of SiO2 dielectric films. Surface roughness of various samples was measured and quantitatively compared using atomic force microscopy (AFM) after deuterium annealing.

DeuteriumAnnealingSurface roughnessRough surfacesOxidationSurface treatmentDielectric filmsSiliconDielectricsBars

Ju-Won Yeon、Hyo-Jun Park、Eui-Cheol Yun、Moon-Kwon Lee、Tae-Hyun Kil、Yong-Sik Kim、Jun-Young Park

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School of Semiconductor Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea

Department of Semiconductor Engineering, Daelim University College, Anyang, South Korea

2025

IEEE transactions on nanotechnology

IEEE transactions on nanotechnology

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年,卷(期):2025.24(1)
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