Demonstrating 1 nm-oxide-equivalent-thickness HfO2/InSb structure with unpinning Fermi level and low gate leakage current density

Abstract

In this work, the band alignment, interface, and electrical characteristics of HfO2/InSb metaloxide-semiconductor structure have been investigated. By using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, the conduction band offset of 1.78 +/- 0.1 eV and valence band offset of 3.35 +/- 0.1 eV have been extracted. The transmission electron microscopy analysis has shown that HfO2 layer would be a good diffusion barrier for InSb. As a result, 1 nm equivalent-oxide-thickness in the 4 nm HfO2/InSb structure has been demonstrated with unpinning Fermi level and low leakage current of 10(-4) A/cm(-2). The D-it value of smaller than 10(12) eV(-1) cm(-2) has been obtained using conduction method. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.