@article{b4e0ca04d6d947fd923fa86ab6cc0795,
title = "Ultrathin EOT (0.67 nm) High-k Dielectric on Ge MOSFET Using y Doped ZrO2 with record-low leakage current",
abstract = "An advanced gate stack of Y-doped ZrO2 high-k dielectric is demonstrated for Ge MOSFETs. ZrO2 is implemented due to its high-permittivity (high-k) value, and additional Y is doped into the ZrO2 to enhance interfacial properties. The gate stack of ZrO2 with 24% Y doping shows improved electrical properties, achieving an EOT of 0.67 nm, a low interface trap density (Dit) of 1.2 × 1012 eV-1cm-2, a record-low gate leakage current of 1.14 × 10-7 A/cm2 at -1V, and peak mobility of 68 cm2/ V·s. The proposed gate stack would enhance transistor speed and save power consumption of Ge MOSFETs.",
keywords = "EOT, Germanium, MOSFET, gate leakage current, interface properties",
author = "Lee, {Tae In} and Ahn, {Hyun Jun} and Kim, {Min Ju} and Shin, {Eui Joong} and Lee, {Seung Hwan} and Shin, {Sung Won} and Hwang, {Wan Sik} and Yu, {Hyun Yong} and Cho, {Byung Jin}",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received January 18, 2019; revised February 1, 2019; accepted February 2, 2019. Date of publication February 13, 2019; date of current version April 2, 2019. This work was supported by the Industrial Strategic Technology Development Program (10048594, Technology Development of Ge nMOS/pMOS FinFET for 10nm Technology Node) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MI, Korea). The review of this letter was arranged by Editor S. Hall. (Corresponding author: Byung Jin Cho.) T. I. Lee, H. J. Ahn, M. J. Kim, E. J. Shin, S. H. Lee, S. W. Shin, and B. J. Cho are with the School of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea (e-mail: bjcho@kaist.edu). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1980-2012 IEEE.",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1109/LED.2019.2899139",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
pages = "502--505",
journal = "IEEE Electron Device Letters",
issn = "0741-3106",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "4",
}