Abstract
Medium energy ion scattering spectroscopy (MEIS) could ∼1 nm interface layer with compressive strain, which depends sensitively on the interface treatment conditions such as oxynitridation, ozone oxidation, tilt of Si(0 0 1) substrates. The interface strain relaxation always shows improvements in gate oxide reliability. Atomic scale investigations of strain profiles with MEIS are reviewed for SiO 2 /Si(0 0 1) interfaces.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 45-49 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Current Applied Physics |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by KOSEF through ASSRC at Yonsei University and MOST, Korea through National Research Laboratory Program.
Keywords
- Interface strain
- Medium energy ion scattering spectroscopy
- Strain profiling
- Ultrathin gate oxide