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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1996
Shi-Chung Sun, Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Hon Chen, Lung-Jing Village, TW;
Lee-Wei Yen, Hsin-Tien, TW;
Chun-Jung Lin, Hsin-Tien, TW;
Abstract
A new technique for the formation of high quality ultrathin gate dielectrics is proposed. Gate oxynitride was first grown in N.sub.2 O and then annealed by in-situ rapid thermal NO-nitridation. This approach has the advantage of providing a tighter nitrogen distribution and a higher nitrogen accumulation at or near the Si--SiO.sub.2 interface than either N.sub.2 O oxynitride or nitridation of SiO.sub.2 in the NO ambient. It is applicable to a wide range of oxide thickness because the initial rapid thermal N.sub.2 O oxidation rate is slow but not as self-limited as NO oxidation. The resulting gate dielectrics have reduced charge trapping, lower stress-induced leakage current and significant resistance to interface state generation under electrical stress.