Abstract
Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors with different HfO <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub> thickness have been investigated. The results show that both the capacitance density and voltage coefficients of capacitance (VCCs) increase with decreasing HfO <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub> thickness. In addition, it is found that the VCCs decrease logarithmically with increasing thickness. Furthermore, the MIM capacitor with 10-nm HfO <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub> shows a record high capacitance density of 13 fF/μm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> and a VCC of 607 ppm/V, which can meet the requirement of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors. It can also provide a low leakage current of 5.95 × 10/sup -8/A/cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> at room temperature at 1 V, low tangent values below 0.05, and a small frequency dependence. These results indicate that the devices are suitable for use in silicon integrated circuit applications.
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