Abstract
A in the capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics of MOS capacitors with an ultrathin interfacial layer of 7-8 ? in a hafnium silicate gate dielectric is analyzed via high-low frequency C-V and quantum-mechanical calculations. Hole and electron traps (amphoteric) with energy levels determined at Ev+0.44 eV and Ev+0.89 eV are surmised to be Pb1 and Pb0 centers, respectively. Of these two defects, those in the lower half of the bandgap cause an asymmetric kink in the C-V characteristics that can further be attributed to an additional level at Ev+0.32 eV, corresponding to centers. With reducing temperatures, the peaks move toward the band edge with increasing magnitude, consistent with multiphonon emission models of capture behavior.
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