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Oxidation Resistance of TaSiN Diffusion Barriers for Stacked Capacitors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

F. Letendu
Affiliation:
LCFIO, bat 503, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
M.C. Hugon
Affiliation:
LCFIO, bat 503, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
B. Agius
Affiliation:
LCFIO, bat 503, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
I Vickridge
Affiliation:
GPS, Tour 23, Université Paris 6 et 7, 75251 Paris, France
F. Ayguavives
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
A.I. Kingon
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Abstract

Due to its resistance to oxidation, TaSiN is a promising candidate as an electrically conductive barrier layer for integration of high permittivity oxides in advanced memory devices. In this study we report on the properties and the resistance to oxidation of TaSiN thin films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering and processed by rapid thermal annealing (RTA) in 18O2 at 650°C. In order to determine the composition, RBS (Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy) and NRA (Nuclear Reaction Analysis) techniques have been used. 18O depth profile concentrations were measured after RTA using the narrow (fwhm=100eV) resonance at 151 keV in the nuclear reaction 18O(p,α)15N.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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Present address: LPGP, bat 210, Université Paris sud, 91405 Orsay, France

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