Abstract
This paper treats processing sequence induced changes on PZT. Two kinds of metal-PZT-metal capacitors are compared. The top surface and sidewall of PZT in one kind of capacitor is directly bombarded by energetic particles during ion milling process, whereas PZT in the other kind of capacitor is not. The polarity of plasma charging may depend on the ion milling parameters and influence the self-poling of virgin PZT capacitors. Direct ion bombardment induces a significant decrease of PZT permittivity. The PZT reliability (both RVS and TDDB) at positive voltage worsens because of bombardments of energetic particles; whereas the PZT reliability at negative voltage is not influenced. It indicates that the process induced positively charged defects present in the upper part of the capacitor structure initiate the dielectric breakdown.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 13-18 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Microelectronic engineering |
Volume | 177 |
Early online date | 17 Jan 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Jun 2017 |
Keywords
- Self-bias voltage
- Process induced damage
- Plasma charging
- Dielectric damage
- Capacitance-voltage measurement
- Poling
- PZT
- Reliability
- Ar ion milling
- TDDB
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