Strong Immunity to Drain-Induced Barrier Lowering in ALD-Grown Preferentially Oriented Indium Gallium Oxide Transistors

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Abstract

Drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL) is one of the most critical obstacles degrading the reliability of integrated circuits based on miniaturized transistors. Here, the effect of a crystallographic structure change in InGaO [indium gallium oxide (IGO)] thin-films on the DIBL was investigated. Preferentially oriented IGO (po-IGO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) have outstanding device performances with a field-effect mobility of 81.9 ± 1.3 cm2/(V s), a threshold voltage (V_TH) of 0.07 ± 0.03 V, a subthreshold swing of 127 ± 2.0 mV/dec, and a current modulation ratio of (2.9 ± 0.2) × 1011. They also exhibit highly reliable electrical characteristics with a negligible V_TH shift of +0.09 (-0.14) V under +2 (-2) MV/cm and 60 °C for 3600 s. More importantly, they reveal strong immunity to the DIBL of 17.5 ± 1.2 mV/V, while random polycrystalline In₂O₃ (rp-In₂O₃) and IGO (rp-IGO) TFTs show DIBL values of 197 ± 5.3 and 46.4 ± 1.2 mV/V, respectively. This is quite interesting because the rp- and po-IGO thin-films have the same cation composition ratio (In/Ga = 8:2). Given that the lateral diffusion of oxygen vacancies from the source/drain junction to the channel region via grain boundaries can reduce the effective length (L_eff) of the oxide channel, this improved immunity could be attributed to suppressed lateral diffusion by preferential growth. In practice, the po-IGO TFTs have a longer L_eff than the rp-In₂O₃ and -IGO TFTs even with the same patterned length. The effect of the crystallographic-structure-dependent L_eff variation on the DIBL was corroborated by technological computer-aided design simulation. This work suggests that the atomic-layer-deposited po-IGO thin-film can be a promising candidate for next-generation electronic devices composed of the miniaturized oxide transistors.

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