IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society (Jan 2021)

WS<sub>2</sub> Film by Sputtering and Sulfur-Vapor Annealing, and its <italic>p</italic>MISFET With TiN/HfO<sub>2</sub> Top-Gate Stack, TiN Bottom Contact, and Ultra-Thin Body and Box

  • Takuya Hamada,
  • Masaya Hamada,
  • Satoshi Igarashi,
  • Taiga Horiguchi,
  • Iriya Muneta,
  • Kuniyuki Kakushima,
  • Kazuo Tsutsui,
  • Tetsuya Tatsumi,
  • Shigetaka Tomiya,
  • Hitoshi Wakabayashi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/JEDS.2021.3108882
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9
pp. 1117 – 1124

Abstract

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A layered polycrystalline WS2 film is formed by radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering and sulfur-vapor annealing (SVA). Its $p$ MISFET is successfully demonstrated with TiN/HfO2 top-gate stack, TiN contact, and ultra-thin body and box technologies. A WS2 film with a (002) plane is formed parallel to a substrate surface using RF magnetron sputtering, and its crystallinity is drastically enhanced by the SVA. $I$ – $V$ characteristics with $p$ -type operation are confirmed in WS2 MISFETs with a maximum field effect mobility of $1.5\times10$ −2 cm2V−1s−1. Therefore, our film-formation method is a promising candidate for $p$ MOSFETs in CMOS circuits.

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