[A-4-05]Determining factors of the Effective Work Function of TiN/TiAlC Metal Gates for Advanced Gate-all-around CMOS Integration
〇Kenzo Manabe1, Kazuya Uejima1, Hiroyuki Ota1, Yukinori Morita1, Toshifumi Irisawa1, Yoshihiro Hayashi1(1. National Inst. of Advanced Indus. Sci. and Tech. (Japan))
We have examined the determining factor of the effective work function (EWF) in TiN/TiAlC metal gates for NMOSFET. It was found that TiN with low oxygen content has a work function (WF) of 3.8 eV, suitable for NMOSFET although TiN has been believed to be suitable for PMOSFET. We also found that its WF increases with increasing oxygen content. Based on these results, we propose a novel mechanism to explain the EWF for TiN/TiAlC metal gates.
