J. Westlinder, G. Sjoblom, D. Wu, P. Hellstrom, J. Olsson, S. Zhang, M. Ostling
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Abstract
A significant reduction of negative oxide charges is observed in strained SiGe channel pMOSFETs, utilizing ALD high-k-gate dielectrics, after low temperature water vapor annealing. The negative charges may originate from non-bridging oxygen bonds in the dielectrics, which are passivated after the water vapor annealing. However, the subthreshold slope is not changed with the 300/spl deg/C annealing, which indicates that interface states are not affected.