Abstract
Annealing effects on electrical characteristics and reliability of MOS device with HfO 2 or Ti/HfO 2 high-k dielectric are studied in this work. For the sample with Ti/HfO 2 higher-k dielectric after a post-metallization annealing (PMA) at 600 °C, its equivalent oxide thickness value is 7.6 and the leakage density is about 4.5 × 10 -2 A/cm 2 . As the PMA is above 700 °C, the electrical characteristics of MOS device would be severely degraded. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.