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Applications of Ni-based silicides to 45 nm CMOS and Beyond

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Jorge A. Kittl ,
Anne Lauwers ,
Oxana Chamirian ,
Malgorzata A. Pawlak ,
Mark Van Dal ,
Amal Akheyar ,
Muriel De Potter ,
Anil Kottantharayil ,
Geoffrey Pourtois  and
Richard Lindsay
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Jorge A. Kittl
Affiliation:
Affiliate researcher at IMEC from Texas Instruments
Anne Lauwers
Affiliation:
IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Oxana Chamirian
Affiliation:
IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Malgorzata A. Pawlak
Affiliation:
IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Mark Van Dal
Affiliation:
Philips Research Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Amal Akheyar
Affiliation:
Affiliate researcher at IMEC from Infineon Technologies
Muriel De Potter
Affiliation:
IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Anil Kottantharayil
Affiliation:
IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Geoffrey Pourtois
Affiliation:
IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Richard Lindsay
Affiliation:
IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Karen Maex
Affiliation:
IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Abstract

This paper presents an overview of Ni-alloy (Ni, Ni-Pt and Ni-Ta) silicide development for the 45 nm node and beyond, including applications to self-aligned silicide (SALICIDE) processes, reaction with SiGe and strained Si on SiGe, and applications to fully silicided (FUSI) gates. Key SALICIDE issues addressed include the use of spike or low temperature rapid thermal processes (RTP) to control silicidation and junction leakage on small features, factors affecting the formation of epitaxial pyramidal NiSi2 grains, and NiSi thermal stability and agglomeration kinetics. Alloying with Pt or Ta is shown to improve thermal stability of NiSi films, although with quite different behaviors. While Pt is incorporated predominantly in solution in NiSi, Ta segregates to the surface of the films. Ni-Pt alloy silicides were also found to achieve low sheet resistance on narrow gates, low contact resistivity and low junction leakage, making them attractive for CMOS applications. For the Ni/SiGe reaction, a narrower RTP process window for low sheet resistance and a lower activation energy for agglomeration were observed when compared to the Ni/Si reaction. The lower thermal stability was correlated to Ge segregation from the Ni(SiGe) films. The Ni/doped poly-Si reaction was studied for FUSI gate applications, showing a retardation of the silicidation kinetics for high B doses and a large pile- up of dopants (for As, B or P) at the NiSi/SiO2 interface due to dopant snowplow during silicidation. The work function (WF) of NiSi was observed to shift with the addition of dopants, effect attributed to modifications of the interface dipole by the pile-up of dopants. No significant degradation was observed when comparing gate oxide breakdown statistics for Ni FUSI to conventional poly-Si gates. The process window for a FUSI gate-last process (performed after S/D Ni silicidation) was evaluated showing a potential integration problem due to possible degradation of the S/D silicide during the FUSI gate reaction.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 810: Symposium C – Silicon Front-End Junction Formation-Physics and Technology , 2004 , C2.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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