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Mobility Enhancement by Strained Nitride Liners for 65nm CMOS Logic Design Features

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Claude Ortolland ,
Pierre Morin ,
Franck Arnaud ,
Stephane Orain ,
Chandra Reddy ,
Catherine Chaton  and
Peter Stolk
Claude Ortolland
Affiliation:
[email protected], Philips Semiconductors, Process Integration 65nm, 860, rue Jean Monnet, Crolles, Isere, 38926, France
Pierre Morin
Affiliation:
[email protected], ST Microelectronics, 850, rue Jean Monnet, Crolles, Isere, 38926, France
Franck Arnaud
Affiliation:
[email protected], ST Microelectronics, 850, rue Jean Monnet, Crolles, Isere, 38926, France
Stephane Orain
Affiliation:
[email protected], Philips Semiconductors, 860, rue Jean Monnet, Crolles, Isere, 38926, France
Chandra Reddy
Affiliation:
[email protected], Freescale Semiconductor, 870, rue Jean Monnet, Crolles, Isere, 38926, France
Catherine Chaton
Affiliation:
[email protected], CEA-LETI, 850, rue Jean Monnet, Crolles, Isere, 38926, France
Peter Stolk
Affiliation:
[email protected], Philips Semiconductors, 860, rue Jean Monnet, Crolles, Isere, 38926, France
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Abstract

In this paper the impact of processed-induced stress and transistor layout on device performance in state-of-the-art 65nm CMOS technology has been studied. We have focused this analysis on different nitride liners above devices (Contact Etch-Stop Layers – CESL) which have been fabricated on two differently oriented (100) substrates: <110> and <100>. This overview permits to have a good understanding of CESL, and to choose the right strategy in terms of process induced stress in future microelectronic technologies.

Keywords

devicesnitridefilm
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 913: Symposium D – Transistor Scaling – Methods, Materials and Modeling , 2006 , 0913-D02-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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