203rd Meeting - Paris, France

April 27-May 2, 2003

PROGRAM INFORMATION

G1 - Seventh International Symposium on Silicon Nitride and Silicon Dioxide Thin Insulating Films

Dielectric Science and Technology/Electronics/High Temperature Materials

Monday, April 28, 2003

Room 362/363, Level 3, Le Palais des Congres

Interface Characterization

Co-Chair: R. E. Sah

TimeAbs#Title
10:25 Introductory Remarks
10:30452 Electrical Characterization of Si-SiO2 and Semiconducting Polymer-SiO2 Interfaces - J. Deen (McMaster University)
11:00453 Si-SiO2 Interface Trap Properties and Dependence with Oxide Thickness and with Electrical Stress in MOSFET's with Oxides in the 1-2 nm Range - D. Bauza and F. Rahmoune (UMR-CNRS)
11:30454 EPR Studies of SiC/SiO2 Interfaces in n-type 4H and 6H Oxidized Porous SiC - J.L. Cantin, H.J. von Bardeleben, M. Mynbaeva, S.E. Saddow, Y. Shishkin, R.P. Devaty, and W.J. Choyke (University Paris 6)

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

Room 343, Level 3, Le Palais des Congres

Related Oxides/Modeling

Co-Chairs: S. Banerjee, M. J. Deen, and R. E. Sah

TimeAbs#Title
13:40455 Novel Ge Devices with High-k Dielectrics: High Performance MOSFETs and Optical Receivers - K. Saraswat, C. Chui, P. McIntyre, and B. Triplett (Stanford University)
14:10456 Properties of Ultrathin High-k Dielectrics on Si Probed by Electron Spin Resonance-Active Defects: Interfaces and Interlayers - A. Stesmans (University of Leuven)
14:40457 Role of Ultra Thin Silicon Dioxide Interfacial Layer in High Performance High Dielectric Constant Gate Dielectrics - R. Singh, M. Fakhruddin, K. Poole, S. Kondapi (Clemson University), J. Narayan (North Carolina State University), and S. Kar (Indian Institute of Technology)
15:10458 T.D. Callinan Award Adress- S.K. Banerjee: Quantum Mechanical Modeling of Capacitance-Voltage and Current-Voltage Behavior for SiO2 and High-k Dielectrics - L. Register, Y.-Y. Fan, S. Mudanai, and S. Banerjee (University of Texas)
15:40 Twenty-Minute Intermission
16:00459 Thermally Driven Atomic Transport in Silicon Oxynitride and High-k Films on Silicon - I.J.R. Baumvol, F.C. Stedile, J. Morais, C. Krug, C. Radtke, E.B.O. da Rosa, K.P. Bastos, R.P. Pezzi, L. Miotti, and G.V. Soares (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
16:30460 Modeling and Electrical Characterization of MOS Structures with Ultra Thin Oxide - R. Clerc and G. Ghibaudo (IMEP)
17:00461 Comparison of Contamination Effects in Silicon Oxide with that in Hafnium Oxide and Zirconium Oxide Gate Dielectrics - F. Shadman, P. Raghu, N. Rana, C. Yim (University of Arizona), and E. Shero (ASM America)
17:20462 Conduction Modeling of Thick Nitride/Oxide Dielectrics - S. Evseev (Philips Semiconductors)
17:40463 Charge Trapping in High-Dose Ge-Implanted and Si-Implanted Silicon-Dioxide Thin Film - A.N. Nazarov, I.N. Osiyuk, I.P. Tyagulskii, V.S. Lysenko (Institute of Semiconductor Physics), T. Gebel, and W. Skorupa (Forschungszentrum Rossendorf)

Hall Maillot, Level 2, Le Palais des Congres

Technical Exhibit and Tuesday Evening Poster Session

TimeAbs#Title
o464 Stress Control of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Nitride Films Deposited by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition - H. Gamo, H. Eguchi, T. Kurosu (Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.), K. Nakagawa (National Institute for Materials Science), M. Nishitani-Gamo (University of Tsukuba), and T. Ando (National Institute for Materials Science)
o465 Optimization of Silicon Nitride Process for Post Copper CMP Nitride Barrier Film - Y.L. Cheng, Y.L. Wang, C.W. Liu (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.), J.K. Lan (National Chiao-Tung University), C.P. Liu (National Cheng-Kung University), S.A. Wu (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.), Y.L. Wu (National Chi-Nan University), K.Y. Lo (National Chiayi University), and M.S. Feng (National Chiao-Tung University)

Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Room 343, Level 3, Le Palais des Congres

Film Application,Device Characterization/Reliability

Co-Chairs: C.L. Claeys, W.D. Brown, and M.J. Deen

TimeAbs#Title
8:00466 What Can Low-frequency Noise Learn us About the Quality of Thin-gate Dielectrics? - E. Simoen, A. Mercha, and C. Claeys (IMEC)
8:30467 Analysis of Short-channel MOSFET Behavior after Gate Oxide Breakdown and its Impact on Digital Circuit Reliability - G. Groeseneken, B. Kaczer, and R. Degraeve (IMEC)
9:00468 Cyanide Treatment to Improve Electrical Characteristics of Si-based MOS Diodes with an Ultrathin Oxide Layer - H. Kobayashi (Osaka University)
9:30469 Process Dependence of Negative Bias Temperature Instability in PMOSFETS - S. Prasad, E. Li, and L. Duong (LSI Logic Corp.)
9:50 Twenty-Minute Intermission
10:10470 Silicon Dioxide Insulating Films for Silicon-Germanium Technology - V.J. Kapoor (The University of Toledo)
10:40471 New Reliability Issues of CMOS Transistors with 1.3nm Thick Gate Oxide - M.F. Li, B.-J. Cho, G. Chen, W.-Y. Loh (National University of Singapore), and D.-L. Kwong (The University of Texas at Austin)
11:10472 Improved Performance With Low Temperature Silicon Nitride Spacer Process - C. Reddy and S. Anderson (Motorola Inc.)
11:30473 Reliability and Failure Processes in Thin Silicon Dioxide - J. Stathis (IBM)

Interface Studies/Defects

Co-Chairs: H. Kobayashi, D. Misra, and R.E. Sah

TimeAbs#Title
13:40474 Growth of SiO_2 at the Sc2O3/Si(100) Interface During Annealing - E. Romain (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble), G. Botton (McMaster University), D. Landheer, X. Wu (National Research Council of Canada), M. Lee, and Z. Lu (University of Toronto)
14:10475 A Review of Defect Generation in the SiO2 and at Its Interface with Si - J. Zhang (Liverpool John Moores University)
14:40476 Dipoles in SiO_2: Border Traps or Not? - D. Fleetwood and J. Felix (Vanderbilt University)
15:10477 Stabilities and Electronic States of Incorporated Nitrogen Atoms at the Interface of SiO_2/Si(100) - T. Yamasaki and C. Kaneta (Fujitsu Laboratories Limited)
15:30 Twenty-Minute Intermission
15:50478 Electrical Properties and Reliability of Silicon Nitride Gate Dielectrics Formed by Various Process and Annealing - K.-S. Chang-Liao (National Tsing Hua University)
16:20479 Electronically Active Defects in Ultrathin Oxynitrides Produced using Plasma Nitridation - D.A. Buchanan (University of Manitoba)
16:50480 The 4H-SiC/SiO2 Interface - L.C. Feldman, S. Dhar, Y. Song (Vanderbilt University), J. Williams (Auburn University), G. Chung (Sterling Semiconductor, Inc.), and J.K. McDonald (Vanderbilt University)
17:20481 Characterization of Thin Films of Silicon Oxide and SiO2-Si Interface by Cathodoluminescent Method - M. Zamoryanskaya, V. Sokolov, I. Kotina, and S. Konnikov (Ioffe Phisico-Technical Institute)
17:40482 Predictive Simulation of Void Formation during the Deposition of Silicon Nitride and Silicon Dioxide Films - C. Heitzinger, A. Sheikholeslami (Technical University of Vienna, Austria), H. Puchner (Cypress Semiconductor), and S. Selberherr (Technical University of Vienna, Austria)

Thursday, May 1, 2003

Film Preparation and Characterization

Co-Chairs: K.S. Chang-Liao, K.B. Sundaram, and R.E. Sah

TimeAbs#Title
8:00483 Direct-Write Deposition of Silicon Oxide - The Express Lane towards patterned thin Films - H. Wanzenboeck, S. Harasek, E. Bertagnolli, M. Gritsch, H. Hutter, J. Brenner, H. Stoeri, U. Grabner, G. Hammer, and P. Pongratz (Vienna University of Technology)
8:30484 Comprehensive Optical and Compositional Characterization of Silicon-based Thin Films for Photonics - J. Wojcik, E.A. Irving, J.A. Davies (McMaster University), W.N. Lennard (The University of Western Ontario), and P. Mascher (McMaster University)
9:00485 Spatially Resolved Determination of Stress in Thin Films and Substrates from Curvature Measurements - N. Herres (Interstate University of Applied Sciences NTB Buchs)
9:30486 Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Nitride Deposited by Dc Magnetron Sputtering - K. Mokadem, M. Mostefa, M. Auocher, A.C. Chami, and M. Abdessalem (USTHB)
9:50 Twenty-Minute Intermission
10:10487 Properties of Annealed Silicon Oxynitride Layers for Optical Applications - K. Worhoff, C. Roeloffzen, G. Hussein, and L. Hilderink (University of Twente)
10:40488 Optimum Structure of Deposited Ultra Thin Silicon Oxynitride Film to Minimize Leakage Current - K. Muraoka, K. Kurihara, N. Yasuda, and H. Satake (Toshiba Corporation)
11:10489 Plasma Damage in Ultra-thin Gate Oxide Induced by Dielectric Deposition Processes: an Overview on Main Mechanisms and Characterization Techniques - J.-P. Carrere, J.-C. Oberlin, and S. Bruyere (ST Microelectronics)
11:40490 Electrical Characterization of Thin Oxide Layers by Impedance Spectroscopy Using Silicon/Oxide/Electrolyte (SOE) Structures. - M. Chemla (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie), V. Bertagna, R. Erre (Universite d'Orleans), F. Rouelle (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie), S. Petitdidier, and D. Levy (STMicroelectronics)

Scaling/Film Preparation and Characterization

Co-Chairs: D. Fleetwood, D. Landheer, and W.D. Brown

TimeAbs#Title
13:40491 Ultrathin Silicon Oxynitride Gate Dielectric Scaling - E. Gusev (IBM)
14:10492 Scaling Issues for Advanced SOI Devices: Gate Oxide Tunneling, Thin Buried Oxide, and Ultra-Thin Films - J. Pretet (STMicroelectronics), F. Dieudonné (IMEP/ENSERG), F. Allibert, N. Bresson (SOITEC SA), T. Matsumoto, A. Ohata (IMEP/ENSERG), T. Poiroux (CEA/LETI), J. Jomaah, and S. Cristoloveanu (IMEP/ENSERG)
14:40493 T.D. Callinan Award Adress- A.G. Revesz: The Effect of the Oxide Network Structure on the Irradiation Behavior of SiO2 Films on Silicon - A. Revesz (Revesz Associates) and H. Hughes (Naval Research Laboratory)
15:10494 Atomistic Characterization of Radical Nitridation Process on Si(100) Surfaces - Y. Yasuda, A. Sakai, and S. Zaima (Nagoya University)
15:40 Twenty-Minute Intermission
16:00495 Atomic, Electronic Structures and Charge Transport Mechanism in Silicon Nitride of Different Composition - V. Gritsenko (Institute of Semiconductor Physics) and K. Nasyrov (Institute of Automation and Electrometry)
16:30496 Decoupled Plasma Nitridation of Ultrathin Gate Oxides for 65 and 90nm technologies - M. Bidaud (Philips Semiconductors), J.-P. Carrere, F. Guyader, F. Boeuf (ST Microelectronics), and C. Dachs (Philips Semiconductors)
16:50497 A Neutron Reflectivity Study of Silicon Oxide Thin Film - V. Bertagna (Universite d'Orleans), A. Menelle (CEA Saclay), S. Petitdidier, D. Levy (STMicroelectronics), and M.-L. Saboungi (Centre de Recherche sur la Matiere Divisee)
17:10498 Rapid Thermal and Anodic Oxidations of LPCVD Silicon Nitride Films - L. Yen-Po and H. Jenn-Gwo (National Taiwan University)
17:30499 MOSFET Degradation with Reverse Biased Source and Drain During High-Field Injection through Thin Gate Oxide - B. Patel, R. Jarwal, and D. Misra (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

Friday, May 2, 2003

Characterization

Co-Chairs: D. Landheer, M.J. Deen, and R.E. Sah

TimeAbs#Title
8:30500 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigations of the Structure and Stability of Alternative Gate Dielectrics - S. Stemmer (University of California)
9:00501 Characteristics of Metal Gate MOS Capacitor with Hafnium Oxynitride Thin Film - K.-J. Choi and S.-G. Yoon (Chungnam National University)
9:20502 Contribution of Individual Process Steps on Particle Contamination during Plasma CVD Operation - H. Setyawan, M. Shimada, Y. Imajo, and K. Okuyama (Hiroshima University)
9:40 Twenty-Minute Intermission
10:00503 Plasma Nitridation Optimization for Sub-15A Gate Dielectrics - F. Cubaynes, J. Schmitz (Philips Research Leuven), C. van der marel, H. Snijders (Philips Center for Industrial Technology), A. Veloso, A. Rothschild (IMEC), C. Olsen, and L. Date (AMAT)
10:20504 Recovery and Reversibility of Electrical Instabilities in Double-layer Dielectrics - S. Evseev and A. Cacciato (Philips Semiconductors)
10:40505 Low-Temperature Oxidation for Gate Dielectrics of Poly-Si TFTs using High-Density Surface Wave Plasma - K. Azuma, M. Goto, T. Okamoto, and Y. Nakata (Advanced LCD Technical Development Center Co., Ltd.)
11:00506 Characterization of MIs Tunnel Junctions by IETS - C. Petit (Universite de Reims), G. Salace (Universitede Reims), and D. Vuillaume (IEMN)
11:20 Closing Remarks