La掺杂Hf0.5Zr0.5O2薄膜铁电性能研究

Study on Ferroelectric Properties of La-doped Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Thin Films

  • 摘要: 铪基氧化物薄膜在超薄膜厚下仍具有优良的铁电性能,非常适用于高密度集成的铁电存储。La掺杂铪基薄膜拥有极为优异的循环写擦特性,但其剩余极化强度(2Pr≤35μC/cm2)还有待进一步提高。本研究采用原子层沉积(ALD)制备La掺杂的Hf0.5Zr0.5O2薄膜(HZLO), 通过快速热退火(RTA)对样品进行500℃、550℃和600℃的热处理,研究La掺杂及退火温度对TiN/HZLO/TiN/W结构铁电性能的影响。研究表明,La掺杂促进薄膜四方相转变为正交相,剩余极化强度(49.8μC/cm2)获得极大提高。此外,La掺杂还降低了器件矫顽场(~1.25 MV/cm)并改善矫顽电场对称性。随着退火温度升高至550℃, 正交相占比升高至~77%, 剩余极化强度高达49.8μC/cm2, 而进一步升高退火温度至600℃, 正交相、四方相和立方相朝着单斜相转变,器件剩余极化强度降低。

     

    Abstract: Hafnium oxide based thin film has excellent ferroelectric properties even with ultra-thin thickness, which favors high-density integration of ferroelectric storage. La-doped hafnium oxide based films exhibit excellent cycling endurance, but their remnant polarization(2 Pr ≤ 35 μC/cm~2) needs further improvements. In this study, the La-doped Hf0.5Zr0.5O2(HZLO) thin films were deposited by atomic layer deposition(ALD) and then annealed at 500 ℃, 550 ℃ and 600 ℃ by rapid thermal annealing(RTA) to investigate the influence of La doping and annealing temperature on the ferroelectric properties of the TiN/HZLO/TiN/W structure. La doping facilitates the transformation of the Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 thin films from a tetragonal phase into an orthorhombic phase with an improvement in remnant polarization(49.8 μC/cm~2). In addition, La doping reduces the device coercive field(~1.25 MV/cm) and improves the symmetry of coercive field under the positive bias and the negative one. As the annealing temperature increases to 550 ℃, the proportion of orthorhombic phase of the HZLO thin films increases to ~77%, resulting in a much larger remanent polarization(49.8 μC/cm~2). While if the annealing temperature is up to 600 ℃, the orthorhombic phase, the tetragonal phase and the cubic phase of the HZLO thin films transform to the monoclinic phase with a degraded remnant polarization.

     

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