The Japan Society of Applied Physics

[PS-2-11] Influence of H2 in Reactive Sputtering of Ferroelectric AlScN Films

Si- Meng Chen1, Sung-Lin Tsai1, Takuya Hoshii1, Hitoshi Wakabayashi1, Kazuo Tsutsui1, Kuniyuki Kakushima1 (1. Tokyo Inst. of Tech. (Japan))

https://doi.org/10.7567/SSDM.2023.PS-2-11

Metal-ferroelectric-metal (MFM) capacitors with ferroelectric AlScN films were prepared by reactive sputtering using Ar/H2/N2 mixed gas. A reduction in dielectric constant, suppressed leakage current, and improvement in the breakdown field were obtained. Besides its higher coercive field (Ec), better reliability was obtained. The results indicate residual oxygen atom profiling is effective in designing a reliable AlScN film with reduced Ec.