The role of carrier injection in the breakdown mechanism of amorphous Al2O3 layers
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2023-11-30
Authors
La Torraca, P.
Padovani, A.
Strand, J.
Shluger, A.
Larcher, L.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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We investigated the dielectric breakdown (BD) mechanism in amorphous alumina (a-Al2O3) metal-insulator-metal (MIM) stacks. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that oxygen vacancy ( VO) generation in a-Al2O3 occurs via thermochemical (TC) bond-breaking and, more efficiently, via newly discovered pathways enabled by charge trapping in under-coordinated Al ions (UC Als ) and in existing VOs . Multiscale simulations show the importance of these processes, which allow explaining the experimental BD dynamics in a-Al2O3, and provide valuable insights into the role of carriers’ injection in the degradation and reliability of high-k materials.
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Amorphous alumina , Atomic defects , Breakdown , Carrier injection , High-k dielectric
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La Torraca, P., Padovani, A., Strand, J., Shluger, A. and Larcher, L. (2023) 'The role of carrier injection in the breakdown mechanism of amorphous Al2O3 layers', IEEE Electron Device Letters, 45(2), pp. 236-239. https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2023.3337882
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