SBMicro 2003
18th SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES
CHIP IN SAMPA

São Paulo, Brazil
September 8-11, 2003

TUTORIALS

This year we have already confirmed the prominent speakers:

  • Magali Estrada del Cueto - CINVESTAV, Mexico
    Dielectrics For Submicrometric Devices
    Details...

  • Jean-Pierre Colinge - University of California, USA
    Silicon-on-Insulator: Materials and Devices
    Details...


  • Cor Claeys - IMEC, Belgium
    Submicron Silicon Technologies
    Details...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dielectrics For Submicrometric Devices
Magali Estrada del Cueto - Center of Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV), Mexico.

Abstract:
We present the state of the art of present ultra thin SiO2 and oxynitride layers of less than 3 nm, used as gate dielectrics for MOS devices with submicrometric channel length and their limitations for further channel length reduction.

Conduction mechanisms in ultrathin gate dielectrics are analyzed. Other problems present in ultrathin gate dielectrics of less than 2.5 nm for MOS devices are discussed.

The necessity of alternative high dielectric constant gate dielectrics is analyzed, as well as what to look for in them. We review main materials under research and fabrication techniques obtained by different authors. We detail results on room temperature plasma oxidation and photo-CVD techniques developed at our laboratory for single and multilayer gate structures. Advantages and disadvantages of single and multilayer gate structures are also discussed.

Presentation also includes a brief look to the problematic of low k dielectrics.

Short Biography:
Magali Estrada del Cueto - Professor at the Section of Solid State Electronics, of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Center of Research and Advanced Studies of Mexico D.F. since 1995. Since 1966, engaged in teaching, research and development on Microelectronics, including technology, design and characterization of MOS devices and circuits; methods of deposition of dielectric and semiconductor layers and their characterization; amorphous TFT and thick PIN diodes for radiation detectors. Author and co-author of more than 150 international publications. IEEE Senior Member. EDS/IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.

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Silicon-on-Insulator: Materials and Devices
Jean-Pierre Colinge - University of California, Davis, USA

Abstract:
Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technology has greatly evolved and has now become a commercial success. From a materials point of view there exist now a process to fabricate SOI wafers in large quantities, such that industrial production of SOI chips is made possible. The fabrication techniques for producing modern SOI materials (SIMOX, UNIBOND and ELTRAN) will be described. The first SOI transistors date back to 1964. They were partially depleted devices fabricated on Silicon-on-Sapphire (SOS) substrates. SOS technology was successfully used for numerous military and civilian applications and is still being used to realize commercial HF circuits in fully depleted CMOS. Once the first SOI substrates (the insulator is now silicon dioxide) were available for experimental MOS device fabrication, partially depleted technology the natural choice derived from SOS experience. Partially depleted CMOS continues to be used nowadays and several commercial IC manufacturers have SOI products and product lines such as microprocessors (e.g.: AMD, IBM, Motorola), memory chips (Honeywell). The first fully depleted SOI MOSFET date back to the early 1980's where it was quickly established that these devices exhibited superior transconductance, current drive and subthreshold swing. Fully-depleted SOI technology is being used in commercial products as well (e.g.: OKI, Peregrine).

To improve short-channel characteristics and increase current drive, SOI technology is shifting focus from "classical" single-gate MOSFET architectures to multiple-gate device structures. This tutorial will trace the history of single- and multiple-gate SOI MOSFETs and summarize the electrical characteristics of such devices. The properties of the different types of SOI MOSFETs will be compared and trends will be extrapolated to try to envision future SOI device structures.

Short CV:
Academic experience:

  • 1997- : Professor at the University of California, Davis
  • 1991-1997: Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Electricity (ELEC), Microelectronics Laboratory (DICE).
  • 1990-1991: Invited professor at the UCL, academic year 1990-1991: 1st semester: Course on advanced semiconductor device physics; 2nd semester: Course of (regular) semiconductor device physics
  • Feb. 91 - March 91: Invited professor University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. I wrote a report on the challenges of SOI technology for the Semiconductor Research Corporation.
  • Courses and seminars presented in different universities and research centers in Japan, USA (MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, MCNC, ...) and Europe. I was invited twice in japan by the MITI (Japanese Ministery of Trade and Industry) to present results and prospectives of SOI technology in Japan.

Professional experience:

  • 1991-1997: Professor at UCL. Head of the technology group of the Microelectronics group.
  • 1988-1991: Project leader of the SOI project at IMEC (Inter University Microelectronics Center) in Leuven, Belgium. Design and fabrication of novel SOI devices (including radiation-hard devices).
  • 1985-1988: Member technical staff of the Hewlett-Packard Research Labs, Palo Alto, Calif., USA. Development of a bulk BiCMOS process.
  • 1981-1984: Researcher at the Centre National d'Etudes des Télécommunications (CNET), Grenoble, France. Development of a technique of laser recrystallisation for the fabrication of SOI films.

Studies:

  • 1984: Ph. D. in Applied Sciences at the UCL.
  • 1980: Electrical Engineering diploma at the UCL (Summa cum laude).
  • 1980: Diploma of bachelor in philosophy at UCL.

Societies:

  • Member of IEEE (1986), Senior Member of IEEE (1990), IEEE Fellow (1996)
  • Member of the Electrochemical Society (1990).

Awards:

  • Biennal Siemens Award (shared with D. Flandre and A. Terao), 1992 (Belgium)
  • Best paper award at the IEEE SOS/SOI Technology Conf., 1990 (USA)
  • Montefiore Award, 1995 (Belgium)
  • Jaumain Award, 1998 (Belgium)

Patents:

  • French Patent 81-20839:" Fabrication process for stacked CMOS", E Demoulin, JP Colinge
  • French Patent 81-20838:"Fabrication process for a self-aligned stacked CMOS inverter with both channels self-aligned with respect to the gate", E Demoulin, JP Colinge
  • US Patent 4,725,561:"Fabrication process of single-crystal silicon islands dielectrically insulated from one another", M. Haond, JP Colinge, D. Bensahel, M. Dutartre
  • US patent 4,857,476: "Bipolar transistor process using sidewall spacer for aligning base insert", JP Colinge
  • US patent 4,810,664: "Method for making patterned implanted buried oxide transistors and structures", TI Kamins, JP Colinge, PJ Marcoux, LM Roylance, JL Moll
  • European patent 90202500.6 "Method of manufacturing a field effect transistor and a semiconductor element", JP Colinge
  • Dutch patent application 8902662 "Compensation of radiation-induced effects for CMOS", JP Colinge
  • US Patent 5,272,369 "Circuit elements with elimination of kink effect", MH Gao, JP Colinge, C.Claeys
  • US patent 5,233,236: "Method and device for compensating drift in a semiconductor element", JP Colinge
  • US patent 6,359,311: "Quasi-surrounding gate and a method of fabricating a silicon-on-insulator semiconductor device with the same", J.P. Colinge and C. H. Diaz
  • US patent 6,391,752: "A method of fabricating a silicon-on-insulator semiconductor device with implanted ground plane", J.P. Colinge and C. H. Diaz

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Submicron Silicon Technologies
Cor Claeys - IMEC, Leuven, Belgium

Abstract:
The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) is predicting the technology evolution for the coming 15 years, required to give the semiconductor industry a competitive market position. This not only implies pushing existing process modules to the limits but also introducing new ones, which most likely will be based on alternative concepts and/or the use of new materials. This presentation will be focusing on a selection of these processing challenges.

First the silicon material requirements will be addressed, including high quality silicon substrates, epitaxial wafers, thin film SOI, SiGe and strained silicon. Subsequently some process modules will be discusses such as e.g. as isolation schemes, gate dielectrics based on high-k materials, silicides and interconnect schemes. Beside the use of novel or alternative materials, attention will also be given to equipment aspects like atomic layer deposition, single wafer processing, flash annealing, etc.

The last part will outline the importance of so-called gate engineering, including metal gates, doubles gate structures, vertical replacement gates and FinFETS. These approaches are presently extensive studied and will surely be used for the 45 nm and below emerging silicon technologies.

Short CV:
Cor Claeys was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He obtained his Elecrical Engineering Degree and his Ph.D. at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, respectively in 1974 and 1979. He was staff member of the ESAT laboratory before joining IMEC in 1984 as Head of Silicon Processing. Since 1990 he is heading a research group on Radiation Effects, Cryogenic Electronics and Noise Studies. He is also responsible for Technology Business Development and Professor in Material Science at the Catholic University of Leuven. He is author and co-author of more than 500 international publications, eight book chapters, co-edited a book on "Low Temperature Electronics", wrote a book on "Radiation Effects in Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Devices" and co-authored more than 450 contributions at International Conferences (of which 25 invited presentations since 1990). Editor or co-editor of 20 Conference Proceedings Volumes. He is member of several societies and committees, of which the most important are: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Electronics Division of the Electrochemical Society, Elected member of the EDS AdCom, and Chair of the EDS Regions/Chapters. He is a fellow of the Electrochemical Society, a Senior member of IEEE, and was in1999 elected as Academician and Professor of the International Information Academy. His main interests are in silicon processing, device physics, low temperature electronics, radiation physics, submicron silicon technologies, defect engineering, and low frequency noise.