Molecular beam epitaxy passivation studies of Ge and III–V semiconductors for advanced CMOS

Abstract

Future CMOS technologies will require the use of substrate material with a very high mobility in order to fulfil the performance requirements. Therefore, combination of Ge p-MOS with n-MOS devices made out of high mobility III/V compounds, such as GaAs, has recently received some attention for its possible use in advanced CIVICS applications. In this work, the physical, chemical and electrical properties of Al(2)O(3) high-kappa oxide deposited on Ge and GaAs, using Molecular Beam Deposition (MBD) technique, have been investigated. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.