Professor S. Samukawa --Production of high quality germanium metal oxide semiconductor (Ge MOS) transistor structure exceeding specifications of 12-nanometer generation technology with the use of ultra-low damage neutral beam oxidation process

September 19, 2012

The group led by Professor Seiji Samukawa of the Institute of Fluid Science, Transdisciplinary Fluid Integration Research Center, Targeted Research Division, Intelligent Nano-Process Laboratory, Advanced Institute of Materials Research, Tohoku University has actualized the difficult task of the direct formation of ultrathin high quality germanium oxide films under 2.0nm (EOT<2.0nm) using a neutral beam oxidation process which can achieve low temperature oxidation without damaging the films. The formation of this gate insulator in the germanium channel MOS transistor production process is a crucial component to future super LSI devices beyond the 12nm generation which is expected to be commercialized around 2020. In addition, the MOS transistor interface was electrically proven to have a super-low interface state.

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Professor Seiji Samukawa
Assistant Professor Akira Wada
Targeted Research Division, Transdisciplinary Fluid Integration Research Center
Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University
Address: 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan, 980-8577
TEL/FAX: +81-22-217-5240,5318
E-mail: samukawa@ifs.tohoku.ac.jp