Demonstrate of High-Performance Top-Gate ALD Crystalline In2O3 Transistor Enabled by Lattice-Matched HfO2 and In2O3 Heterostructure
Abstract
In this work, we demonstrate high-mobility top-gate (TG) atomic-layer-deposited (ALD) crystalline In2O3 transistors through simultaneous interface and crystallinity engineering. First, a HfO2/In2O3/HfO2 stack is employed, enabling epitaxial-like crystallization of the ultrathin In2O3 channel, because of the lattice matching between monoclinic phase HfO2 and cubic phase In2O3. Second, an oxygen-rich gate insulator process is applied using high-dose O3 precursor and elevated deposition temperature, effectively suppressing oxygen scavenging during gate dielectric deposition, significantly reducing interfacial defect formation. Third, the homogeneous In-O bonding network in crystalline In2O3 exhibits substantially enhanced resistance to oxygen scavenging by source/drain contacts, which significantly improves the immunity to threshold voltage (VTH) roll-off at short channel length compared to amorphous In2O3. As a result, high-performance TG long-channel In2O3 transistors are achieved with a high mobility of 163 cm2/V s and a steep subthreshold slope of 64 mV/dec. High-performance TG short-channel In2O3 transistors with high ION of 1650 μA/μm at VD of 1 V, large on/off ratio over 1010 and VTH of -0.27 V are demonstrated. These results establish lattice-engineered crystalline In2O3 as an effective strategy for high-mobility, aggressively scaled TG oxide transistors suitable for BEOL-compatible applications.
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BibTeX
@misc{jiang2026demonstrate,
title = {{Demonstrate of High-Performance Top-Gate ALD Crystalline In2O3 Transistor Enabled by Lattice-Matched HfO2 and In2O3 Heterostructure}},
author = {Kai Jiang and Chen Wang and Ziheng Wang and Zhiyu Lin and Mengwei Si},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.15135},
eprint = {2609.15135},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15135},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Demonstrate of High-Performance Top-Gate ALD Crystalline In2O3 Transistor Enabled by Lattice-Matched HfO2 and In2O3 Heterostructure
AU - Kai Jiang
AU - Chen Wang
AU - Ziheng Wang
AU - Zhiyu Lin
AU - Mengwei Si
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/14
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.15135
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15135
AB - In this work, we demonstrate high-mobility top-gate (TG) atomic-layer-deposited (ALD) crystalline In2O3 transistors through simultaneous interface and crystallinity engineering. First, a HfO2/In2O3/HfO2 stack is employed, enabling epitaxial-like crystallization of the ultrathin In2O3 channel, because of the lattice matching between monoclinic phase HfO2 and cubic phase In2O3. Second, an oxygen-rich gate insulator process is applied using high-dose O3 precursor and elevated deposition temperature, effectively suppressing oxygen scavenging during gate dielectric deposition, significantly reducing interfacial defect formation. Third, the homogeneous In-O bonding network in crystalline In2O3 exhibits substantially enhanced resistance to oxygen scavenging by source/drain contacts, which significantly improves the immunity to threshold voltage (VTH) roll-off at short channel length compared to amorphous In2O3. As a result, high-performance TG long-channel In2O3 transistors are achieved with a high mobility of 163 cm2/V s and a steep subthreshold slope of 64 mV/dec. High-performance TG short-channel In2O3 transistors with high ION of 1650 μA/μm at VD of 1 V, large on/off ratio over 1010 and VTH of -0.27 V are demonstrated. These results establish lattice-engineered crystalline In2O3 as an effective strategy for high-mobility, aggressively scaled TG oxide transistors suitable for BEOL-compatible applications.
ER -