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voltage of the aluminum oxide film was shifted to the positive
side.23,24 In our case, flatband voltage of the Hf aluminate film
showed the same tendency as the aluminum single oxide. The posi-
tive shift in flatband voltage is attributed to a negative charge at the
Si interface or in the bulk oxide.22 The flatband voltage shift could
be reduced by annealing at high temperature.
Figure 8 shows the I-V characteristics of the MIS structure
and with the Hf aluminate thin film deposited at 350°C, a leakage
current of 4.3 ϫ 10Ϫ4 A/cm2 at 5 V was obtained and the break-
down was not observed up to 20 V. After annealing at higher tem-
peratures, the leakage of the Hf aluminate thin film was significantly
reduced. This is probably due to the increase of the interfacial oxide
layer thickness as in C-V measurement results.11 The leakage cur-
rent of the Hf aluminate thin film annealed at 800 and 1000°C was
2.3 ϫ 10Ϫ7 and 1.6 ϫ 10Ϫ8 A/cm2 at 5 V, respectively.
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