Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61176092,61036003,and 60837001);the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB933503);the Ph.D. Program Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 20110121110025);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China (Grant No. 2010121056)
Wet thermal annealing effects on the properties of TaN/HfO2/Ge metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) structures with and without a GeO2 passivation layer are investigated. The physical and the electrical properties are ch...