Ytterbium silicide provides a low Schottky barrier height to electron on n-type silicon. This property makes this material very attractive for the realization of Source/Drain contacts for n-type MOSFETs. In this communication, the study of structural and electrical properties of YbSi2-x fabricated at different temperature in Ultra-High Vacuum condition without any protective layers is presented. N-type SB-MOSFETs with ytterbium silicide based S/D contacts were fabricated at optimal silicidation temperatures on SOI substrate with an ultra thin body.
Yarekha, D. A., Larrieu, G., Breil, N., Dublois, E., Godey, S., Wallart, X., Soyer, C., Remiens, D., Reckinger, N., Tang, X., Laszcz, A., Ratjczak, J., & Halimaoui, A. (2009). UHV fabrication of the ytterbium silicide as potential low Schottky barrier S/D contact material for n-type MOSFET. ECS Transactions, 19(1), 339-344. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3118961 (Original work published 2009)