Thin Body III-V-Semiconductor-on-Insulator Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors on Si Fabricated Using Direct Wafer Bonding

We have demonstrated thin body III-V-semiconductor-on-insulator (III-V-OI) n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (nMOSFETs) on a Si wafer fabricated using a novel direct wafer bonding (DWB) process. A 100-nm-thick InGaAs channel was successfully transferred by the low damage and low temperature DWB process using low energy electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma. The transferred InGaAs-OI nMOSFET on the Si wafer exhibited a high electron channel mobility of 1200 cm(2).V(-1).s(-1), indicating that the present DWB process allows us to form thin III-V-OI channels without serious plasma and bonding damage. This technology is expected to open up the possibility of integrating the ultrathin body III-V-OI MOSFETs on Si platform. (C) 2009 The Japan Society of Applied Physics DOI: 10.1143/APEX.2.124501