Growth of passivation layer on Co in BTA-H2O2 solutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021.27 (0) ◽  
pp. 10A05
Author(s):  
Eiichi KONDOH ◽  
Shota TAKEUCHI ◽  
Lianhua Jin ◽  
Ryota KOSHINO ◽  
Satomi HAMADA ◽  
...  
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Author(s):  
Younan Hua ◽  
Bingsheng Khoo ◽  
Henry Leong ◽  
Yixin Chen ◽  
Eason Chan ◽  
...  

Abstract In wafer fabrication, a silicon nitride (Si3N4) layer is widely used as passivation layer. To qualify the passivation layers, traditionally chemical recipe PAE (H3PO4+ HNO3) is used to conduct passivation pinhole test. However, it is very challenging for us to identify any pinholes in the Si3N4 layer with different layers underneath. For example, in this study, the wafer surface is Si3N4 layer and the underneath layer is silicon substrate. The traditional receipt of PAE cannot be used for passivation qualification. In this paper, we will report a new recipe using KOH solution to identify the pinhole in the Si3N4 passivation layer.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2170020
Author(s):  
Yunjo Jeong ◽  
Ossie Douglas ◽  
Utkarsh Misra ◽  
Md Rubayat‐E Tanjil ◽  
Kenji Watanabe ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
pp. 2100002
Author(s):  
Yunjo Jeong ◽  
Ossie Douglas ◽  
Utkarsh Misra ◽  
Md Rubayat‐E Tanjil ◽  
Kenji Watanabe ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 727 ◽  
pp. 138678
Author(s):  
Mei Xin Chen ◽  
Ya Qian Bai ◽  
Xin Na Guan ◽  
Jia Wei Chen ◽  
Jing Hui Zeng

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1118
Author(s):  
Yuan Tian ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Jia Xu ◽  
Xiaomei Yu

In this paper, a polyimide (PI)/Si/SiO2-based piezoresistive microcantilever biosensor was developed to achieve a trace level detection for aflatoxin B1. To take advantage of both the high piezoresistance coefficient of single-crystal silicon and the small spring constant of PI, the flexible piezoresistive microcantilever was designed using the buried oxide (BOX) layer of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer as a bottom passivation layer, the topmost single-crystal silicon layer as a piezoresistor layer, and a thin PI film as a top passivation layer. To obtain higher sensitivity and output voltage stability, four identical piezoresistors, two of which were located in the substrate and two integrated in the microcantilevers, were composed of a quarter-bridge configuration wheatstone bridge. The fabricated PI/Si/SiO2 microcantilever showed good mechanical properties with a spring constant of 21.31 nN/μm and a deflection sensitivity of 3.54 × 10−7 nm−1. The microcantilever biosensor also showed a stable voltage output in the Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) buffer with a fluctuation less than 1 μV @ 3 V. By functionalizing anti-aflatoxin B1 on the sensing piezoresistive microcantilever with a biotin avidin system (BAS), a linear aflatoxin B1 detection concentration resulting from 1 ng/mL to 100 ng/mL was obtained, and the toxic molecule detection also showed good specificity. The experimental results indicate that the PI/Si/SiO2 flexible piezoresistive microcantilever biosensor has excellent abilities in trace-level and specific detections of aflatoxin B1 and other biomolecules.


1995 ◽  
Vol 406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ju-Hyung Lee ◽  
Yanzhen Xu ◽  
Veronica A. Burrows ◽  
Paul F. McMillan

AbstractA new GaAs surface passivation method, CS2 treatment at moderate temperature was developed for effective passivation of GaAs surfaces. The CS2 treatment of GaAs surfaces at 350°C and 10 atm leads to deposition of a homogeneous film, with a thickness of several hundred Å. The passivation layer thus produced causes a significant enhancement in room temperature photoluminescence intensity and the passivation effect of the sulfide film was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. The passivation layer remained electrically and chemically stable over a period of nine months under ambient atmospheric conditions. In-depth Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) revealed that the carbon and oxygen content in the film was negligible, whereas sulfur was uniformly distributed throughout the film. A metal-insulator-semiconductor diode whose insulating layer is produced by the CS2 treatment shows well-defined accumulation and depletion regions in its capacitance-voltage (CV) characteristics with low hysteresis.


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