Low Temperature Silicon Epitaxial Growth by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition From SiH4/He/H2

1991 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yung-Jen Lin ◽  
Ming-Deng Shieh ◽  
Chiapying Lee ◽  
Tri-Rung Yew

ABSTRACTSilicon epitaxial growth on silicon wafers were investigated by using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition from SiH4/He/H2. The epitaxial layers were growm at temperatures of 350°C or lower. The base pressure of the chamber was greater than 2 × 10−5 Torr. Prior to epitaxial growth, the wafer was in-situ cleaned by H2 baking for 30 min. The epi/substrate interface and epitaxial layers were observed by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM). Finally, the influence of the ex-situ and in-situ cleaning processes on the qualities of the interface and epitaxial layers was discussed in detail.

1991 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yung-Jen Lin ◽  
Ming-Deng Shieh ◽  
Chiapying Lee ◽  
Tri-Rung Yew

AbstractSilicon epitaxial growth on silicon wafers were investigated by using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition from SiH4/He/H2. The epitaxial layers were growm at temperatures of 350°C or lower. The base pressure of the chamber was greater than 2 × 10−5 Torr. Prior to epitaxial growth, the wafer was in-situ cleaned by H2 baking for 30 min. The epi/substrate interface and epitaxial layers were observed by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM). Finally, the influence of the ex-situ and in-situ cleaning processes on the qualities of the interface and epitaxial layers was discussed in detail.


2013 ◽  
Vol 740-742 ◽  
pp. 251-254
Author(s):  
Milan Yazdanfar ◽  
Pontus Stenberg ◽  
Ian D. Booker ◽  
Ivan.G Ivanov ◽  
Henrik Pedersen ◽  
...  

Epitaxial growth of about 200 µm thick, low doped 4H-SiC layers grown on n-type 8° off-axis Si-face substrates at growth rates around 100 µm/h has been done in order to realize thick epitaxial layers with excellent morphology suitable for high power devices. The study was done in a hot wall chemical vapor deposition reactor without rotation. The growth of such thick layers required favorable pre-growth conditions and in-situ etch. The growth of 190 µm thick, low doped epitaxial layers with excellent morphology was possible when the C/Si ratio was below 0.9. A low C/Si ratio and a favorable in-situ etch are shown to be the key parameters to achieve 190 µm thick epitaxial layers with excellent morphology.


2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 143-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Colby ◽  
Qingkai Yu ◽  
Helin Cao ◽  
Steven S. Pei ◽  
Eric A. Stach ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
K. Doong ◽  
J.-M. Fu ◽  
Y.-C. Huang

Abstract The specimen preparation technique using focused ion beam (FIB) to generate cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) samples of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of Tungsten-plug (W-plug) and Tungsten Silicides (WSix) was studied. Using the combination method including two axes tilting[l], gas enhanced focused ion beam milling[2] and sacrificial metal coating on both sides of electron transmission membrane[3], it was possible to prepare a sample with minimal thickness (less than 1000 A) to get high spatial resolution in TEM observation. Based on this novel thinning technique, some applications such as XTEM observation of W-plug with different aspect ratio (I - 6), and the grain structure of CVD W-plug and CVD WSix were done. Also the problems and artifacts of XTEM sample preparation of high Z-factor material such as CVD W-plug and CVD WSix were given and the ways to avoid or minimize them were suggested.


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