THERMAL STABILIZATION OF DEVICE QUALITY FILMS DEPOSITED AT LOW-TEMPERATURES

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作者
FITCH, JT [1 ]
KIM, SS [1 ]
LUCOVSKY, G [1 ]
机构
[1] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV,DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN,RALEIGH,NC 27695
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS | 1990年 / 8卷 / 03期
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10.1116/1.576818
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TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
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The effects of postdeposition furnace annealing, at temperatures typical of metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) fabrication processes, on gate oxides formed by remote plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (remote PECVD) are discussed. SiO2films were prepared by (1) remote PECVD at substrate temperatures of 200 and 400 °C, and (2) by thermal oxidation of silicon at temperatures from 850 to 1150 °C. Postdeposition thermal processing was carried out in industrial-type diffusion furnaces in both N2/O2and N2/H2ambients over a temperature range of 400–1050 °C. Film properties were studied by infrared spectroscopy, ellipsometry and by measurements of capacitance voltage (C-V) characteristics in MOS device structures. Postdeposition thermal processing at temperatures of 400 °C and above was shown to modify both the structure and electrical properties of deposited SiO2films. It is shown that changes in the as-deposited film properties occur by two different relaxation mechanisms, one of which is operative in the temperature range up to 750 °C and the other from 750 to 1050 °C, and both of which are different from the viscoelastic relaxation process observed in thermally grown SiO2. © 1990, American Vacuum Society. All rights reserved.
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