Epitaxial growth of SiC in a single and a multi wafer vertical CVD system: a comparison.

被引:11
作者
Rupp, R [1 ]
Wiedenhofer, A [1 ]
Stephani, D [1 ]
机构
[1] Siemens AG, Corp Technol Dept ZT EN, D-91050 Erlangen, Germany
来源
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-SOLID STATE MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY | 1999年 / 61-2卷
关键词
epitaxial growth; SiC; CVD;
D O I
10.1016/S0921-5107(98)00484-X
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
First results about a new system suited for epitaxial growth on six 2' SiC-wafers at a time are presented in comparison to typical results in a single wafer CVD system. As expected, the multi wafer system today shows a by one order of magnitude higher background impurity level (less than or equal to 10(15) cm(-3) compared to less than or equal to 10(14) cm(-3)). On the other hand, the doping homogeneity is already very encouraging. The total variation on a 2 inch wafer is less than +/- 20% at about 1*10(16) cm(-3). The surface of the epitaxial layers is very smooth with a typical growth step height of 0.5 nm (4H 8 degrees off orientation). First measurements on Schottky diodes show low leakage current values indicating low point defect density in the epitaxial layers. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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页码:125 / 129
页数:5
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