ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE PLASMA-ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR-DEPOSITION OF EPITAXIAL SI WITHOUT SUBSTRATE HEATING BY ULTRACLEAN PROCESSING

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FUKUDA, K [1 ]
MUROTA, J [1 ]
ONO, S [1 ]
MATSUURA, T [1 ]
UETAKE, H [1 ]
OHMI, T [1 ]
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[1] TOHOKU UNIV,FAC ENGN,DEPT ELECTR,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
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10.1063/1.105855
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By Ar plasma-enhanced decomposition of SiH4 using ultraclean electron-cyclotron-resonance plasma processing, low-temperature Si epitaxy has been achieved even without external substrate heating for the first time. Ar plasma pre-exposure experiments have revealed that Ar ion energies lower than a few eV are favorable for Si epitaxy at low temperatures, in order to suppress plasma damage on the surface crystallinity. Furthermore, it has been found that addition of H-2 to the Ar plasma is extremely effective to remove the native oxide layer on the Si surface.
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