Influence of TiSi2 formation temperature on film thermal stability

This work is addressed to investigate thermal stability of a thin TiSi₂ film, that is its ability to resist degradation due to heat treatments at high temperatures. The study was carried out as a function of the formation RT treatment (675–750°C) at the end of a common process flow. Sheet resistance measurements were employed in order to evaluate this degradation. Electrical measures were performed on large and narrow poly-Si lines, on Van Der Pauw structures and on doped mono-Si substrates. An increase in sheet resistance value of an order of magnitude for silicide formed at temperatures below 700°C with respect to the one formed at temperatures above 700°C was found, particularly on poly-Si lines. The effect is detectable independently of the structure: it was observed also on 0.75-μm wide poly-Si lines, increasing when line width decreases. Different morphological analyses were carried out for investigating the influence of the formation temperature. We explain the increase of the final sheet resistance decreasing the formation temperature as a lower thermal stability of the TiSi₂ film, leading to a thermal grooving of the silicide grains.     

碳注入对 Ni0.95(Pt0.05)Si热稳定性影响探究

在两步快速热退火硅化之前,对硅衬底进行不同剂量的碳注入,以此探究碳对Ni0.95(Pt0.05)Si薄膜热稳定性的影响。与没有碳注入的比起来,1e15 cm-2和3e15 cm-2碳剂量注入得到的Ni0.95(Pt0.05)Si薄膜热稳定性分别被改善了100 oC和150 oC。通过方块电阻测量,XRD物相分析和SEM图像对比发现,沉淀在Ni0.95(Pt0.05)Si晶界处和Ni0.95(Pt0.05)Si/Si的界面处的碳原子是Ni0.95(Pt0.05)Si薄膜热稳定性提高的原因,而且碳的注入还在一定程度上改变了硅化反应中NiSi晶粒生长的择优取向。这些发现对Ni0.95(Pt0.05)Si:C材料的应用都将很有意义。     

Improvement of thermal stability of Ni silicide on N-Si by direct deposition of group III element (Al, B) thin film at Ni/Si interface

The direct deposition of a thin Al or B layer at Ni/Si interface was proposed as a new method to solve a problem of degraded thermal stability of Ni silicide on heavily doped N⁺-Si substrates. Significant improvement of thermal stability evaluated by the sheet resistance vs. silicidation temperature properties was observed. The improvement is attributed to suppression of agglomeration of the silicide layers. The Al layer was effective only when it was located at the Ni/Si interface before the silicidation process. The deposited Al and B layers under Ni layer segregated at the surface after the silicidation process. The use of B layer was preferable to control the phase transition from NiSi to NiSi₂.     

Analysis of irregular increase in sheet resistance of Ni silicides on transition from NiSi to NiSi2

The annealing conditions causing an irregular peak in sheet resistance of nickel silicides are investigated. It is found that the irregular rise in sheet resistance occurs at a critical temperature of 750-775 °C as a result of agglomeration related to phase transition from NiSi to NiSi₂. Experiments on the effect of temperature, heating rate and annealing duration in rapid thermal annealing revealed that the high-resistance state produced by annealing at the critical temperature could not be changed by subsequent annealing at higher temperature, and that the high-resistance state required 30-40 s at the critical temperature to form. Pre-annealing at 600 °C was found to suppress the later formation of the high-resistance state.     

Thermal stability of Ni silicide films on heavily doped n and p Si substrates

Electrical and structural properties of Ni silicide films formed at various temperatures ranged from 200 °C to 950 °C on both heavily doped n⁺ and p⁺ Si substrates were studied. It was found that surface morphology as well as the sheet resistance properties of the Ni silicide films formed on n⁺ and p⁺ Si substrates at the temperatures higher than 600 °C were very different. Agglomerations of Ni silicide films on n⁺ Si substrates begin to occur at around 600 °C while there is no agglomeration observed in Ni silicide films on p⁺ Si substrates up to a forming temperature of 700 °C. It was also found that the phase transition temperature from NiSi phase to NiSi₂ phase depend on substrate types; 900 °C for NiSi film on n⁺ Si substrate and 750 °C for NiSi film on p⁺ Si substrate, respectively. Our results show that the agglomeration is, especially, important factor in the process temperature dependency of the sheet resistance of Ni silicides formed on n⁺ Si substrates.     

硅基PbSe／BaF2／CaF2薄膜及其光电特性

采用分子束外延方法在Si(111)衬底上生长了PbSe/BaF2/CaF2薄膜,扫描电镜和X－光衍射分析显示,通过生长BaF2/CaF2缓冲层的方法,在Si(111)衬底上外延的PbSe薄膜晶体质量高,PbSe表面光亮,无形裂现象发生,X－光衍射峰峰宽窄（153arcs)。外延生长的PbSe薄膜被应用于制作光电二极管,首次采用热蒸发金属铝膜在PbSe表面形成Al-PbSe肖特基结光电二极管,获得了比Pb-PbSe肖特基结更为稳定和理想的电流－电压特性曲线。     

Measurements and modelling of thermal step current in GaN/SiO2/Si structure

In this work, we report results of measurement of space charge in GaN/SiO₂/Si structure by means of thermal step method (TSM) and capacitance-voltage (C-V). TSM is a non destructive method for quantifying and localizing the electric charges in insulating materials. Its principle consists to apply a low thermal step to a short-circuited or dc-biased sample and to record a current response, which depends on the charge present in the device. The C-V characteristics show an almost metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) behaviour and retention of charges after forward bias sweeping. The space charge dynamics in the structure are followed under low applied dc voltages. Results show a significant inversion of the TSM currents above applied voltage of 200 mV. A theoretical model is then presented in order to estimate the amount of the trapped charges and to interpret the variation of the TS currents as a function of the applied gate voltages.     

Thermal stability of compressively strained Si/relaxed Si1-xCx heterostructures formed on Ar ion implanted Si (100) substrates

Thermal stability of compressively strained Si/relaxed Si_1-xC_x heterostructure formed with the defect control by Ar ion implantation was investigated. It was found that compressive strain is sustained up to 900 °C without prominent change in surface roughness. From the X-ray diffraction reciprocal space mapping, it was found that relaxed Si_1-xC_x layer is stable up to at least 800 °C, and compressively strained Si_1-xC_x with relatively large thickness is formed by annealing at temperatures higher than 900 °C owing to redistribution of C atoms. These results indicate that the compressively strained Si/relaxed Si_1-xC_x heterostructure formed by Ar ion implantation technique is available up to at least 800 °C and has a potential to be used at more than 900 °C.     

Improved thermal stability of Ni-silicides on Si:C epitaxial layers

The thermal stability of Ni-silicides on tensily strained in situ P doped Si:C epitaxial layers was evaluated. The baseline Ni silicidation process was shown to be compatible with Si:C Recessed Source-Drain (RSD) stressors for NMOS strain engineering while the thermal stability of NiSi:C contacts was significantly improved compared to NiSi ones. Dominant degradation mechanism was shown to be the transition to the NiSi₂:C phase. It was demonstrated that the Si:C strain level affects the silicide formation but has no significant effect on the NiSi:C thermal stability. A mechanism responsible for the improved thermal stability of NiSi:C silicides is discussed.     

A Hafnium interlayer method to improve the thermal stability of NiSi film

The effect of a thin Hafnium interlayer on the thermal stability of NiSi film has been investigated. Both X-ray diffraction and Raman spectra show that no high resistivity NiSi₂ appears in the Hf-additioned films which were post-annealed at temperatures ranging from 600 °C to 800 °C. Auger electron spectroscopy and Rutherford back scattering show that the Hf interlayer has moved to the top of the film after rapid thermal annealing, working as the diffusion barrier for upper Ni atoms. The three-dimensional surface morphology by atom force microscopy shows that the agglomeration of NiSi is effectively suppressed, which is attributed to the barrier effect of the Hf interlayer. The fabricated Ni(Hf)Si/Si Schottky diodes still displays good current-voltage characteristics even after annealed at temperatures varied from 650 °C to 800 °C, which further show that the Hf interlayer can improve the thermal stability of NiSi.     

Raman investigation of lattice defects in the CoSi2 synthesis using focused ion beam implantation

CoSi₂ layers were produced by 70 keV Co focused ion implantation into Si(111). Within a comparative study the CoSi₂ layer quality and implantation damage were investigated as a function of pixel dwell-time and substrate temperature. Irradiation damage measurements were done by micro-Raman analysis. The results suggest that the dwell-time dependence of the CoSi₂ layer formation — continuous layers for short and disrupted ones for long dwell-times — is caused by an accordant transition from crystalline to amorphous silicon.     

SiC MOSFETs with thermally oxidized Ta2Si stacked on SiO2 as high-k gate insulator

In this paper, we compare the electrical characteristics of MOS capacitors and lateral MOSFETs with oxidized Ta₂Si (O-Ta₂Si) as a high-k dielectric on silicon carbide or stacked on thermally grown SiO₂ on SiC. MOS capacitors are used to determine the dielectric and interfacial properties of these insulators. We demonstrate that stacked SiO₂/O-Ta₂Si is an attractive solution for passivation of innovative SiC devices. Ta₂Si deposition and oxidation is totally compatible with standard SiC MOSFET fabrication materials and processing. We demonstrate correct transistor operation for stacked O-Ta₂Si on thin thermally grown SiO₂ oxides. However the channel mobility of such high-k MOSFETs must be improved investigating the interface properties further.     

Pt层对Ni/Si(100)固相反应NiSi薄膜高温稳定性的增强效应

研究了顺次淀积在 Si (10 0 )衬底上的 Ni/ Pt和 Pt/ Ni的固相硅化反应 .研究发现 ,当 1nm Pt作为中间层或覆盖层加入 Ni/ Si体系中时 ,延缓了 Ni Si向 Ni Si2 的转变 ,相变温度提高 .对于这种双层薄膜体系 ,80 0℃退火后 ,XRD测试未检测到 Ni Si2 相存在 ;85 0℃退火后的薄膜仍有一些 Ni Si衍射峰存在 . 80 0℃退火后的薄膜呈现较低的电阻率 ,在 2 3— 2 5 μΩ· cm范围 .上述薄膜较 Ni/ Si直接反应生成膜的热稳定性提高了 10 0℃以上 .这有利于Ni Si薄膜材料在 Si基器件制造中的应用 .     

电场激活压力辅助烧结对(Bi2Te3)0.2(Sb2Te3)0.8热电材料微观结构及热电性能的影响

采用电场激活压力辅助烧结（FAPAS）技术制备了(Bi2Te3)0.2(Sb2Te3)0.8热电材料,采用无电场、低电场强度和高电场强度三种烧结方式作为对比实验,研究了烧结过程中施加电场强度对(Bi2Te3)0.2(Sb2Te3)0.8热电材料微观结构和热电性能的影响。研究结果表明,在烧结过程中施加电场,可明显提高(Bi2Te3)0.2(Sb2Te3)0.8热电材料的电导率和Seebeck系数,从而提高其综合电功率因子;而采用大电场强度烧结则会使(Bi2Te3)0.2(Sb2Te3)0.8材料出现层状结构择优取向,在电性能相对较高的情况下亦使其热导率明显减低,从而获得较高ZT值。     

Characterization of crystalline MOCVD SrTiO3 films on SiO2/Si(100)

SrTiO₃ thin films (STO), were deposited on Si(100) covered by 2 nm of SiO₂, at different temperatures from 450 °C to 850 °C using liquid injection MOCVD, the bimetallic precursor being Sr₂Ti₂(OiPr)₈(tmhd)₄. The STO films were analysed by XRD, FTIR, SIMS and TEM. An amorphous layer was observed between STO and SiO₂/Si. The nature and thickness of the interlayer were determined, as well as the most favourable conditions for a good quality crystalline STO film, and a reduced interlayer.     

Characterization of the annealing impact on La2O3/HfO2 and HfO2/La2O3 stacks for MOS applications

The impact of various rapid thermal annealing used during the integration on the La₂O₃/HfO₂ and HfO₂/La₂O₃ stacks deposited by Atomic Layer deposition was analyzed. The consequences of lanthanum localization in such stacks on the evolution of the films during the rapid thermal annealing are investigated in term of morphology, crystalline structure, silicate formation and film homogeneity as a function of the depth. It appeared that the La₂O₃ location has an impact on the temperature of the quadratic phase formation which could be linked to the formation of SiOHfLa silicate and the resistance of the films to dissolution in HF 0.05 wt%.     

Co/a-GeSi/Ti/Si多层薄膜固相反应外延生长CoSi_2薄膜

研究了在 Co/Ti/Si结构中加入非晶 Ge Si层对 Co Si2 /Si异质固相外延的影响 ,用离子束溅射方法在Si衬底上制备 Co/Ge Si/Ti/Si结构多层薄膜 ,通过快速热退火使多层薄膜发生固相反应。采用四探针电阻仪、AES、XRD、RBS等方法进行测试。实验表明 ,利用 Co/Ge Si/Ti/Si固相反应形成的 Co Si2 薄膜具有良好的外延特性和电学特性 ,Ti中间层和非晶 Ge Si中间层具有促进和改善 Co Si2 外延质量 ,减少衬底耗硅量的作用。Ge原子的存在能够改善外延 Co Si2 薄膜的晶格失配率     

(Bi,Pb)2Sr2CaCu2O8薄膜的激光感生电压效应

采用紫外脉冲激光沉积技术和高低温沉积工艺,在LaAlO3(100)平衬底及倾斜衬底上成功制备了c轴取向的(Bi,Pb)2Sr2CaCu2O8[(Bi,Pb)-2212]薄膜;研究了在倾斜LaAlO3(100)单晶衬底上生长的(Bi,Pb)-2212薄膜激光感生热电电压信号与沉积条件及入射激光能量的关系。为避免(Bi,Pb)-2212薄膜被激光剥蚀或蒸发,还初步研究了MgO保护层对(Bi,Pb)-2212薄膜激光感生电压信号的作用,结果表明MgO层能够显著增强激光感生热电电压效应。     

Effect of heat transfer on the C49–C54 phase transformation in TiSi2 thin film

In this paper, the effect of heat transfer on the C49–C54 phase transformation in TiSi₂ thin film was investigated for the first time. Variation of the height of the chamber in the furnace during the annealing process was found to affect the sheet resistance (Rs) value of TiSi₂. By employing a moderate height of the annealing chamber, which makes it possible for the gas molecules inside to be more turbulent, the reduction of Rs can be achieved. From the standpoint of heat transfer theory, it has been proved in this paper that the enhancement of the thermal energy exchange between the wafer and the surrounding ambient contributes to the low resistivity C54 phase formation.