In situ temperature measurement by infrared absorption for low-temperature epitaxial growth of homo- and hetero-epitaxial layers on silicon

1990 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 1051-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Sturm ◽  
P. V. Schwartz ◽  
P. M. Garone
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Temperature Measurement ◽  
Epitaxial Growth ◽  
Infrared Absorption ◽  
Epitaxial Layers

A Pictorial Tracking of Basal Plane Dislocations in SiC Epitaxy

2010 ◽  
Vol 645-648 ◽  
pp. 271-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Stahlbush ◽  
Rachael L. Myers-Ward ◽  
Brenda L. VanMil ◽  
D. Kurt Gaskill ◽  
Charles R. Eddy
Keyword(s):  
Epitaxial Growth ◽  
Basal Plane ◽  
Reduction Process ◽  
Epitaxial Layers ◽  
In Situ Growth ◽  
Half Loop ◽  
Insight Into

The recently developed technique of UVPL imaging has been used to track the path of basal plane dislocations (BPDs) in SiC epitaxial layers. The glide of BPDs during epitaxial growth has been observed and the role of this glide in forming half-loop arrays has been examined. The ability to track the path of BPDs through the epitaxy has made it possible to develop a BPD reduction process for epitaxy grown on 8° offcut wafers, which uses an in situ growth interrupt and has achieved a BPD reduction of > 98%. The images also provide insight into the strong BPD reduction that typically occurs in epitaxy grown on 4° offcut wafers.

Low Temperature Device Processing Technology for II-VI Semiconductors

1989 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.L. Dreifus ◽  
R.M. Kolbas ◽  
B.P. Sneed ◽  
J.F. Schetzina
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Epitaxial Layers ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
Device Processing ◽  
Device Structures ◽  
Lift Off ◽  
Processing Steps

ABSTRACTLow temperature (<60° C) processing technologies that avoid potentially damaging processing steps have been developed for devices fabricated from II-VI semiconductor epitaxial layers grown by photoassisted molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). These low temperature technologies include: 1) photolithography (1 µm geometries), 2) calibrated etchants (rates as low as 30 Å/s), 3) a metallization lift-off process employing a photoresist profiler, 4) an interlevel metal dielectric, and 5) an insulator technology for metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structures. A number of first demonstration devices including field-effect transistors and p-n junctions have been fabricated from II-VI epitaxial layers grown by photoassisted MBE and processed using the technology described here. In this paper, two advanced device structures, processed at <60° C, will be presented: 1) CdTe:As-CdTe:In p-n junction detectors, grown in situ by photoassisted MBE, and 2) HgCdTe-HgTe-CdZnTe quantum-well modulation-doped field-effect transistors (MODFETs).

Low-Temperature Epitaxial Growth of IN-Situ HeavilY B-Doped Si1-xGex, Films Using Ultraclean LPCVD

1998 ◽  
Vol 533 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Morrya ◽  
M. Sakuraba ◽  
T. Matsuura ◽  
J. Murota ◽  
I. Kawashima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Partial Pressure ◽  
Epitaxial Growth ◽  
Lattice Constant ◽  
Deposition Rate ◽  
Epitaxial Films ◽  
Similar Degree ◽  
Gas Mixture ◽  
Heavy Doping

AbstractIn-situ heavy doping of B into Si1-xGex epitaxial films on the Si(100) substrate have been investigated at 550°C in a SiH4(6.0Pa)-GeH4(0.1−6.0Pa)-B2H6(1.25 ×10−5−3.75 × 10−2Pa)-H2(17–24Pa) gas mixture by using an ultraclean hot-wall low-pressure CVD system. The deposition rate increased with increasing GeH4 partial pressure, and it decreased with increasing B2H6 partial pressure only at the higher GeH4 partial pressure. As the B2H6 partial pressure increased, the Ge fraction scarcely changed although the lattice constant of the film decreased. These characteristics can be explained by the suppression of both the SiH4 and GeH4 adsorption/reactions in a similar degree due to B2H6 adsorption on the Si-Ge and/or Ge-Ge bond sites. The B concentration in the film increased proportionally up to 1022cm3 with increasing B2H6 partial pressure.

Chloride-Based CVD at High Rates of 4H-SiC on On-Axis Si-Face Substrates

2011 ◽  
Vol 679-680 ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Leone ◽  
Yuan Chih Lin ◽  
Franziska Christine Beyer ◽  
Sven Andersson ◽  
Henrik Pedersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epitaxial Growth ◽  
Doping Concentration ◽  
Epitaxial Layers ◽  
Power Devices ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Homoepitaxial Growth ◽  
Basal Plane Dislocation ◽  
Background Doping ◽  
Quality Material

The epitaxial growth at 100 µm/h on on-axis 4H-SiC substrates is demonstrated in this study. Chloride-based CVD, which has been shown to be a reliable process to grow SiC epitaxial layers at rates above 100 µm/h on off-cut substrates, was combined with silane in-situ etching. A proper tuning of C/Si and Cl/Si ratios and the combination of different chlorinated precursors resulted in the homoepitaxial growth of 4H-SiC on Si-face substrates at high rates. Methyltrichlorosilane, added with silane, ethylene and hydrogen chloride were employed as precursors to perform epitaxial growths resulting in very low background doping concentration and high quality material, which could be employed for power devices structure on basal-plane-dislocation-free epitaxial layers.

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
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Epitaxial Growth ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Epitaxial Layers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Transmission Electron

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.

The Viability of GeH4‐Based In Situ Clean for Low Temperature Silicon Epitaxial Growth

1996 ◽  
Vol 143 (7) ◽  
pp. 2387-2391 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.‐L. Wang ◽  
S. Unnikrishnan ◽  
B.‐Y. Kim ◽  
D.‐L. Kwong ◽  
A. F. Tasch
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Epitaxial Growth

Morphology Control, Dopant Incorporation, and Selective Epitaxial Growth of 4H-SiC at Low Temperatures Using CH3Cl Growth Precursor

2006 ◽  
Vol 911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Koshka ◽  
Bharat Krishnan ◽  
Huang-De Lin ◽  
Galyna Melnychuk
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Epitaxial Growth ◽  
Growth Surface ◽  
Epitaxial Layers ◽  
Selective Epitaxial Growth ◽  
Dopant Incorporation ◽  
Nitrogen Donor ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Silicon Vapor

AbstractLow-temperature homoepitaxial growth of 4H-SiC using halo-carbon precursors was further investigated to address the problems limiting increase of the growth rate of the defect-free epilayers at growth temperatures below 1300°C. Enhanced etching of Si clusters in the gas phase was achieved by adding HCl during the low-temperature growth. The effective Si/C ratio above the growth surface was increased as a result of reduced depletion of silicon vapor species by cluster condensation, which resulted in drastically improved epilayer morphology and significant increase of the growth rate. An intentional insitu nitrogen doping of epitaxial layers during 1300°C growth on Si and C faces revealed more than an order of magnitude higher nitrogen donor incorporation in the C-face epitaxial layers. Finally, a feasibility of selective epitaxial growth using low-temperature masking materials such as SiO2 was demonstrated.

Morphology Optimization of Very Thick 4H-SiC Epitaxial Layers

2013 ◽  
Vol 740-742 ◽  
pp. 251-254
Author(s):  
Milan Yazdanfar ◽  
Pontus Stenberg ◽  
Ian D. Booker ◽  
Ivan.G Ivanov ◽  
Henrik Pedersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Epitaxial Growth ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Epitaxial Layers ◽  
Power Devices ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor ◽  
Thick Layers

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.

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