Suppression of substrate oxidation during ozone based atomic layer deposition of Al2O3: Effect of ozone flow rate

2010 ◽  
Vol 97 (16) ◽  
pp. 162903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhee Kwon ◽  
Min Dai ◽  
Mathew D. Halls ◽  
Yves. J. Chabal
2006 ◽  
Vol 252 (16) ◽  
pp. 5723-5734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaan Aarik ◽  
Aleks Aidla ◽  
Aarne Kasikov ◽  
Hugo Mändar ◽  
Raul Rammula ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 727 ◽  
pp. 907-914
Author(s):  
Wen Hui Tang ◽  
Yi Jia ◽  
Bo Cheng Zhang ◽  
Chang Wei Yang ◽  
You Zhi Qu ◽  
...  

Polycrystalline GaN thin films were successfully grown at low temperature (250 °C) by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition with NH3, N2, N2/H2 gas mixture and trimethylgallium (TMG) as precusor. The growth rate, crystal structure, surface composition and the valence state of the corresponding element of the GaN thin films using different nitrogen sources were characterized and examined systematically via the spectroscopic ellipsometry, the x-ray diffractometer, the x-ray photoel-ectron spectrometer. It is showed that all the GaN thin films using different nitrogen sources were polycrystalline structure and the preffered orientation were mainly (100). The films using N2 and N2/H2 gas mixture had a higher crystal quality than films using NH3. The GPC (growth rate per cycle) would increase with the increase of the N2 flow rate. The films using a suitable ratio of N2/H2 flow rate had not only a high GPC but a good crystal quality. The ratios of Ga/N element of the films using N2/H2 gas mixture were approximated to 1:1, it would increase with the ratio of the N2/H2 flow rate in the gas mixture, which is showing much effect of the ratios of N2/H2 flow rate on the nitrogen content of the thin films.


Author(s):  
Emeka Charles Nwanna ◽  
Rigardt Alfred Maarten Coetzee ◽  
Tien-Chien Jen

Abstract This paper investigates the purge flow rate in a reactor scale simulation of an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) process. A three-dimensional numerical analysis approach was implemented in the ALD process to fabricate thin films of aluminium oxide (Al2O3). Despite the abundance of literature on the specific use of, and increase in deposited material through the process of ALD, limited studies exist on the physical and chemical processes that occur during the growth of ALD. Previous literature has indicated that purging has presented a major challenge in the effective deposition rate of the ALD process. The precise purge flow rate has also been greatly contended. The importance of the purge sequence within the ALD process cannot be overemphasized. The term purge sequence refers to the essential property that defines the ALD advanced nano-fabrication technique in producing ultra-thin film. Therefore, this study focused on the purge flow rate effects of the ALD process. The reactants employed in the simulation process were trimethyl-aluminium (TMA) and ozone (O3) as the metal and oxidant precursors, respectively, and inert argon as the purge gas. Numerical simulations were carried out at a stable operating pressure of 1 torr, with a substrate temperature of 200°C, and three purge flow rates of 20, 10 and 5 sccm, respectively. An extended ozone exposure is crucial to in providing an adequately oxidized substrate. It is discovered that the 5 sccm flow rate shows, superior mass fractions, unity surface coverage and a time extensive surface deposition rate. The 20 sccm, 10 sccm and 5 sccm purge flow rate growth obtained a 0.58, 0.92, and 1.6 Å/cycle, respectively. The findings revealed close similarities to experimental behaviours and recorded growth.


2013 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. 323-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jheng-Ming Huang ◽  
Ching-Shun Ku ◽  
Hsin-Yi Lee ◽  
Chih-Ming Lin ◽  
San-Yuan Chen

2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (25) ◽  
pp. 252110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myungjin Park ◽  
Jaehyoung Koo ◽  
Jinwoo Kim ◽  
Hyeongtag Jeon ◽  
Choelhwyi Bae ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 426 ◽  
pp. 224-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo-Cheng Lin ◽  
Ching-Shun Ku ◽  
Hsin-Yi Lee ◽  
Subhendu Chakroborty ◽  
Albert T. Wu

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-71
Author(s):  
Degao Wang ◽  
Qing Huang ◽  
Weiqun Shi ◽  
Wei You ◽  
Thomas J. Meyer

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