Formation of high quality ultrathin oxide/nitride (ON) stacked capacitors by in situ multiple rapid thermal processing [DRAM cells]

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 348-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.K. Han ◽  
C.W. Yoon ◽  
J. Kim ◽  
J. Yan ◽  
D.L. Kwong
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Processing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Processing ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Ultrathin Oxide

Ultra Thin High Quality Ta2O5 Gate Dielectrics Prepared by In-situ Rapid Thermal Processing

1999 ◽  
Vol 567 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. F. Luan ◽  
S. J. Lee ◽  
C. H. Lee ◽  
A. Y. Mao ◽  
R. Vrtis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leakage Current ◽  
Thermal Processing ◽  
Gate Dielectrics ◽  
Rapid Thermal Processing ◽  
Interface Properties ◽  
High Quality

ABSTRACTIn this paper, ultra thin CVD Ta2O5 stacked gate dielectrics (Teq∼14Å-22Å) was fabricated by in-situ RTP processing. The leakage current of Ta2O5 devices is 103× lower leakage current compared to SiO2 of identical thickness for devices with Teq between 18Å-22Å. While Teq<18Å, the leakage current follows same train and J∼10−3A/cm2 for Ta2O5 stacked gate dielectrics with Teq=14Å. Superior interface properties and reliability have been obtained.

Temperature Monitoring by Ripple Pyrometry in Rapid Thermal Processing

1996 ◽  
Vol 429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binh Nguyenphu ◽  
Minseok Oh ◽  
Anthony T. Fiory
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Control ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Thermal Processing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Processing ◽  
Back Side ◽  
Integrated Circuit Manufacturing ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Processing Steps ◽  
Electrical Data

AbstractCurrent trends of silicon integrated circuit manufacturing demand better temperature control in various thermal processing steps. Rapid thermal processing (RTP) has become a key technique because its single wafer process can accommodate the reduced thermal budget requirements arising from shrinking the dimensions of devices and the trend to larger wafers. However, temperature control by conventional infrared pyrometry, which is highly dependent on wafer back side conditions, is insufficiently accurate for upcoming technologies. Lucent Technologies Inc., formerly known as AT&T Microelectronics and AT&T Bell Laboratories, has developed a powerful real-time pyrometry technique using the A/C ripple signal from heating lamps for in-situ temperature measurement. Temperature and electrical data from device wafers have been passively collected by ripple pyrometers in three RTP systems and analyzed. In this paper we report the statistical analysis of ripple temperature and electrical data from device wafers for a typical implant anneal process temperature range of 900 to 1000 °C.

Polysilicon Emitter Transistors Manufactured using a Novel Limited Reaction Processing System

1989 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Ruddell ◽  
Colin Parkes ◽  
B Mervyn Armstrong ◽  
Harold S Gamble
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Processing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Processing ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Bipolar Transistors ◽  
Native Oxide ◽  
Plasma Oxidation ◽  
Oxide Removal ◽  
Polysilicon Emitter ◽  
Reaction Processing

ABSTRACTThis paper describes a LPCVD reactor which was developed for multiple sequential in-situ processing. The system is capable of rapid thermal processing in the presence of plasma stimulation and has been used for native oxide removal, plasma oxidation and silicon deposition. Polysilicon layers produced by the system are incorporated into N-P-N polysilicon emitter bipolar transistors. These devices fabricated using a sequential in-situ plasma clean-polysilicon deposition schedule exhibited uniform gains limited to that of long single crystal emitters. Devices with either plasma grown or native oxide layers below the polysilicon exhibited much higher gains. The suitability of the system for sequential and limited reaction processing has been established.

Rapid thermal processing chamber for in-situ x-ray diffraction

2015 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 013902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Imteyaz Ahmad ◽  
Douglas G. Van Campen ◽  
Jeremy D. Fields ◽  
Jiafan Yu ◽  
Vanessa L. Pool ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Processing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Processing ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray

In-Situ Processing of Silicon Dielectrics by Rapid Thermal Processing: Cleaning, Growth, and Annealing

1987 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Nulman
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Processing ◽  
Silicon Surface ◽  
Rapid Thermal Processing ◽  
Oxide Growth ◽  
Surface Chemical ◽  
Native Oxides ◽  
Wafer Cleaning ◽  
In Situ Processing ◽  
Kinetics Of

ABSTRACTThe in-situ processing of silicon dielectrics by rapid thermal processing (RTP) is described. RTP includes here three basic sequentially performed processes: wafer cleaning, oxidation and annealing. The insitu cleaning allows for reduction of chemical and native oxides and silicon surface chemical polish, resulting in interface density of states as low as 5×l09 cm-2eV-1. Kinetics of oxide growth indicates an activation energy of 1.4 eV for the initial linear oxidation rate.

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