Si. I-x-y. GexCy Film Formation by Pulsed Excimer Laser Crystallization of Heavily Ge and C Implanted Silicon

1994 ◽  
Vol 354 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Fogarassy ◽  
D. Dentel ◽  
JJ. Grob ◽  
B. Prévot ◽  
J.P. Stoquert ◽  
...  

AbstractWe investigate, for the first time, the possibility to crystallize heavily Ge and C implanted silicon substrates by excimer-laser annealing performed in the molten regime. It is demonstrated that the crystalline quality of the laser grown SiGeC alloys strongly depends on the initial dose of implanted carbon.

1994 ◽  
Vol 321 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kuriyama ◽  
K. Sano ◽  
S. Ishida ◽  
T. Nohda ◽  
Y. Aya ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe have succeeded in obtaining nondoped, thin poly-Si film (thickness ∼500Å) with excellent crystallinity and large grain size (Maximum grain size ∼4.5 μ m) by an excimer laser annealing Method, which offers the features of low-temperature processing and a short processing time. The grain size distribution shrinks in the region around 1.5 μ m and this poly-Si film exhibits a strong (111) crystallographic orientation. Poly-Si thin film transistors using these films show quite a high field effect mobility of 440cm2/V · s below 600°C process.


2013 ◽  
Vol 811 ◽  
pp. 177-180
Author(s):  
Jyh Liang Wang ◽  
Chun Chien Tsai ◽  
Chuan Chou Hwang ◽  
Tsang Yen Hsieh

High performance and device uniformity n-channel low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) bottom-gate (BG) thin film transistors (TFTs) with artificially-controlled lateral grain growth have been performed by excimer laser crystallization (ELC). The BG TFTs (W/L = 1.5 μm/1.5 μm) demonstrate field-effect-mobility of 323 cm2/Vs and high Ion/Ioff of 9.5 × 108. The proposed BG TFTs reveal the superior electrical characteristics, device uniformity, and reliability than conventional top-gate ones.


1988 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Georgakilas ◽  
M. Fatemi ◽  
L. Fotiadis ◽  
A. Christou

AbstractOne micron thick AlAs/GaAs structures have been deposited by molecular beam epitaxy onto high resistivity silicon substrates. Subsequent to deposition, it is shown that Excimer laser annealing up to 120mJ/cm2 at 248nm improves the GaAs mobility to approximately 2000cm2 /v-s. Dislocation density, however, did not decrease up to 180mJ/cm2 showing that improvement in transport properties may not be accompanied by an associated decrease in dislocation density at the GaAs/Si interface.


MRS Bulletin ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 461-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.C. van der Wilt ◽  
M.G. Kane ◽  
A.B. Limanov ◽  
A.H. Firester ◽  
L. Goodman ◽  
...  

AbstractLow-defect-density polycrystalline Si on flexible substrates can be instrumental in realizing the full potential of macroelectronics. Direct deposition or solid-phase crystallization techniques are often incompatible with polymers and produce materials with high defect densities. Excimer-laser annealing is capable of producing films of reasonable quality directly on polymer and metallic substrates. Sequential lateral solidification (SLS) is an advanced pulsed-laser-crystallization technique capable of producing Si films on polymers with lower defect density than can be obtained via excimer-laser annealing. Circuits built directly on polymers using these SLS films show the highest performance reported to date.


1999 ◽  
Vol 557 ◽  
Author(s):  
C-M Park ◽  
M-C Lee ◽  
J-H Jeon ◽  
M-K Han

AbstractExcimer laser annealing technique is proposed to increase the grain size and controlling the microstructure of polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin film. Our method is based on the lateral grain growth during laser annealing. Our specific grid ion beam irradiation method was designed to maximize the lateral growth effect and arrange the location of grain boundaries. We observed well-arranged poly-Si grains up to micrometer order by transmission electron microscopy (TEM).


1999 ◽  
Vol 558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Hong Jeon ◽  
Kee-Chan Park ◽  
Ji-Hoon Kang ◽  
Min-Cheol Lee ◽  
Min-Koo Han

ABSTARCTExcimer laser annealing method employing artificial nucleation seed is proposed to increase the grain size of polycrystalline silicon(poly-Si). We utilize Si component incorporated in aluminum(Al)-sputtering source for the nucleation seed. Si clusters which are to be used as nucleation seed are successfully formed on the substrate by deposition and etch-back of Si-incorporated Al layer. Irradiation of excimer laser on amorphous silicon(a-Si) film deposited on the substrate prepared by our method results in enlargement of poly-Si grains, compared with conventional laser recrystallization. Poly-Si thin film transistor also shows much improved electrical perfbrmance which directly reflects the quality of poly-Si film recrystallized by our method.


1986 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sameshima ◽  
S. Usui

AbstractMo-gate n-channel poly-Si TFTs have been fabricated for the first time at a low processing temperature of 26°C. 500 to 1000A thick a-Si:H was successfully crystallized by pulsed XeCl excimer laser (308nm) annealing without heating the glass substrate. The channel mobility of the TFT was 180 cm2/V.sec when the a-Si:H was annealed at energy density of 200 mJ/cm2.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1426 ◽  
pp. 239-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Im

ABSTRACTIn this paper, we present an example of a new generation of laser-crystallization approaches that can crystallize Si films for large active-matrix displays at drastically increased effective crystallization rates. The particular scheme presented in this paper is referred to as the advanced excimer-laser-annealing (AELA) method, and it can be readily configured for manufacturing large OLED TVs using various available and field-proven technical components. As in ELA, it is mostly a partial-/near-complete-melting-regime-based crystallization approach; AELA can, however, eventually achieve greater than one order of magnitude increase in the effective rate of crystallization over that of the conventional ELA technique utilizing the same laser source. We discuss in this paper how and why such a dramatic increase can be attained, and some strategical and technological benefits and options that can be entertained regarding, and as a result of the availability of, the AELA technique.


1996 ◽  
Vol 452 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Boher ◽  
M. Stehle ◽  
J. L. Stehle ◽  
E. Fogarassy ◽  
J. J. Grob ◽  
...  

AbstractEpitaxial Si(1-y)Cy substitutional alloy layers are prepared on monocrystalline silicon substrates by carbon multiple energy ion implantation followed by XeCl excimer laser annealing on large surfaces. Structural analysis of the films before and after laser annealing are made very precisely using spectroscopie ellipsometry (SE), x-ray diffraction (XRD) and Rutherford backscattering (RBS) techniques. We show that annealing energy densities higher than 2J/cm2 result in monocrystalline epitaxial layers with low quantity of defects. The lattice contraction due to the carbon inclusion increases with the implanted C concentration up to about 1.1%. For higher values a more complex behaviour is observed with partial (or total) relaxation of the layer and/or carbide formation‥


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