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Lecture 6EE143 S06
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Effect of Xi on Wafer Topography
SiO2 SiO2 Xi
1 32
Si
less oxide grownless Si consumed
more oxide grownmore Si consumed
32
1
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Factors Influencing Thermal Oxidation
– Temperature– Ambient Type (Dry O2, Steam, HCl)– Ambient Pressure– Substrate Crystallographic Orientation– Substrate Doping
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High Pressure Oxidation
B/A = CA / [N1(1/ks+1/h)] ∝ CA∝ PG
B = 2DCA / N1 ∝ CA∝ PG
When PG increases, both B and B/A will increase.Therefore oxidation rate increases.
1) The oxidation temperature can be reduced if the pressureis increased, to achieve a given oxidation rate2) To grow a given oxide thickness at same temperature,time can be reduced
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High Doping Concentration Effect
* highly doped Si has more vacancies
SiO2 Si
ks
vacancies
n+
nn+
n
Coefficients for dry oxidation at 900oC as function of surface Phosphorus concentration
SiO2
Dry oxidation, 900oC
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SiO2 Si
F1 F2 F3
ks
(111)
(100)
t
log Xox
Substrate Orientation Effect
Reason:(111) surface has more Si bonds than (100) Surface
* difference moreobvious for thin oxides
orientation
Xox
most IC’s made with (100) Si
(100)
(110)
(111)* difference moreobvious for thin oxides
orientation
Xox
most IC’s made with (100) Si
(100)
(110)
(111)
ks(111) > (ks(100)
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Transmission Electron Micrograph of Si/SiO2 Interface
AmorphousSiO2
CrystallineSi
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Thermal Oxide Charges
potassium
sodium
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To minimize Interface Charges Qf and Qit
•Use inert gas ambient (Ar or N2) when cooling down at end of oxidation step
•A final annealing step at 400-450oC is performed with 10%H2+90%N2 ambient (“forming gas”) after the IC metallization step.
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• Introduction of halogen species during oxidatione.g. add ~1- 5% HCl or TCE (trichloroethylene) to O2
→ reduction in metallic contamination→ improved SiO2/Si interface properties
MClClM →+
Na+ or K+ in SiO2 are mobile!
SiO2
Cl2
SiNa+
K+
Oxidation with Chlorine-containing Gas
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222 ClOHOHCl +→+
Effect of HCl on Oxidation Rate
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Dependence of B/A and B on Processing Parameters Linear Constant B/A Parabolic Constant B
Oxidation Pressure linear with oxygen pressure (actually ∝ P 0.8 )
linear with oxygen pressure
Steam versus O2 larger for steam oxidation larger for steam oxidation
Si crystal orientation B/A(111):B/A(100) = 1.68:1 independent of orientation Dopant type and concentration in Si
increases with dopant concentration
insensitive
Addition of Cl-containing gas in oxidation ambient
insensitive increases
Xox2 (t) + A Xox(t) = B (t + τ)
SUMMARY of Deal Grove Model
The growth rate dXox
dt = B
A+2Xox slows down as Xox increases
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Local Oxidation of Si [LOCOS]
Si
Si3N4 (CVD)
~100A SiO2 (thermal) - pad oxideto release mechanical stress
between nitride and Si.
“bird’s beak”
SiO2
SiXox
∆
∆ ≈ 1.1 - 1.5 Xox
Thermal oxidation
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Si substrate is etched to a depth of ~1/2 the intended grown oxide thickness
Grown oxide surfaceis approximatelyplanar with substrate surface
Fully Recessed LOCOS
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SiO2 Si
C2CB
C1CB (uniform)
x
conc.Si e. g. B, P, As, Sb.
Segregation Coefficient
m ≡equilibrium dopant conc. in Siequilibrium dopant conc. in SiO2
=CC
1
2
Fixed ratio
Dopant Redistribution during Thermal Oxidation
(can be>1 or <1)
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Four Cases of Interest
(A) m < 1 and dopant diffuses slowly in SiO2
SiO2 SiC2
CB
C1
D e. g. B (m = 0.3)
flux loss through SiO2 surface not considered here.
B will be depleted near Si interface.
⇒
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(B) m > 1, slow diffusion in SiO2.
SiO2 Si
C2CB
C1
e.g. P, As, Sb
⇒ dopant piling up near Si interfacefor P, As & Sb
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C1
(C) m < 1, fast diffusion in SiO2
SiO2 Si
C2 CB
e. g. B, oxidize with presence of H2
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(D) m > 1, fast diffusion in SiO2
SiO2 Si
C2
CB
C1e. g. Ga (m=20)
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Thin Oxide Growth
t
The Deal-Grove model provides excellent agreement with experimental data except for thin (<20 nm) SiO2 grown in O2
25 nm
Xox
=> For thick oxides grown in O2 on bare Si,assume Xi =25 nm when using the D-G equations
LX
ox
oxox
CeXA
Bdt
dX −
++
=2
When Xoxbecomes large,additional term becomes zero
∝ t
∝ t 1/ 2
L ~ 7nm
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Polycrystalline Si Oxidation
poly-Si
grain boundaries (have lots of defects).
SiO2
roughnesswith Xox
fast slower
a
b
Overall growth rateis higher than single-crystal Si
SiO2
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SchematicIllustration of ThermalOxidation ofSi-containing materialsin which SiO2 is the finalreaction product
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2-Dimensional oxidation effects
(110)
(100)
(100)
Thinner oxideThickeroxide
(100)(110)
Mechanical stress created by SiO2 volume expansion also affects oxide growth rate(if interested, see Kao et al, International Electron Devices Meeting Digest, 1985, p.388)
Si cylinder
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