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Title: The ECR-plasma deposition of silicon nitride on a tunnel oxide

Abstract

Gate dielectric-quality silicon nitride films were deposited on a tunnel oxide from an SiH{sub 4}/N{sub 2} gas mixture using an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma. Electrical characteristics depend not only upon the quality of the nitride film but also upon the state of the interfacial oxide. Quasi-static and 1 MHz capacitance-voltage measurements show that a nitride film deposited at 200{degrees}C on 2 nm thick thermally-grown oxide (tunnel oxide) on an unbiased Si substrate has an interface state density of 1.5 {times} 10{sup 11} /cm{sup 2}-eV. Time-of-flight elastic recoil detection (TOF-ERD) was used to examine the level of mixing between the tunnel oxide and the deposited silicon nitride as a function of bias voltage. TOF-ERD showed that for an applied bias of {minus}350 V (ion energy {approx} 380 eV), the deposition of a 10 nm thick film was completely mixed to form an oxynitride whereas the tunnel oxide remained intact for an unbiased sample. (Interdiffusion resulting from energetic-beam heating was ruled-out as a possibility for the mixing.) 13 refs., 4 figs.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
  2. Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5606425
Report Number(s):
SAND-90-3100C; CONF-910406-25
ON: DE91014665
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-76DP00789
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Spring meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), Anaheim, CA (USA), 29 Apr - 3 May 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; SILICON NITRIDES; ENERGY BEAM DEPOSITION; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE; LANGMUIR PROBE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NITROGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC PROBES; ELEMENTS; MATERIALS; NITRIDES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NONMETALS; PNICTIDES; PROBES; RESONANCE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE COATING; 656003* - Condensed Matter Physics- Interactions between Beams & Condensed Matter- (1987-); 360201 - Ceramics, Cermets, & Refractories- Preparation & Fabrication

Citation Formats

Barbour, J C, Stein, H J, and Outten, C A. The ECR-plasma deposition of silicon nitride on a tunnel oxide. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
Barbour, J C, Stein, H J, & Outten, C A. The ECR-plasma deposition of silicon nitride on a tunnel oxide. United States.
Barbour, J C, Stein, H J, and Outten, C A. 1991. "The ECR-plasma deposition of silicon nitride on a tunnel oxide". United States.
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abstractNote = {Gate dielectric-quality silicon nitride films were deposited on a tunnel oxide from an SiH{sub 4}/N{sub 2} gas mixture using an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma. Electrical characteristics depend not only upon the quality of the nitride film but also upon the state of the interfacial oxide. Quasi-static and 1 MHz capacitance-voltage measurements show that a nitride film deposited at 200{degrees}C on 2 nm thick thermally-grown oxide (tunnel oxide) on an unbiased Si substrate has an interface state density of 1.5 {times} 10{sup 11} /cm{sup 2}-eV. Time-of-flight elastic recoil detection (TOF-ERD) was used to examine the level of mixing between the tunnel oxide and the deposited silicon nitride as a function of bias voltage. TOF-ERD showed that for an applied bias of {minus}350 V (ion energy {approx} 380 eV), the deposition of a 10 nm thick film was completely mixed to form an oxynitride whereas the tunnel oxide remained intact for an unbiased sample. (Interdiffusion resulting from energetic-beam heating was ruled-out as a possibility for the mixing.) 13 refs., 4 figs.},
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