Stress Controlled Silicon Nitride Thin Film Deposited by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition

SiN, films are deposited on silicon wafers through plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition （PECVD）. The relationship between the film stress and deposition factors is investigated. It is found that low stress films would be obtained by adjusting the ratio of low frequency（LF） power to high frequency（HF） power pulse time or the chamber pressure. The best of the two methods to control stress in the film is changing the percentage of LF power pulse time. The low stress condition is achieved when the percentage of low frequency power pulse time in total time（LF and HF pulse time） is close to 40%, The low stress cantilever of tunable vertical cavity surface emitting laser is obtained by using this deposition condition,     

低应力PECVD氮化硅薄膜的制备

研究了等离子增强化学气相淀积(PECVD)工艺中射频条件(功率和频率)对氮化硅薄膜应力的影响.对于不同射频条件下薄膜的测试结果表明:低频(LF)时氮化硅薄膜处于压应力,高频(HF)时处于张应力,且相同功率时低频的沉积速率和应力分别为高频时的两倍左右;在此基础上采用不同高低频时间比的混频工艺实现了对氮化硅薄膜应力的调控,且在高低频时间比为5:1时获得了应力仅为10 MVa的极低应力氮化硅薄膜.     

PECVD法氮化硅薄膜生长工艺的研究

采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积法(PECVD),在单晶硅衬底(100)上成功制备了不同生长工艺条件下的氮化硅薄膜。分别采用XP-2台阶仪、椭圆偏振仪等手段测试了薄膜的厚度、折射率、生长速率等参数。并采用原子力显微镜(AFM)研究了薄膜的表面形貌。结果表明,温度和射频功率是影响薄膜生长速率的主要因素,生长速率变化幅度可以达到230nm/min甚至更高。对于薄膜折射率和成分影响最大的是NH3流量,折射率变化范围可以达到2.7～1.86。分析得出受工艺参数调控的薄膜生长速率对薄膜的性质有重要影响。     

原位SiN_x掩膜生长GaN材料的应力及其对光学性质的影响(英文)

研究了以金属有机化学气相沉积方法生长在SiNx掩模层的GaN的应力状态,以及应力对光学性质的影响。通过微区拉曼光谱对应力进行了表征,结果显示,随着SiNx掩模淀积时间的增加,其上生长的GaN应力会相应地,释放。相应地,低温光致发光测试显示,施主束缚激子发光峰峰位出现明显的红移。我们认为,随着SiNx掩模淀积时间的增加,掩模覆盖度的增大,促进了侧向外延的生长,释放了压应力,进而影响了材料的光学性质。     

基板支撑梢对TFT栅界面SiN_x和a-Si成膜特性的影响

采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积法(PECVD)制得氮化硅和氢化非晶硅薄膜,对PECVD设备中基板支撑梢区域的膜质进行了研究。结果显示基板支撑梢对氮化硅薄膜的影响是:基板支撑梢区域的膜厚(沉积速率)高于非基板支撑梢区域,氢含量及[SiH/NH]值高于非基板支撑梢;对氢化非晶硅薄膜的影响是:基板支撑梢区域的膜厚(沉积速率)小于非基板支撑梢区域,氢含量高于非基板支撑梢。并对成膜影响的机理进行了分析讨论。     

沉积、退火条件以及刻蚀液对PECVD氮化硅薄膜湿法刻蚀速率的影响

The influence of deposition, annealing conditions, and etchants on the wet etch rate of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition （PECVD） silicon nitride thin film is studied. The deposition source gas flow rate and annealing temperature were varied to decrease the etch rate of SiNx：H by HF solution. A low etch rate was achieved by increasing the SiH4 gas flow rate or annealing temperature, or decreasing the NH3 and N2 gas flow rate. Concentrated, buffered, and dilute hydrofluoric acid were utilized as etchants for Sit2 and SiNx：H. A high etching selectivity of Sit2 over SiNx：H was obtained using highly concentrated buffered HE     

Dielectric charging in silicon nitride films for MEMS capacitive switches: Effect of film thickness and deposition conditions

The paper presents a systematic investigation of the dielectric charging and discharging process in silicon nitride thin films for RF-MEMS capacitive switches. The SiN films were deposited with high frequency (HF) and low frequency (LF) PECVD method and with different thicknesses. Metal–Insulator–Metal capacitors have been chosen as test structures while the Charge/Discharge Current Transient method has been used to monitor the current transients. The investigation reveals that in LF material the stored charge increases with the film thickness while in HF one it is not affected by the film thickness. The dependence of stored charge on electric field intensity was found to follow a Poole–Frenkel like law. Finally, both the relaxation time and the stored charge were found to increase with the electric field intensity.     

SiH_4-NH_3-N_2体系LPCVD氮化硅薄膜的生长动力学

以硅烷和氨气分别作为低压化学气相沉积(LPCVD)氮化硅(SiNx)薄膜的硅源和氮源,以高纯氮气为载气,在热壁型管式反应炉中,借助椭圆偏振仪和原子力显微镜,系统考察了工作压力、反应温度、气体原料组成等因素对SiNx薄膜沉积速率和表面形貌的影响。结果表明:SiNx薄膜的生长速率随着工作压力的增大单调增加,随着原料气中氨气与硅烷的流量之比的增大单调减小。随着反应温度的升高,沉积速率逐渐增加,在840℃附近达到最大,随后迅速降低。在适当的工艺条件下,制备的SiNx薄膜均匀、平整。较低的薄膜沉积速率有助于提高薄膜的均匀性,降低薄膜的表面粗糙度。     

利用等离子增强化学汽相沉积生长初期快速结晶的纳米晶硅

成功地利用传统的等离子增强化学汽相沉积技术制备了纳米晶硅。为了提高生长初期的结晶速度,在PECVD设备和干法刻蚀设备中,利用H2/SF6等离子体对Si Nx薄膜表面进行处理。在制备纳米/微米晶粒结晶硅时常用的氢气稀释条件下,沉积得到了纳米晶硅。利用XRD和TEM观察了氢化纳米晶硅(nc-Si∶H)的微结构,发现实验成功得到了小于10 nm的晶体硅。为了检测结构和电学特性,测试了纳米晶硅薄膜的亮态和暗态电导率。室温下,电导率从非晶硅的10-10S/cm增加到10-5S/cm。     

PECVD制备SiOx-SiNx薄膜的研究

首先使用工业型Direct-PECVD设备,采用SiH4和N2O制备了SiOx薄膜.针对Si太阳电池的应用,比较了SiOx薄膜在不同射频功率、气压、气体流量比和温度下的沉积特性,得出了最佳的沉积条件,这些沉积特性包括沉积速率、折射率和腐蚀速率.在该条件下沉积的SiOx膜均匀性良好、结构致密、沉积速率稳定,其性能满足了现阶段Si太阳电池对减反钝化层的光学和电学性能方面的要求.然后制备了SiOx-SiNx叠层减反钝化膜,并比较了SiO2与SiNx单层膜的减反和钝化效果,结果显示SiOx-SiNx叠层膜在不增加反射率的同时显著提高了Si片的钝化效果.     

Silicon Nitride Films Deposited by RF Sputtering for Microstructure Fabrication in MEMS

In the present work, we report silicon nitride films deposited by a radio- frequency (RF) sputtering process at relatively low temperatures (<260°C) for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) applications. The films were prepared by RF diode sputtering using a 3-inch-diameter Si₃N₄ target in an argon ambient at 5 mTorr to 20 mTorr pressure and an RF power of 100 W to 300 W. The influence of the film deposition parameters, such as RF power and sputtering pressure, on deposition rate, Si-N bonding, surface roughness, etch rate, and stress in the films was investigated. The films were deposited on single/double-side polished silicon wafers and transparent fused-quartz substrates. To explore the RF-sputtered silicon nitride film as a structural material in MEMS, microcantilever beams of silicon nitride were fabricated by bulk, surface, and surface-bulk micromachining technology. An RF-sputtered phosphosilicate glass film was used as a sacrificial layer with RF-sputtered silicon nitride. Other applications of sputtered silicon nitride films, such as in the local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) process, were also investigated.     

Low temperature plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of silicon oxide films using disilane and nitrous oxide

Silicon oxide films have been deposited between room temperature and 300°C using disilane and nitrous oxide by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Film deposition was investigated as a function of the gas flow ratio of nitrous oxide to disilane, the substrate temperature, the total gas flow rate, the radio frequency discharge power, and the process pressure. The stoichiometric SiO₂ films were obtained when the gas ratio of nitrous oxide to disilane was in the range of 50-150. The deposition was found to be nearly temperature independent indicating the mass transport limited regime.     

Amorphous Silicon Carbon Nitride Films Grown by the Pulsed Laser Deposition of a SiC‐Si3N4 Mixed Target

We grew amorphous SiCN films by pulsed laser deposition using mixed targets. The targets were fabricated by compacting a mixture of SiC and Si₃N₄ powders. We controlled the film stoichiometry by varying the mixing ratio of the target and the target‐to‐substrate distance. The mixing ratio of the target had a dominant effect on the film composition. We consider the structures of the SiCN films deposited using 30 ~ 70 wt.% SiC in the target to be an intermediate phase of SiC and SiNx. This provides the possibility of growing homogeneous SiCN films with a mixed target at a moderate target‐to‐substrate distance.     

L-MBE法制备以ZnO为沟道层的薄膜晶体管

采用激光分子束外延法(L-MBE)在SiNx/Si(111)衬底上制备了高质量的ZnO薄膜,用X射线衍射(XRD)和原子力显微镜(AFM)对薄膜的晶体结构、表面形貌进行了表征,结果表明ZnO薄膜有高度的c轴择优取向,薄膜表面平整致密.并以ZnO薄膜为沟道层制作了薄膜晶体管(ZnO-TFT),该晶体管工作在n沟道增强模式,阈值电压为17.5V,电子的场迁移率达到1.05cm2/(V·s).     

PECVD沉积双层SiNx对太阳电池性能的影响

提出了一种简单有效的制备双层SiNx薄膜的方法,其薄膜具有良好的减反射钝化特性。采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积(PECVD)的方法,通过控制SiH4和NH3气体流量比,在p型多晶硅衬底上生长单层及双层SiNx膜。随后使用薄膜测试分析仪测量了薄膜的厚度、折射率及反射率,并用Semilab WT-2000测量少数载流子寿命,通过测量量子效率,对单、双层膜电池进行了比较。实验结果表明:相比单层减反射钝化膜,采用双层SiNx膜,少数载流子寿命可以得到更好的改善,开路电压可提高约2 mV,短路电流可提高约40 mA,电池效率能提高0.15%。     

溅射沉积功率对PZT薄膜的组分、结构和性能的影响

用射频(RF)溅射法在镀LaNiO3(LNO)底电极的Si片上沉积PbZr0.52 Ti0.48 O3(PZT)铁电薄膜，沉积过程中基底温度为370℃，然后在大气环境中对沉积的PZT薄膜样品进行快速热退火处理(650℃，5min)．用电感耦合等离子体发射光谱(ICP-AES)测量其组分，X射线衍射(XRD)分析PZT薄膜的结晶结构和取向，扫描电子显微镜(SEM)分析薄膜的表面形貌和微结果，RT66A标准铁电综合测试系统分析Pt／PZT／LNO电容器的铁电与介电特性，结果表明，PZT薄膜的组分、结构和性能都与溅射沉积功率有关．     

TFT晶体管电学测量与耐压性研究

文章用RF—PECVD设备制备了G—SiNx薄膜,研究了TFT器件击穿电压的测定与分析方法,并对成膜条件中的SiH4流量以及G-SiNx膜厚进行浮动变化,以及研究TFT器件击穿电压的变化方式。结果表明：随着SiH4／NH3流量增大,其耐压性降低;增大绝缘膜厚度,耐压性随之增大。文章对TFT耐压性测量方法的探讨以及PECVD工艺条件与耐压性的相关关系的研究。对于制备合格的氮化硅薄膜提供了借鉴与指导。     

PECVD法氮化硅薄膜制备工艺的研究

采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积法（PECVD）在单晶硅衬底上制备了氮化硅薄膜,分别使用膜厚仪、椭圆偏振仪等手段对薄膜的厚度、折射率等参数进行了表征。研究了硅烷氨气流量比、极板间距等工艺参数对氮化硅薄膜性能的影响,发现当硅烷氨气流量比增加时,薄膜厚度和折射率均随之增加,并发现退火工艺可以有效降低氮化硅薄膜的氢氟酸腐蚀速率。     

F-DLC疏水性能的研究

用射频等离子体增强化学气相沉积(RF-PECVD)法沉积氟化类金刚石(F-DLC)薄膜。俄歇电子能谱分析表明,制备的碳膜为典型的类金刚石结构。接触角测量仪测量了沉积在玻璃基底上的F-DLC薄膜的接触角,采用傅里叶红外分析了薄膜价键结构,原子力显微镜分析了薄膜表面粗糙度;结果表明,氟的掺入稳定了弱极化基团CF2的含量,同时使得薄膜表面平整,薄膜与水的浸润性变差,改善了薄膜疏水性能。研究表明,流量比、沉积温度、退火温度、沉积功率对接触角的影响是先增后减,这主要是由于CF2含量和薄膜表面粗糙度的变化造成的。     

Characteristics and Electrical Properties of SiNx: H Films Fabricated by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

SiNx:H films with different N/Si ratios are synthesized by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). Composition and structure characteristics are detected by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). It indicates that Si-N bonds increase with increased NH3/SiH4 ratio. Electrical property investigations by I-V measurements show that the prepared films offer higher resistivity and less leakage current with increased N/Si ratio and exhibit entirely insulating properties when N/Si ratio reaches 0.9, which is ascribed to increased Si-N bonds achieved.