Si(100)-SiO2 interface properties following rapid thermal processing
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2001-04
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O'Sullivan, B. J.
Hurley, Paul K.
Leveugle, C.
Das, J. H.
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An experimental examination of the properties of the Si(100)-SiO2 interface measured following rapid thermal processing (RTP) is presented. The interface properties have been examined using high frequency and quasi-static capacitance-voltage (CV) analysis of metal-oxide-silicon (MOS) capacitor structures immediately following either rapid thermal oxidation (RTO) or rapid thermal annealing (RTA). The experimental results reveal a characteristic peak in the CV response measured following dry RTO and RTA (T > 800 degreesC), as the Fermi level at the Si(100)-SiO2 interface approaches the conduction band edge. Analysis of the QSCV responses reveals a high interface state density across the energy gap following dry RTO and RTA processing, with a characteristic peak density in the range 5.5x10(12) to 1.7x10(13) cm(-2) eV(-1) located at approximately 0.85-0.88 eV above the valence band edge. When the background density of states for a hydrogen-passivated interface is subtracted, another peak of lower density (3x10(12) to 7x10(12) cm(-2) eV(-1)) is observed at approximately 0.25-0.33 eV above the valence band edge. The experimental results point to a common interface state defect present after processes involving rapid cooling (10(1)-10(2) degreesC/s) from a temperature of 800 degreesC or above, in a hydrogen free ambient. This work demonstrates that the interface states measured following RTP (T > 800 degreesC) are the net contribution of the P-b0/P-b1 silicon dangling bond defects for the oxidized Si(100) orientation. An important conclusion arising from this work is that the primary effect of an RTA in nitrogen (600-1050 degreesC) is to cause hydrogen desorption from pre-existing P-b0/P-b1 silicon dangling bond defects. The implications of this work to the study of the Si-SiO2 interface, and the technological implications for silicon based MOS processes, are briefly discussed. The significance of these new results to thin oxide growth and optimization by RTO are also considered.
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Electron-spin-resonance , P-b centers , Si/sio2 interface , Boron-diffusion , Gate oxides , Band-gap , Silicon , (111)si/sio2 , Defects , (100)si/sio2
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O’Sullivan, B. J., Hurley, P. K., Leveugle, C. and Das, J. H. (2001) 'Si(100)–SiO2 interface properties following rapid thermal processing', Journal of Applied Physics, 89(7), pp. 3811-3820. doi: 10.1063/1.1343897
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© 2001 American Institute of Physics, This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in O’Sullivan, B. J., Hurley, P. K., Leveugle, C. and Das, J. H. (2001) 'Si(100)–SiO2 interface properties following rapid thermal processing', Journal of Applied Physics, 89(7), pp. 3811-3820 and may be found at http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.1343897