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Wafer Preparation

Wafer Preparation. Challenge in epitaxial growth : - Achieving defect free films at low temperate. More than half of the yield loss is due to contamination such as organic and metallic impurities. -------------- surface preparation is important. Wafer Preparation.

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Wafer Preparation

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  1. Wafer Preparation • Challenge in epitaxial growth : - Achieving defect free films at low temperate. • More than half of the yield loss is due to contamination such as organic and metallic impurities. -------------- surface preparation is important

  2. Wafer Preparation • Surface preparation prior to epi growth generally consist of 2 part : (1) ex-situ clean : RCA cleaning (2) in-situ clean : high temperature H2 annealing

  3. RCA and HF dip • RCA Clean : (1)Removing the organic and metallic impurities from the silicon surface by oxidizing the silicon surface (2) Forming complexes with the contaminants,which become water-soluble. .

  4. RCA Clean 標準步驟 • 1. GP4振10~15 分鐘 (GP : H2O = 1 : 15 ) (此步驟通常不做) 2. ACE 振 10~15 分鐘, 沖 DI water 5分鐘 3. H2SO4 : H2O2 = 2 : 1 泡15~20 分鐘 , 沖 DI water 5分鐘 (H2SO4 can remove organic.) 4.Dip HF 至不沾水, 沖 DI water 5分鐘

  5. RCA Clean 標準步驟 (SC1) 5. NH4OH : H2O2 : H2O = 0.05 : 1 : 5 煮 (先煮水) 15~20分鐘 , 沖 DI water 5分鐘 (remove particle by forming chemical oxide) (SC2) 6. HCL : H2O2 : H2O = 1 : 1 : 6 , 煮15~20分鐘 (先煮水) , 沖 DI water 5分鐘 (remove metal ) 7. Dip HF 至不沖水 ,沖 DI water 數秒

  6. RCA after with HF last • After the RCA clean - the silicon surface is left passivated with a chemical oxide ,which protect the surface against recontamination • HF dip : Removing the chemical oxide and the native oxide to achieve the atomically clean silicon surface

  7. RCA after with HF last • To accomplish low temperature epitaxy, one must have an atomically clean Si surface 1.The Si surface is Si-H terminated 2.Highly resistant to oxidation 3.May be exposed to room air for several minutes without significant oxidation HF clean

  8. After HF Dip • HF : DI =1 : 100 H passivation H H H H H H H O H H H

  9. H2 Prebake • If the temp. of H2 bake is higher than 1000°C --------no HF etch is necessary And ------surface is better than HF dip followed by a H2 pre-bakes at 900°C or less.

  10. High Temp. Effect of H2 Prebake • But high temp. may causes

  11. Low Temp. Bake • The commercial UHCVD systems that are capable of bake temperature (EpiGress) usually require 20 minutes at 800ºC to have an O & C free interface. but the problem is : The EpiGress takes a lot time to ramp up to 800ºC then cool to a deposition temperature of 550-650ºC ------- Not too good for throughput

  12. Low Temp. Bake • ASM has developed a novel hydrogen prebake that has the potential lower the bake temperatures (below 700ºC). • If this novel technique is combined with plasma NF3 chamber cleaning at say the benefits to throughput would also be significant

  13. Water Vapor and Bake Conditions • Water vapor is the most persistent contaminate in any vacuum system • The effectiveness of the bake at a given temperature is directly proportional to the water and oxygen background in a given system

  14. Surface Oxide Formation by Moisture

  15. SiGe Epitaxial growth • Choosing a Growth Temperature : - tc(critical thickness) is the most important factor - IF the critical layer thickness for a given Ge fraction is exceeded , misfit dislocation injection occurs.

  16. Critical Thickness

  17. Metastable state

  18. Metastable state • Growth conditions At low Temp.(625ºC) Surface reaction limited Nonthermal equil. • Fewer dislocations than expected ,when t>tc

  19. Misfit dislocation • The thickness of SiGe growth >tc The film relaxs Misfit dislocation • This relaxation is catastrophic for SiGe HBT application

  20. Dislocation number • The number of dislocation in non-selective area

  21. Dislocation number • The number of dislocation in the selective area

  22. Enhancement Factor (EF)

  23. Si0.8Ge0.2 • Two samples were studied (A) 150nm with hole edge aligned with {100} direction (B) 200nm with hole edge aligned with {100} direction

  24. Si0.8Ge0.2 {110} {100}

  25. Threading dislocation • Threading dislocation in HBT

  26. Threading dislocation

  27. Gradual relaxed buffer

  28. Strain after anneal

  29. Deposition temperature • Once this critical thickness guideline is satisfied : Deposition temperature(T) The film quality for the epitaxial film

  30. Film Quality when T decrease, the silane flow must decrease also. ex: T : 700ºC ; 100% silane : 50sccm------will deposit a specular high quality film. but T : 600°C ; 100% silane :50sccm-----the film beome hazy

  31. Film Quality • Faceting/Conformality - Lower temperature and the resultant lower growth rates result in less faceting and improved conformality • Poly/Si growth ratio ----- for customers who use a field oxide, depending on temp, this ratio can vary. - Low T favors Si(single crystal) growth - High T favors poly growth

  32. Dichlorosilane(DCS) • Dcs(SiH2Cl2 )is the only one that has been applied to the growth of SiGe epitaxial layers - SiCl2 on the surface is then thought to react with hydrogen to form HCL and a silicon adatom

  33. Advantage of DCS over silane • Specular defect free surface -----Superior surfaces are evident with DCS even when processing atextremely low temperaturesas a result ofthe HCL released in the decomposition. • Temperature : DCS : 700C , silane : 600C. • Safety -----silane is explosive and highly pyrophoric

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