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Defect characterization of epitaxial silicon films grown by low temperature remote plasmaenhanced chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) under various conditions is discussed. The film morphology and crystallinity have been examined by defect etching/Nomarski optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Prior to epitaxial growth, anex situ wet chemical clean and anin situ remote hydrogen plasma clean were performed to remove the native oxide as well as other surface contaminants such as carbon. A damage-free (100) Si surface with extremely low concentrations of carbon and oxygen as confirmed byin situ Auger electron spectroscopy can be achieved using this cleaning technique at temperatures as low as 250°. Low temperature Si homoepitaxy was achieved by RPCVD on lightly doped (100) Si substrates. Growth parameters such as silane flow rate (partial pressure), chamber pressure, and substrate temperature were varied during epitaxial growth to investigate the dependence of film quality on these parameters. For comparison,in situ remote hydrogen plasma and epitaxial growth were also performed on heavily dopedp-type (100) Si substrates. Finally, the results of epitaxial growth at temperatures as low as 150° are presented.
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Hsu, T., Breaux, L., Anthony, B. et al. Defect microstructure in low temperature epitaxial silicon grown by RPCVD. J. Electron. Mater. 19, 375–384 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02651300
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