沉积功率和气压对低频氮化硅薄膜应力的影响

利用等离子体增强化学气相沉积(PECVD)工艺,在不同射频功率,不同反应气压条件下制备了氮化硅薄膜。研究了低频工艺中氮化硅薄膜的沉积速率、应力以及厚度均匀性与其二者的关系。结果表明,射频功率的改变直接影响到离子对衬底的轰击效应,而反应气压的改变影响气体分子的平均自由程。离子轰击效应和分子平均自由程对氮化硅薄膜的生长过程产生影响,从而影响沉积速率、应力以及厚度均匀性等基本性质。     

应用高频激励源制备低应力氮化硅薄膜研究

研究了在等离子体增强化学气相沉积(PECVD)法制备氮化硅薄膜时,射频功率和腔室压力对氮化硅薄膜应力的影响以及应力与沉积速率的关系。通常认为高频下制备得到的氮化硅膜呈现张应力,但是通过实验,表明即使应用高频(13.56MH z)作为激励源同样可以沉积出呈现压应力的氮化硅薄膜。并使用角度可变光谱型椭偏仪观察了薄膜的厚度和低应力氮化硅膜的m app ing图,利用傅立叶变换红外光谱仪(FT IR)对不同应力状态下的氮化硅膜的化学键结构进行了分析。     

流量及温度对低频PECVD氮化硅薄膜性能的影响

研究了低频等离子增强化学气相沉积(LF-PECVD)工艺中气体流量比和衬底温度对氮化硅薄膜折射率、密度及应力的影响规律,同时测试了薄膜的红外光谱以分析不同条件对薄膜成分的影响.结果表明,低频氮化硅薄膜折射率主要受薄膜内硅氮元素比的影响,其次是薄膜密度的影响.前者主要由硅烷/氨气反应气体流量比决定,而后者主要由衬底温度决定;低频氮化硅薄膜应力大致与密度成正比关系.此外,PECVD工艺所制备氮化硅薄膜都含有相当数量的氢元素,而衬底温度是薄膜内氢含量的决定因素.     

淀积参数对PECVD氮化硅薄膜力学特性的影响

等离子增强化学气相淀积(PECVD)法制备的氮化硅薄膜具有沉积温度低、生长速率高和残余应力可调节等特点,研究其力学特性对研制MEMS器件和系统具有重要意义。采用HQ-2型PECVD淀积台,在沉积温度为350℃,NH3流量为30cm3/min的条件下,通过改变氩气稀释至5%的SiH4流量和射频功率大小,制备了具有压应力、微应力和张应力的多种氮化硅薄膜样品。采用纳米压痕仪Nanoidenter-G200对淀积薄膜的杨氏模量和硬度进行测试,结果表明,在较小的SiH4流量和较高的射频功率条件下,淀积的氮化硅薄膜具有更高的杨氏模量和硬度。     

用于应变硅技术的高应力SiN薄膜的开发

在高级CMOS器件中,高应力氮化硅(SiN)薄膜是增强应变的主要方法。如果要改善PMOS或NMOS器件性能,则分别需要采用具有压应力和张应力的氮化硅薄膜。我们对相关机理进行了回顾,根据不同的淀积和工艺处理条件的组合,从而得到了张应力大于1．6 GPa和压应力大于2．9GPa的氮化硅薄膜覆盖。     

GaAs衬底上氮化硅钝化层的低温制备工艺研究

为了获得应用于AlGaAs激光器上的优异的氮化硅薄膜,采用等离子增强化学气相沉积(PECVD)低温条件下在GaAs衬底上制备了不同参数的氮化硅薄膜,利用光学膜厚仪、原子力显微镜(AFM)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)等技术对薄膜残余应力、表面形貌、折射率等进行了分析。结果表明,薄膜的残余应力随沉积功率的增加而变大;随气压先降低后变大,在200 Pa时仅为6 MPa。薄膜的表面粗糙度随功率的提高而变大;随气压的提高而减小。功率和气压对薄膜的折射率影响不大,均在2.0~2.2之间。薄膜中氢的存在形式为N-H键。选择合适的功率和气压,可以在低温下获得极低应力和优异表面形貌的氮化硅薄膜。     

低应力PECVD氮化硅薄膜工艺探讨

介绍了一种掺氦的等离子增强化学气相淀积（ＰＥＣＶＤ）氮化硅薄膜工艺技术,可调控氮化硅薄膜的应力,从而在较低的射频功率下生长低应力的氮化硅薄膜。文中对其机理作了初步的探讨。所生长的氮化硅薄膜的折射率和腐蚀速率没有明显变化,对器件,尤其是对砷化镓异质结器件几乎没有应力损伤。     

纳米硅镶嵌氮化硅薄膜的制备与光致发光特性

为研究氮化硅薄膜发光材料的制备工艺及其光致发光机制,实验采用射频磁控反应溅射技术与热退火处理制备了纳米硅镶嵌氮化硅薄膜材料.利用红外光谱(IR)、X射线衍射谱(XRD)、能谱(EDS)和光致发光谱(PL),对不同工艺条件下薄膜样品的成分、结构和发光特性进行研究,发现在制备的富硅氮化硅薄膜材料中形成了纳米硅颗粒,并计算出其平均尺寸.在510 nm光激发下,观察到纳米硅发光峰,对样品发光机制进行了讨论,认为其较强的发光起因于缺陷态和纳米硅发光.     

无氨氮化硅薄膜在MEMS硅腐蚀中的应用

研究了等离子体增强化学汽相淀积(PECVD)生长的无氨氮化硅薄膜作为掩蔽层在MEMS硅腐蚀工艺中的应用。比较了PECVD不同工艺条件(衬底温度和功率)以及不同四甲基氢氧化铵(TMAH)硅腐蚀液温度对无氨氮化硅薄膜硅腐蚀掩蔽效果的影响。通过优化无氨氮化硅薄膜生长条件和硅腐蚀液温度,得到了高质量的氮化硅薄膜,颗粒以及针孔密度较少,0.2μm以上颗粒度小于100,提高了硅腐蚀掩蔽选择比。实验结果显示优化生长条件的氮化硅薄膜(衬底温度350℃,功率30 W),在85℃的TMAH硅腐蚀液中,硅的腐蚀速率为68μm/h,氮化硅薄膜腐蚀速率为33.2 nm/h,硅与氮化硅的腐蚀选择比为2 048,满足MEMS体硅腐蚀工艺对于掩膜特性的要求。     

管式PECVD射频功率对氮化硅薄膜性能的影响

氮化硅薄膜作为传统的晶体硅太阳电池钝化减反膜,其性能的变化直接影响电池的转化效率。通过改变管式PECVD的射频功率,制备了不同膜厚和折射率的氮化硅薄膜,并分别进行了薄膜致密性以及硅片镀膜后少子寿命的测试。实验及测试结果表明,改变PECVD的射频功率对氮化硅薄膜的沉积速率及其薄膜的性能有重要影响。     

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,     

Stress control of silicon nitride films deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Stress controllable silicon nitride(Si Nx) films deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition(PECVD) are reported. Low stress Si Nx films were deposited in both high frequency(HF) mode and dual frequency(HF/LF) mode. By optimizing process parameters, stress free(-0.27 MPa) Si Nx films were obtained with the deposition rate of 45.5 nm/min and the refractive index of 2.06. Furthermore, at HF/LF mode, the stress is significantly influenced by LF ratio and LF power, and can be controlled to be 10 MPa with the LF ratio of 17% and LF power of 150 W. However, LF power has a little effect on the deposition rate due to the interaction between HF power and LF power. The deposited Si Nx films have good mechanical and optical properties, low deposition temperature and controllable stress, and can be widely used in integrated circuit(IC), micro-electro-mechanical systems(MEMS) and bio-MEMS.     

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.     

RF等离子辅助热丝CVD法制备大面积β-SiC薄膜

采用RF辅助加热CVD方法,在76mm硅衬底上生长了β-SiC薄膜。设备为电容耦合式RF(13.56MHz)等离子体装置,反应气体为甲烷(CH4);通过控制反应系统内碳原子成核生长的条件,实现了大面积β-SiC薄膜的生长。对样品进行了XRD、AFM检查;退火后整个样片膜厚均匀、一致性好、应力低、与衬底的粘附性好。     

淀积条件对a-SiNx:H薄膜中含氢基团的影响

利用红外光谱研究了等离子体化学气相沉积（ＰＥＣＶＤ）方法淀积的ａ－ＳiＮｘ：Ｈ薄膜。分析了气体流量比（Ｒ）、衬底温度（Ｔｓ）以及射频功率（Ｐ(ｒｆ)）的变化对ａ－ＳｉＮｘ：Ｈ薄膜中ＳｉＨ、ＮＨ和ＮＨ２基团的吸收峰强度的影响,同时研究了退火条件对ａ－ＳｉＮｘ：Ｈ薄膜中含氢基团的影响。     

Impacts of SiN deposition parameters on n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors

Although the incorporation of a SiN capping layer could dramatically enhance device performance, the accompanying hydrogen species contained in the capping layer may aggravate hot-carrier reliability. In order to alleviate this shortcoming, we vary the precursor flow conditions and deposition temperature of SiN film during plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and study their impacts on the device performance and reliability. We found that SiN film with higher nitrogen content depicts larger tensile stress and therefore better mobility. More importantly, the resistance to hot-carrier degradation is also improved by increasing N₂ gas flow rate and deposition temperature because of less hydrogen diffusion from the capping layer.     

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.     

MMIC用NiFe-SiO_x磁性金属颗粒膜电感研究

在蓝宝石基的氮化镓衬底上采用射频磁控溅射结合剥离的方法制作了NiFe-SiOx磁性金属颗粒膜,利用PECVD淀积绝缘层,制备出"SiN绝缘层/NiFe-SiOx薄膜/SiN绝缘层/金属线圈"结构的平面电感。测试表明,对于单圈电感,与无磁膜结构相对比在1 GHz时电感量有30%的提升,且对Q值影响不大;对于多圈电感,电感量与电感结构密切相关,当磁膜同时存在于线圈下和线圈之间时对电感量提升最大,但截止频率较低;而磁膜在电感线圈正下方的结构对电感量提升较前一种磁膜电感低,但截止频率较前一种磁膜电感高。