管式PECVD功率对膜性能的影响

本文主要讲述管式PECVD中等离子体电源功率大小对膜的折射率和吸光系数以及致密性的影响。对生产高效太阳能电池提供一些思路。     

多晶硅太阳电池PECVD氮化硅钝化工艺的研究

介绍等离子体化学气相淀积(PECVD)制备减反射钝化膜。将PECVD设备运用于太阳电池生产线上,发现通过PECVD设备可以对多晶硅太阳电池有很好的钝化效果。分析PECVD对多晶硅太阳电池钝化机理。     

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。     

PECVD在TSV领域的应用

PECVD设备及工艺技术已在半导体前道互连工艺及TSV领域展现了其广阔的应用前景,介绍了拓荆PECVD在TSV领域的应用,展现其良好的工艺表现。     

PECVD形成纳米级薄膜界面陷阱特性的雪崩热电子注入研究

采用雪崩热电子注入技术研究了纳米级SiOxNy薄膜界面陷阱特性.证实了PECVD SiOxNy薄膜中界面陷阱来源于悬挂键的物理模型.观察到该纳米膜内存在着受主型电子陷阱,随着注入的增长,界面上产生的这种陷阱将起主导作用.发现到界面陷阱密度随雪崩热电子注入剂量增加而增大,禁带上半部增大得较下半部显著.指出了雪崩注入过程中在SiOxNy界面上产生两种性质不同的电子陷阱,并给出它们在禁带中的位置与密度大小关系.揭示出PECVD法形成的SiOxNy纳米膜与快速热氮化制备的这种薄膜中、氮氧含量不同、界面陷阱特性变化关系不一样,并从形成薄膜氮化机制上予以合理的物理解析.给出了PECVD形成纳米级薄膜的优化工艺条件.     

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。     

PECVD法制备SiO_xN_y膜Ⅰ—Ⅴ特性和击穿机理的测试分析

对等离子体增强化学汽相起积（PECVD）法制成SiOxNy薄膜组成的MIS结构样品，由集成测试系统测量Ⅰ－Ⅴ特性，用晶体管特性图示仪测试击穿行为。分析研究了该薄膜的Ⅰ－Ⅴ特性和击穿机理，探讨了膜的击穿电场及其随混合气体比例、反应空气压、衬底工作温度的变化关系。     

PECVD法低温形成纳米级薄介质膜击穿特性的实验研究

对等离子体增强化学汽相淀积(PECVD)法制成纳米级SiOxNy薄膜组成的MIS结构样品,通过美国HP系列设备测试I-V特性、准静态及高频C-V特性.分析了薄膜I-V特性、击穿机理与各项电学性能;探讨了膜的击穿电场等电学参数以及击穿电场随反应室气压、混合气体比例、衬底温度的变化关系;给出了击穿等电性优良的PECVD形成SiOxNy薄介质膜的优化工艺条件.     

基于反射光谱的单层抗反射膜的非在位膜厚精确控制

提出一种基于反射光谱分析的非在位膜厚控制技术,首先利用椭圆偏振光谱仪确定波长300～1 700 nm范围内的薄膜折射率,由此确定对应于特定波长(如1 550 nm)的最佳抗反射(AR)镀膜沉积条件。然后计算最佳AR镀膜厚度所对应的反射谱,得到相应的CIE标准色谱坐标。通过对比实测镀膜颜色和计算得到的最佳颜色,可以实现小尺寸器件端面上AR镀膜厚度的优化控制。利用这一方法,由等离子体增强化学气相沉积(PECVD)制备的SiNx单层AR镀膜,获得了4.4×10-4的反射率。     

Impact of the Cu-based substrates and catalyst deposition techniques on carbon nanotube growth at low temperature by PECVD

This article reports on carbon nanotubes (CNT) grown on TiN/Cu stacks by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) at 450 °C. Ni catalyst was deposited by two techniques - physical vapor deposition (PVD) and electrochemical deposition (ECD). First, the influence of the catalyst thickness and the catalyst deposition technique on grown CNTs is investigated. Second, the enhancement of the CNTs growth by use of electrodeposited catalysts is emphasized.     

Optimization of saturation current density of PECVD SiN coated phosphorus diffused emitters using neural network modeling

Emitter surface passivation by low temperature plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) silicon nitride is investigated and optimized in this paper. We have found that the saturation current density of a 90±10 μ/sq phosphorus diffused emitter with N_s ≈3 x 10¹⁹ and X_j ≈0.3 μm can be lowered by a factor of eight by appropriate PECVD silicon nitride deposition and photoassisted anneal. PECVD silicon nitride deposition alone reduces the emitter saturation density (J_oe) by about a factor of two to three, and a subsequent photoanneal at temperatures ≥350°C reduces J_oe by another factor of three. In spite of the larger flat band shift for direct PECVD silicon nitride coating, the silicon nitride induced surface passivation is found to be about a factor of two inferior to the thermal oxide plus PECVD silicon nitride passivation due to higher interface state density at the SiN/SiO₂ interface compared to SiO₂/Si interface. A combination of statistical experimental design and neural network modeling is used to show quantitatively that lower radio frequency power, higher substrate temperature, and higher reactor pressure during the PECVD deposition can reduce the J_oe of the silicon nitride coated emitter.     

Optical properties of silicon rich silicon oxides obtained by PECVD

In this work optical properties of SiO_X (0<X<2) layers obtained by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition are studied. Infrared spectra and refractive index dependences with the reactant gases flow ratio R are explained for as deposited, aged and thermally treated samples in the R range from 9.17 to 110. Variations are found to be influenced mainly by sample stoichiometry, density and Si-OH bonds concentration.     

低应力PECVD SiC晶圆级薄膜封装新技术

为了解决MEMS封装过程中易对微致动件造成损伤的问题,提出了一种低成本、与CMOS工艺兼容的晶圆级薄膜封装技术,用等离子体增强化学气相淀积(PECVD)法制备的低应力SiC作为封装和密封材料。此材料的杨氏模量为460 GPa,残余应力为65 MPa,可使MEMS器件悬浮时封装部位不变形。与GaAs,Si半导体材料相比,SiC具有较佳的物理稳定性,较高的杨氏模量等性能优势。将PECVD薄膜封装技术用于表面微结构和绝缘膜上Si(SOI)微结构部件(如射频开关、微加速度计等)封装中,不仅减小了封装尺寸,降低了芯片厚度,简化了封装工艺,而且封装芯片还与CMOS工艺兼容。较之晶圆键合封装方式,此晶圆级薄膜封装成本可降低5%左右。     

ZnO Thin Film, Device, and Circuit Fabrication using Low-Temperature PECVD Processes

We report undoped ZnO films deposited at low temperature (200°C) using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). ZnO thin-film transistors (TFTs) fabricated using ZnO and Al₂O₃ deposited in situ by PECVD with moderate gate leakage show a field-effect mobility of 10 cm²/V s, threshold voltage of 7.5 V, subthreshold slope <1 V/dec, and current on/off ratios >10⁴. Inverter circuits fabricated using these ZnO TFTs show peak gain magnitude (dV _out/dV _in) ~5. These devices appear to be strongly limited by interface states and reducing the gate leakage results in TFTs with lower mobility. For example, ZnO TFTs fabricated with low-leakage Al₂O₃ have mobility near 0.05 cm²/V s, and five-stage ring-oscillator integrated circuits fabricated using these TFTs have a 1.2 kHz oscillation frequency at 60 V, likely limited by interface states.     

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%。     

PECVD法制备纳米晶硅薄膜的研究进展

简要介绍了纳米晶硅薄膜的微结构表征方法,重点讨论了PECVD制备方法中工艺参数对薄膜结构的影响,并探讨了氢在薄膜形成和生长中的作用。通过优化氢稀释率、衬底温度、反应气压、激励功率和激发频率等工艺参数可提高纳米晶硅薄膜的晶化率并改善薄膜质量。结合喇曼光谱、X射线衍射谱、傅里叶红外光谱和高分辨透射电镜等表征方法可深入研究薄膜形成机理,对进一步探索薄膜光电特性有重要意义。分析了等离子体化学气相沉积(PECVD)制备方法中各工艺参数对薄膜质量和沉积速率的影响,指出其存在的问题,并探寻了今后的研究方向。     

Analysis of the infrared transmission data of hydrogenated amorphous silicon film fabricated by high rate PECVD

The optical properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin films prepared by a new thermocatalytic plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method are here reported for the first time. The transmission spectrum of the film, deposited at a rate of 1.5 nm/s, was measured between 500 and 1100 nm. The envelopes of the transmission spectrum interference maxima and minima were analyzed to reveal the absorption coefficient α(λ@#@), the refractive indexn(λ), the average thickness of the film (791 nm) and the variation of the thickness (11.4 nm), using an analysis which takes into account film inhomogeneity. The modified Newton's method of numerical analysis was used to obtain the optical parameters. The optical band gap ε₀} was determined to be 1.69 eV from the absorption coefficient spectrum, commensurate with values quoted for lower deposition rate PECVD films. The value for ε₀}, the small variation of the film thickness, and a value for the defect density of 3.7 x 10¹⁵}cm^-3} determined for similar material in other work indicate that the thermocatalytic PECVD method can produce acceptable quality films at a high deposition rate.     

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。