Plasma immersion ion implantation for SOI synthesis: SIMOX and ion-cut

We have demonstrated feasibility to form silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates using plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) for both separation by implantation of oxygen and ion-cut. This high throughput technique can substantially lower the high cost of SOI substrates due to the simpler implanter design as well as ease of maintenance. For separation by plasma implantation of oxygen wafers, secondary ion mass spectrometry analysis and cross-sectional transmission electron micrographs show continuous buried oxide formation under a single-crystal silicon overlayer with sharp Si/SiO₂ interfaces after oxygen plasma implantation and high-temperature (1300°C) annealing. Ion-cut SOI wafer fabrication technique is implemented for the first time using PIII. The hydrogen plasma can be optimized so that only one ion species is dominant in concentration and there are minimal effects by other residual ions on the ion-cut process. The physical mechanism of hydrogen induced silicon surface layer cleavage has been investigated. An ideal gas law model of the microcavity internal pressure combined with a two-dimensional finite element fracture mechanics model is used to approximate the fracture driving force which is sufficient to overcome the silicon fracture resistance.     

Investigation of SiGe-on-Insulator Novel Structure

SiGe-on-Insulator (SGOI) is an ideal substrate material for realizing strained-silicon structures that are very competing and popular in present silicon technology. In this paper, two methods are proposed to fabricate SGOI novel structure. One is modified Separation by Implantation of Oxygen (SIMOX) starting from pseuodomorphic SiGe thin film without graded SiGe buffer layer. Results show that two-step annealing can improve the cystallinity quality of SiGe and block the Ge diffusion in high temperature annealing. SGOI structure with good quality has been obtained through two-step annealing. The second method is proposed to achieve SGOI with high content of Ge. High quality strained relax SiGe is grown on a compliant silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate by UHCVD firstly. During high temperature oxidation,Ge atoms diffuse into the top Si layer of SOI. We successfully obtain SGOI with the Ge content of 38%, which is available for the growth of strained Si.     

Photoreflectance Studies of SIMOX Materials

Photoreflectance (PR) was used to study SIMOX materials produced under various fabrication conditions. The position, amplitude and shape of the 3.4 eV PR response were monitored for three different sets of samples which provided information about the crystalline quality of the top silicon layer. Each sample of the first set underwent different annealing conditions. A second set of six samples was arranged such that one sample was removed at a different step of the process involving three implantation-anneal cycles. A third set of four samples was implanted with different doses of oxygen. In the first case the PR signal improved with longer annealing times and higher temperatures; in the second case the PR signal appeared to deteriorate with each cycle undergone by the samples, while in the third case the degradation of the structure increased with the increased implantation dosage. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was also performed in the last two cases, and its results supported the PR conclusions.     

Si离子注入对SIMOX SOI材料抗总剂量辐照性能的影响

为了提高SIMOX SOI材料抗总剂量辐照的能力,采用硅注入绝缘埋层后退火得到改性的SIMOX SOI材料.辐照前后,用pseudo-MOSFET方法测试样品的ID-VG特性曲线.结果表明,合适的硅离子注入工艺能有效提高材料抗总剂量辐照的能力.     

日趋成熟的SOI技术

SOI技术作为 2 1世纪的硅集成技术正在日益受到人们的青睐。从SOI技术的发展过程、制备工艺、开发应用及市场预测几个方面评述了SOI技术现状及前景。     

采用局域注氧技术制备的新型DSOI场效应晶体管的热特性

通过局域注氧工艺 ,在同一管芯上制作了 DSOI、体硅和 SOI三种结构的器件 .通过测量和模拟比较了这三种结构器件的热特性 .模拟和测量的结果证明 DSOI器件与 SOI器件相比 ,具有衬底热阻较低的优点 ,因而 DSOI器件在保持 SOI器件电学特性优势的同时消除了 SOI器件严重的自热效应 .DSOI器件的衬底热阻和体硅器件非常接近 ,并且在进入到深亚微米领域以后能够继续保持这一优势 .     

Mechanism of defect formation in low-dose oxygen implanted silicon-on-insulator material

The defects and microstructure of low-dose (<0.7 × 10¹⁸ cm⁻²), oxygen-implanted silicon-on-insulator (SIMOX) material were investigated as a function of implant dose and annealing temperature by plan-view and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy. The threading-dislocations in low-dose (0.2∼0.3×10¹⁸ cm⁻²), annealed SIMOX originate from unfaulting of long (∼10 μm), shallow (0.3 μm), extrinsic stacking faults generated during the ramping stage of annealing. As dose increases, the defect density is reduced and the structure of the buried oxide layer evolves dramatically. It was found that there is a dose window which gives a lower defect density and a continuous buried oxide with a reduced density of Si islands in the buried oxide.     

一种采用局域注氧技术制备的新型DSOI器件

为了克服传统SOI器件的浮体效应和自热效应,采用创新的工艺方法将低剂量局域SIMOX工艺及传统的CMOS工艺结合,实现了DSOI结构的器件.测试结果表明,该器件消除了传统SOI器件的浮体效应,同时自热效应得到很大的改善,提高了可靠性和稳定性.而原先SOI器件具备的优点得到了保留.     

从离子注入到离子束合成——离子束领域的重大进展

本文了离子束科学技术新领域新的重大进展－从作为半导体掺杂手段剂量离子注入到高剂量离子注入以合成新材料。文中讨论了高剂量注入的物理效应，利用高剂量氧注入硅合成ＳＩＭＯＸ材料的物理过程以及离子束合成的多种应用。     

Total Dose Radiation-Hard 0.8μm SOI CMOS Transistors and ASIC

介绍了采用全剂量SIMOX SOI材料制备的0．8μm SOI CMOS器件的抗总剂量辐射特性，该特性用器件的阈值电压、漏电流和专用集成电路的静态电流与高达500krad（Si）的总剂量的关系来表征．实验结果表明pMOS器件在关态下1Mrad（Si）辐射后最大阈值电压漂移小于320mV，nMOS器件在开态下1Mrad（Si）辐射后最大阈值电压漂移小于120mV，器件在总剂量1Mrad（Si）辐射后没有观察到明显漏电，在总剂量500krad（Si）辐射下专用集成电路的静态电流小于5pA．