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Chemical Kinetics Models for Semiconductor Processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Michael E. Coltrin
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87175
Ellen Meeks
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550
Joseph F. Grcar
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550
William G. Houf
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550
Robert J. Kee
Affiliation:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401
J. Randall Creighton
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87175
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Abstract

Chemical reactions in the gas-phase and on surfaces are important in the deposition and etching of materials for microelectronic applications. A general software framework for describing homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction kinetics utilizing the Chemkin suite of codes is presented. Experimental, theoretical and modeling approaches to developing chemical reaction mechanisms are discussed. A number of TCAD application modules for simulating the chemically reacting flow in deposition and etching reactors have been developed and are also described.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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