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Contact Resistivity of Laser Annealed SiGe for MEMS Structural Layers Deposited at 210°C

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2011

Joumana El-Rifai ,
Ann Witvrouw ,
Ahmed Abdel Aziz ,
Robert Puers ,
Chris Van Hoof  and
Sherif Sedky
Joumana El-Rifai
Affiliation:
IMEC, Leuven, Belgium. YJ-STRC, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ann Witvrouw
Affiliation:
IMEC, Leuven, Belgium.
Ahmed Abdel Aziz
Affiliation:
YJ-STRC, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt.
Robert Puers
Affiliation:
IMEC, Leuven, Belgium. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Chris Van Hoof
Affiliation:
IMEC, Leuven, Belgium. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sherif Sedky
Affiliation:
YJ-STRC, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt. Physics Department, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt.
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Abstract

Lowering the silicon germanium (SiGe) deposition temperature from the current 450°C to below 250°C will enable processing Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) on flexible polymer instead of on rigid silicon substrates or glass carriers. A major disadvantage of such a low temperature deposition is that the films are amorphous, with high hydrogen content and yield poor electrical and mechanical properties. To ensure films suitable for MEMS applications, a post-deposition laser annealing (LA) treatment is used. It is essential that the contact resistance between the SiGe MEMS structural layer and any lower electrode is minimized. In this work we investigate what beneficial effect a LA treatment can have on the contact resistivity of an initially amorphous SiGe MEMS structural layer with a bottom TiN electrode. We report a minimum contact resistivity of 2.14×10−3 Ωcm2.

Keywords

laser annealingelectrical propertiespolycrystal
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1299: Symposium S – Microelectromechanical Systems—Materials and Devices IV , 2011 , mrsf10-1299-s02-05
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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