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Growth and Characterization of Self-Aligned Erbium Silicide on N-Type, (100) Oriented Silicon
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Abstract
In view of its low barrier height to n-type Si, ErSi2 has potential applications as an infrared detector, as low-resistance ohmic contacts and as source/drain regions in Schottky barrier MOSFETs. Although there is a substantial body of work on ErSi2 grown on Si(111), there are relatively few published papers on the growth and properties of ErSi2 on Si(100). In order to develop a CMOS-compatible process, we have studied the growth of ErSi2 using a multi-source, UHV magnetron system to sputter-deposit 20 nm Ti/(10–50) nm Er bilayers on chemically cleaned n-Si(100) substrates followed by ex-situ rapid thermal annealing in N2. Highly oriented ErSi2 in the hexagonal phase was formed at an annealing temperature of 400°C with ErSi2 (100) Si(100). The Ti overlayer and the unreacted Er were selectively etched in HF and HNO3, respectively, leaving behind an ErSi2 layer with a smooth surface morphology, a uniform bulk composition and a planar ErSi2/Si interface. Results of electrical sheet resistance and Schottky barrier height measurements on these layers will be reported.
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