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The Influence of RTA Heating Rate on the TiSi2 and Si - TiSi2 Interface Roughness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

A. A. M. Lagana
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Sistemas Integraveis, Ecola Politecnica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil
M. C. Valente
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Sistemas Integraveis, Ecola Politecnica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil
A. G. Pedrine
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Sistemas Integraveis, Ecola Politecnica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil
J. C. de Souza Filho
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Sistemas Integraveis, Ecola Politecnica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil
J. W. Stuart
Affiliation:
Facultade de Engenharia Electrica da UNICAMP, Campinas, S.P., Brazil
J. J. Santiago-Avilés
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Abstract

In TiSi2 metallized devices, the second distribution of leakage current (I>lμA) is caused by the Si/TiSi2 interface roughness. In this work, 40gm thick Ti films are sputtered onto Si waters. RTA was done in N2 atmosphere. Heating rates of 0, 0.5, 1, 5, and 100°C S−-1 are examined. Samples are characterized by AFM, RBS, XRD and laser light scattering methods. The parameters related to roughness are heating rate sensitivity and oxygen contamination which decreases the roughness on the interface.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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