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Structural Differences Between Cvd And Thermally Grown Amorphous SiO2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

M. Makabe
Affiliation:
ULSI DEVICE DEVELOPMENT LABS., NEC CORPORATION, 1120,SHIMOKUZAWA,SAGAMIHARA, KANAGAWA 229, JAPAN
K. Hirose
Affiliation:
ULSI DEVICE DEVELOPMENT LABS., NEC CORPORATION, 1120,SHIMOKUZAWA,SAGAMIHARA, KANAGAWA 229, JAPAN
H. Ishikawa
Affiliation:
ULSI DEVICE DEVELOPMENT LABS., NEC CORPORATION, 1120,SHIMOKUZAWA,SAGAMIHARA, KANAGAWA 229, JAPAN
H. Ono
Affiliation:
ULSI DEVICE DEVELOPMENT LABS., NEC CORPORATION, 1120,SHIMOKUZAWA,SAGAMIHARA, KANAGAWA 229, JAPAN
A. Ishitani
Affiliation:
ULSI DEVICE DEVELOPMENT LABS., NEC CORPORATION, 1120,SHIMOKUZAWA,SAGAMIHARA, KANAGAWA 229, JAPAN
J. Mizuki
Affiliation:
FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH LABS., NEC CORPORATION, 34, MIYUKIGAOKA, TSUKUBA, IBARAKI 305, JAPAN
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Abstract

The structure and density of amorphous S1O2 films grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or thermal oxidation are studied by Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) absorption, neutron diffraction, and Rutherford backscattering (RBS) measurements. CVD oxides, formed in an atmospheric-pressure CVD reactor with a SiH4-O2 gas mixture at 400 °C, are compared with thermal oxides, grown at 980 °C in H2-O2 atmosphere. The average Si-O-Si bond angle deduced from the stretching frequency of FT-IR is found to be smaller in CVD oxides than in thermal oxides, and the density revealed by RBS measurements is found to be a little lower in CVD oxides than in thermal oxides. These differences are explained by the medium-range structural disorder revealed by FT-IR measurements as well as by neutron diffraction measurements. The medium-range structural disorder in CVD oxides is responsible for large silanol content in the oxides and is the origin in difference between CVD and thermal oxides.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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