Silane Thermal Decomposition Characteristics on Various Si Surface

Watanabe, Tsuyoshi; Nakamura, Masakazu; Ohki, Akiko; Miyoshi, Koji; Takahashi, Shinji; Chen, Michael S. K.; Ohmi, Tadahiro

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“…Electropolished SUS316L stainless steel is often used for gas distribution systems in semiconductor manufacturing because of its corrosion resistance. However, the decomposition of specialty gases such as SiH 4 , B 2 H 6 and PH 3 is readily catalyzed by electropolished SUS316L stainless steel surfaces (1)(2)(3). To negate this, passive surfaces of Cr 2 O 3 (4) and Al 2 O 3 (5) have been introduced onto stainless steel because of their excellent dry-down properties, lack of catalytic activity and corrosion resistance.…”

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Dependence of Thermal Decomposition of Metal Organic Gases on Metal Surface for Gas Distribution System

Yamashita¹,

Watanuki²,

Ishii³

et al. 2010

ECS Trans.

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The performance of semiconductor films is influenced by the purity of the metal-organic (MO) gas that is used, so it is important to investigate the decomposition behavior of MO gases. The decomposition of dimethylzinc, trimethylgallium and trimethylaluminum is found to depend on the metal surface in the reactor tube. A reactor tube with an Al 2 O 3 surface exhibits the highest temperature as which decomposition of the MO gases started, and the highest activation energy. These results indicate that the Al 2 O 3 surface has the lowest catalytic activity for the decomposition of these MO gases. However, decomposition of dimethylzinc occurs at room temperature when it is trapped in a reactor tube. This decomposition ceases past a certain trapped time, so the catalytic activity for the decomposition of MO gases by surfaces stabilizes. Therefore, Al 2 O 3 surfaces are useful for application in MO gas distribution systems.

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Dependence of Thermal Decomposition of Metal Organic Gases on Metal Surface for Gas Distribution System

Yamashita¹,

Watanuki²,

Ishii³

et al. 2010

ECS Trans.

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“…The decomposition of MO gases has been investigated previously using differential thermal analysis, 12 Fourier transform infrared ͑FT-IR͒ spectroscopy, [13][14][15] and mass spectrometry. [14][15][16] We reported the decomposition characteristics of SiH 4 , B 2 H 6 , and PH 3 , [17][18][19] fluorocarbon gases, 20 and MO gases, 13 which were obtained using FT-IR methods. We also reported the decomposition characteristics of a resin in an atmosphere containing various O 2 concentrations and determined the limit of O 2 concentration that has no influence on the decomposition behavior of the resin.…”

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Dependence of the Decomposition of Trimethylaluminum on Oxygen Concentration

Yamashita

Watanuki

Ishii

et al. 2011

J. Electrochem. Soc.

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Trimethylaluminum ͑TMA͒ is often used as a source gas for composite semiconductor or gate insulator films containing aluminum. However, TMA readily reacts with O 2 and this reaction causes film performance to degrade. Film formation is affected by the decomposition properties of the source gas, so it is important to investigate the influence of O 2 on the decomposition behavior of TMA. The starting decomposition temperature of TMA was 332°C in an Al 2 O 3 tube filled with Ar gas, and the decomposition rate increased rapidly above 380°C. However, when TMA was heated in an atmosphere containing more than 1 ppm O 2 , the temperature at which TMA began to decompose increased. It is assumed that this phenomenon resulted from the formation of methoxy groups through reaction between TMA and O 2 . Thus, the presence of O 2 in TMA not only caused the films to be contaminated with oxygen atoms but also altered the decomposition behavior of TMA. This means that fluctuations in the deposition rate and film performance are caused by the presence of O 2 in TMA when deposition conditions are otherwise kept constant. As a result, it is desirable that the O 2 concentration present in TMA is maintained below 0.1 ppm during deposition.Films that contain aluminum, such as the composite semiconductors AlGaAs, AlGaInP, and Al 2 O 3 , which act as a gate insulator for the composite semiconductors including GaAs and GaN, are often formed using metal-organic ͑MO͒ chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition ͑ALD͒. Trimethylaluminum ͑TMA͒ is often used as an aluminum precursor in the formation of such films. Al 2 O 3 thin films and films containing Al 2 O 3 have been studied as a potential alternative gate dielectrics, and a plasma-enhanced ALD method using TMA and O 2 is one of the processes employed to fabricate these films. 1-3 This method is more effective than the ALD process using TMA and water because it proceeds rapidly at a low temperature and results in a little contamination of the film with impurities. However, TMA exhibits high reactivity with oxygen, and this is influenced by the purity of the TMA that is used in the formation of the composite semiconductor films such as AlGaAs. 4 Furthermore, there are some reports that the oxygen contamination in the AlGaAs films was increased with the tendency of flow rate of TMA at the low range of Al mole fraction, and the oxygen contamination in the films was increased rapidly at the high range of Al mole fraction by the reaction of TMA with O 2 or H 2 O in a process chamber. 5,6 So, high reactivity between TMA and O 2 is the problem to the contamination of oxygen in the composite semiconductor films.It has been reported that Al͑CH 3 ͒ 2 ͑OCH 3 ͒ generated by the reaction between O 2 and TMA is transported into the growth zone of the AlGaAs films and that this organic compound negatively affects the film properties by incorporating oxygen into the AlGaAs films. 7 Furthermore, there are some reports that decreasing the concentration of oxygen or Al͑CH 3 ͒ 2 ͑OCH 3 ͒ in TMA reduc...

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Silane Thermal Decomposition Characteristics on Various Si Surface

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Dependence of Thermal Decomposition of Metal Organic Gases on Metal Surface for Gas Distribution System

Dependence of Thermal Decomposition of Metal Organic Gases on Metal Surface for Gas Distribution System

Dependence of the Decomposition of Trimethylaluminum on Oxygen Concentration

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