E. Schroer et al., A THERMODYNAMIC MODEL FOR THE GROWTH OF BURIED OXIDE LAYERS BY THERMAL-OXIDATION, Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology, 36(1-3), 1996, pp. 237-240
A thermodynamic model is derived which describes the growth kinetics o
f the Buried Oxide (BOX) layer in Silicon On Insulator (SOI) structure
s due to the oxidation of the superficial silicon layer. The model is
based on the assumptions that this oxidation induces a supersaturation
of interstitial oxygen in the superficial silicon layer and that this
supersaturation is proportional to the growth rate of the external th
ermal oxide. We compare the model with the two data sets available and
discuss the discrepancies in terms of different supersaturations in t
he superficial silicon layer induced by thermal oxidation.