TUNABLE UV-FLASH KRYPTON LAMP ARRAY USEFUL FOR LARGE-AREA DEPOSITION AND IN-SITU UV ANNEALING OF SI-BASED DIELECTRICS

Citation
J. Flicstein et al., TUNABLE UV-FLASH KRYPTON LAMP ARRAY USEFUL FOR LARGE-AREA DEPOSITION AND IN-SITU UV ANNEALING OF SI-BASED DIELECTRICS, Applied surface science, 86(1-4), 1995, pp. 286-293
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Chemistry Physical","Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Journal title
ISSN journal
01694332
Volume
86
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
286 - 293
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4332(1995)86:1-4<286:TUKLAU>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A low pressure VUV flashlamp at 100 Torr has been developed as a tool for 'cold' UV CVD and processing. The current density is related in a tunable fashion to the VUV spectral distribution (160-260 nm) up to 20 Hz. A high brightness (3400 W/Hz cm(2) sr) Kr flashtube was shown to be a superior VUV source to Xe and Ar for Si-based dielectrics. The VU V efficiency of the Kr flashlamp, operated at up to 10 kA/cm(2), is re latively high, up to 10%, in the spectral region. By setting four effi cient Kr flashtubes, in a separate cavity, a lamp source, together wit h the UV CVD system characteristics, are shown useful to overall 'cold ' processing, with focus on uniform large area, cleaning, and in situ deposition, up to 3% for 3 ''. The deposition rates are conveniently h igh, similar to 100 Angstrom/min at 350 degrees C, but well controllab le to obtain several dielectric thin films on m-V materials: silicon d ioxide, nitridised silicon dioxide, and silicon nitride. Device qualit y electrical and optical features for III-V technology are demonstrate d: a zero-hysteresis MIS-InP and as a proof of the passivation of GaAs surface, the MIS-GaAs capacitor.