Author: Hai-pyng Peter Liaw
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Category : Epitaxy
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Epitaxial Growth of Beta-silicon Carbide Thin Films by the Chemical Vapor Deposition Technique
Author: Hai-pyng Peter Liaw
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Category : Epitaxy
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Publisher:
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Category : Epitaxy
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Nucleation, Epitaxial Growth, and Characterization of [beta]-SiC Thin Films on Si by Rapid Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition
The Growth and Characterization of Beta Silicon Carbide ([beta]-Sic) Thin Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition in a Low Pressure Vertical Reactor
Author: Kenneth George Irvine
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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The Growth and Characterization of Beta Silicon Carbide (β-Sic) Thin Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition in a Low Pressure Vertical Reactor
Author: Kenneth George Irvine
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Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Single Crystal Epitaxy and Characterization of Beta-Silicon Carbide
Author: Robert F. Davis
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Languages : en
Pages : 33
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The project involves the development of low pressure chemical vapor deposition and r-f sputtering techniques for the synthesis of single crystal thin films of beta-SiC. The CVD apparatus is being produced in-house and a detailed description of the design is provided herein. Theoretical CVD phase diagrams of the Si-C-H system are also being produced as a function of Si/Si+C and total pressure. Both reactive sputtering of Si in CH4 and normal sputtering of a SiC target are being readied. (Author).
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Languages : en
Pages : 33
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The project involves the development of low pressure chemical vapor deposition and r-f sputtering techniques for the synthesis of single crystal thin films of beta-SiC. The CVD apparatus is being produced in-house and a detailed description of the design is provided herein. Theoretical CVD phase diagrams of the Si-C-H system are also being produced as a function of Si/Si+C and total pressure. Both reactive sputtering of Si in CH4 and normal sputtering of a SiC target are being readied. (Author).
Epitaxial Growth and Optoelectronic Characterization of Cubic Silicon Carbide Deposited Using Chemical Vapor Deposition on Porous Silicon
Author: Frederick Paul Vaccaro
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Languages : en
Pages : 406
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ABSTRACT: Cubic silicon carbide is a promising material for applications in high-power, high-frequency, high-temperature, and high-speed electronic devices. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) evaluations performed on thin films grown heteroepitaxially on porous (i.e. anodized) silicon using a new chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method employing trimethylsilane confirmed that the thin films were stoichiometric, cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC). Conclusions were drawn on the basis of comparisons with published standards as well as with results generated on reference materials. SIMS profiles revealed the growth rates at approximately 1150̊C to vary from 2.1 to 4.0 Å/min. depending upon the slight variations in the CVD process trimethylsilane gas pressure. AFM evaluations revealed that the deposition mode at short deposition times was homo-oriented island nucleation and growth but that the 3C-SiC thin films evolved into continuous terraced layers at longer deposition times. Heterojunction (pn) junction diodes, fabricated from CVD and chemical vapor converted (CVC) porous silicon specimens, displayed world record breakdown voltages as high as 140 volts and 150 volts respectively. Historically, heterojunction (pn) junction diodes fabricated from 3C-SiC thin film specimens deposited on non-anodized displayed breakdown voltages below 10 to 20 volts.
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Languages : en
Pages : 406
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ABSTRACT: Cubic silicon carbide is a promising material for applications in high-power, high-frequency, high-temperature, and high-speed electronic devices. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) evaluations performed on thin films grown heteroepitaxially on porous (i.e. anodized) silicon using a new chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method employing trimethylsilane confirmed that the thin films were stoichiometric, cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC). Conclusions were drawn on the basis of comparisons with published standards as well as with results generated on reference materials. SIMS profiles revealed the growth rates at approximately 1150̊C to vary from 2.1 to 4.0 Å/min. depending upon the slight variations in the CVD process trimethylsilane gas pressure. AFM evaluations revealed that the deposition mode at short deposition times was homo-oriented island nucleation and growth but that the 3C-SiC thin films evolved into continuous terraced layers at longer deposition times. Heterojunction (pn) junction diodes, fabricated from CVD and chemical vapor converted (CVC) porous silicon specimens, displayed world record breakdown voltages as high as 140 volts and 150 volts respectively. Historically, heterojunction (pn) junction diodes fabricated from 3C-SiC thin film specimens deposited on non-anodized displayed breakdown voltages below 10 to 20 volts.
The Influence of Annealing on Thin Films of Beta SiC
Author: Irvin Berman
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Category : Annealing of crystals
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Thin films of beta silicon carbide were prepared on alpha silicon carbide substrates by the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique involving the hydrogen reduction of silane and propane. The films were prepared under a variety of conditions and subsequently subjected to thermal annealing cycles between 1600 degrees C and 2000 degrees C. It is shown that the single crystallinity of the beta films improved with continued annealing. The beta polytype was found to be stable over the entire range of temperatures studied.
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Category : Annealing of crystals
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Thin films of beta silicon carbide were prepared on alpha silicon carbide substrates by the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique involving the hydrogen reduction of silane and propane. The films were prepared under a variety of conditions and subsequently subjected to thermal annealing cycles between 1600 degrees C and 2000 degrees C. It is shown that the single crystallinity of the beta films improved with continued annealing. The beta polytype was found to be stable over the entire range of temperatures studied.
Selective Epitaxial Growth of Silicon Carbide on Silicon by Low- Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition
Epitaxial Growth of Silicon Carbide on On-axis Silicon Carbide Substrates Using Methyltrichlorosilane Chemical Vapor Deposition
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Languages : en
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4H-silicon carbide (4H-SiC) is a wide band gap semiconductor with outstanding capabilities for high temperature, high power, and high frequency electronic device applications. Advances in its processing technology have resulted in large micropipe-free single crystals and high speed epitaxial growth on off-axis silicon face substrates. Extraordinarily high growth rates of high quality epitaxial films (>100 [Mu]m per hour) have been achieved, but only on off-axis substrates (misoriented 4° to 8° from the (0001) crystallographic plane). There is a strong incentive to procure an on-axis growth procedure, due to the excessive waste of high quality single crystal associated with wafering off-axis substrates. The purpose of this research was to develop a reliable process for homoepitaxial growth of 4H-SiC on on-axis 4H-SiC. Typically the use of on-axis SiC for epitaxial growth is undesired due to the increased probability of 3C-SiC inclusions and polycrystalline growth. However, it is believed that the presence of chlorine during reaction may reduce the presence of 3C-SiC and improve the quality of the epitaxial film. Therefore homoepitaxial SiC was deposited using methyltrichlorosilane (MTS) and ethane sources with carrier gases consisting of argon-hydrogen mixtures. Ethane was used to increase the C/Si ratio, to aid in the prevention of 3C-SiC, and to help eliminate silicon droplets deposited during epitaxial growth. Deposition occurred in a homemade, quartz, cold wall chemical vapor deposition reactor. Epitaxial films on on-axis 4H-SiC were deposited without the presence of 3C-SiC inclusions or polycrystalline SiC, as observed by defect selective etching, scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy. Large defect free areas, [similar to]5 mm[superscript]2, with epitaxial film thicknesses of [similar to]6 [Mu]m were grown on on-axis 4H-SiC. Epitaxial films had approximately an 80%, [similar to]20 cm[superscript]-2, decrease in defect density as compared to the substrates. The growth rate was independent of face polarity and orientation of the substrate. The optimal temperature for hydrogen etching, to promote the smoothest epitaxial films for on-axis substrates (both C- and Si-polarities), is [similar to]1550 °C for 10 minutes in the presence of 2 slm hydrogen. The optimum C/Si ratio for epitaxial growth on on-axis 4H-SiC is 1; excess carbon resulted in the codeposition of graphite and cone-shaped silicon carbide defects.
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Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
4H-silicon carbide (4H-SiC) is a wide band gap semiconductor with outstanding capabilities for high temperature, high power, and high frequency electronic device applications. Advances in its processing technology have resulted in large micropipe-free single crystals and high speed epitaxial growth on off-axis silicon face substrates. Extraordinarily high growth rates of high quality epitaxial films (>100 [Mu]m per hour) have been achieved, but only on off-axis substrates (misoriented 4° to 8° from the (0001) crystallographic plane). There is a strong incentive to procure an on-axis growth procedure, due to the excessive waste of high quality single crystal associated with wafering off-axis substrates. The purpose of this research was to develop a reliable process for homoepitaxial growth of 4H-SiC on on-axis 4H-SiC. Typically the use of on-axis SiC for epitaxial growth is undesired due to the increased probability of 3C-SiC inclusions and polycrystalline growth. However, it is believed that the presence of chlorine during reaction may reduce the presence of 3C-SiC and improve the quality of the epitaxial film. Therefore homoepitaxial SiC was deposited using methyltrichlorosilane (MTS) and ethane sources with carrier gases consisting of argon-hydrogen mixtures. Ethane was used to increase the C/Si ratio, to aid in the prevention of 3C-SiC, and to help eliminate silicon droplets deposited during epitaxial growth. Deposition occurred in a homemade, quartz, cold wall chemical vapor deposition reactor. Epitaxial films on on-axis 4H-SiC were deposited without the presence of 3C-SiC inclusions or polycrystalline SiC, as observed by defect selective etching, scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy. Large defect free areas, [similar to]5 mm[superscript]2, with epitaxial film thicknesses of [similar to]6 [Mu]m were grown on on-axis 4H-SiC. Epitaxial films had approximately an 80%, [similar to]20 cm[superscript]-2, decrease in defect density as compared to the substrates. The growth rate was independent of face polarity and orientation of the substrate. The optimal temperature for hydrogen etching, to promote the smoothest epitaxial films for on-axis substrates (both C- and Si-polarities), is [similar to]1550 °C for 10 minutes in the presence of 2 slm hydrogen. The optimum C/Si ratio for epitaxial growth on on-axis 4H-SiC is 1; excess carbon resulted in the codeposition of graphite and cone-shaped silicon carbide defects.