CHARACTERIZATION OF TITANIUM SILICIDE FILMS FORMED BY COMPOSITE SPUTTERING AND RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING

被引:3
作者
BROADBENT, EK [1 ]
MORGAN, AE [1 ]
COULMAN, B [1 ]
HUANG, IW [1 ]
KUIPER, AET [1 ]
机构
[1] PHILIPS RES LABS,5600 JA EINDHOVEN,NETHERLANDS
关键词
CRYSTALS - Structure - MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION - SPECTROSCOPY; AUGER ELECTRON - SPUTTERING - X-RAY ANALYSIS;
D O I
10.1016/0040-6090(87)90008-3
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Titanium silicide films were prepared by sputtering from a single composite TiSi//x source followed by rapid thermal annealing in N//2. The composition, resistivity, crystal structure and microstructure were investigated using Auger electron spectroscopy, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray and electron diffraction and a four-point resistivity probe. As-deposited and fully annealed films were found to possess a TiSi//2//. //2 stoichiometry and to contain 6-7 at. % O and significant amounts of several metallic impurities (copper, iron and tungsten). Rapid thermal annealing at 850-1000 degree C for 10 s forms a polycrystalline equilibrium orthorhombic phase TiSi//2 structure with 0. 25-0. 50 mu m grains.
引用
收藏
页码:51 / 63
页数:13
相关论文
共 12 条
[1]  
BEYERS R, 1984, MAT RES SOC S P, V25, P601
[2]  
BEYERS R, 1985, J APPL PHYS, V57, P4240
[3]  
DHEURLE FM, 1982, 1ST P INT S VLSI SCI, V82, P194
[4]   MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PLASMA-ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR-DEPOSITED TITANIUM SILICIDE [J].
MORGAN, AE ;
STACY, WT ;
DEBLASI, JM ;
CHEN, TYJ .
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 1986, 4 (03) :723-731
[5]  
MORGAN AE, 1986, MATER RES SOC S P, V52, P279
[6]   RESISTIVITIES OF THIN-FILM TRANSITION-METAL SILICIDES [J].
MURARKA, SP ;
READ, MH ;
DOHERTY, CJ ;
FRASER, DB .
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1982, 129 (02) :293-301
[7]   SILICIDE FORMATION IN THIN CO-SPUTTERED (TITANIUM + SILICON) FILMS ON POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON AND SIO2 [J].
MURARKA, SP ;
FRASER, DB .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1980, 51 (01) :350-356
[8]  
MURARKA SP, 1983, SILICIDES VLSI APPLI
[9]   PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES OF SPUTTER-DEPOSITED TITANIUM SILICIDE AS A FUNCTION OF SUBSTRATE-TEMPERATURE [J].
TANIELIAN, M ;
BLACKSTONE, S .
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1985, 132 (06) :1487-1491
[10]   SPUTTER DEPOSITED TITANIUM DISILICIDE AT HIGH SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURES [J].
TANIELIAN, M ;
BLACKSTONE, S ;
LAJOS, R .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1984, 45 (04) :444-446