CONDITIONS FOR AN OXIDE-FREE SI SURFACE FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING - STEADY-STATE BOUNDARY

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AGNELLO, PD
SEDGWICK, TO
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[1] IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York 10598, Yorktown Heights
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10.1149/1.2069009
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O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
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081704 ;
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The oxidation and removal of surf ace oxides on silicon at low temperatures in an atmospheric-pressure chemical vapor deposition system has been studied. Oxygen concentrations from 5 ppb to 6 ppm and temperatures from 650 to 850-degrees-C were investigated. The oxygen pressure limits to maintaining an oxide-free surface are higher than for vacuum processing due to mass transport of oxygen in the carrier gas.
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