We studied the characteristics of growth, surface treatment and oxidation for Si1-XGeX to apply ULSI CMOS device. Si1-XGeX is the most focused material for generation of strain in channel. In order to form and control the strain in channel with using ...
We studied the characteristics of growth, surface treatment and oxidation for Si1-XGeX to apply ULSI CMOS device. Si1-XGeX is the most focused material for generation of strain in channel. In order to form and control the strain in channel with using Si1-XGeX, new technology is needed to control the strain in Si1-XGeX. Therefore, we studied several properties of Si1-XGeX corresponding to growth and oxidation.In section about growth of Si1-XGeX, first, we investigated a new pre-cleaning technique with using plasma. We observed etch rate of Si and SiO2 by various mixture gas containing SF6 and Cl2 and contamination with using secondary ion molecular scattering (SIMS) at plasma pre-cleaned interface between grown epitaxial layer and Si substrate. Also, we observed interface defects generated by plasma damage with using transmission electron microscopy. Through above work, we propose new surface cleaning method with using plasma. Second, we investigate growth rate of Si1-XGeX with various growth condition and explain the origins of the role of Ge for growth rate in two different growth modes. Especially, we reveal the growth kinetics at high Ge concentration and high temperature. Through above work, we suggest key parameters to grow layer by layer grown defect free Si1-XGeX in process condition.In the other section about oxidation, first, we investigate the condensation process to control the strain in Si1-XGeX. We observe oxidation properties of Si1-XGeX in dry ambient and inspect each strain in the Ge pile-up layer and in the remaining initial Si1-XGeX, respectively. We also suggest a mechanism for strain relaxation in the Ge pile-up layer and the remaining initial Si1-XGeX layer during dry oxidation of the Si1-XGeX. From our experiments, we show a possibility to apply the condensation process without the SGOI (Si1-XGeX on insulator) structure. Second, we investigated the strain in Si1-XGeX (x=0,15) grown on oxidized and etched Si1-XGeX films grown on conventional bulk Si substrates. We observed the strain behaviors and interface structures in newly grown Si1-XGeX and oxidized and etched Si1-XGeX using raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The strain in Si1-XGeX was successfully controlled by oxidation temperature, time and initial Ge fraction and newly grown Si1-XGeX showed a low defect density. We suggest that our process is a new and novel method of forming a relaxed Si1-XGeX and of growing an epi-Si1-XGeX with a low defect density.