FABRICATION AND EVALUATION OF SILICON EPITAXIAL FILMS MADE BY THE PYROLYTIC DECOMPOSITION OF SILICON TETRACHLORIDE.

Abstract

EPITAXIAL FILM FABRICATION: The following items are discussed: gas bubbler for the saturator that insures saturation of the hydrogen carrier gas with SiCl4, reaction chamber that can withstand the 1000 to 1300C deposition temperature and will not appreciably dope the substrate material, a susceptor material that allows efficient RF coupling and negligible background doping, requirements for the carrier gas, and flow meters and valves that can handle the gases used. GROWING DOPED SILICON EPITAXIAL FILMS BY PYROLYTIC DECOMPOSITION: Preparation of the Si substrate includes chemical etching by hydrogen chloride gas. Step-by-step directions are given for preparation of the system. IMPORTANT FILM GROWTH PARAMETERS: Growth rate of the film is held constant with time by having fixed temperatures for the furnace and evaporator and fixed gas flow rates. TECHNIQUES USED IN FILM EVALUATION.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0622287

Entities

People

  • M. F. Goodman

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Etching
  • Chlorides
  • Couplings
  • Decomposition
  • Etching
  • Evaporators
  • Fabrication
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Gas Flow
  • Hydrogen
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Substrates
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
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