The Physics of Interface Interactions Related to Reliability of Future Electronic Devices
Abstract
Photoemission and thermionic emission results show that the Si-SiO2 energy barrier can be reduced from 4.2 eV to about 2.5 eV by a monolayer coverage of sodium. Scanning Internal Photoemission maps were made of the SiO2 interface which was 'stained' by a small amount of sodium. Images of the contract barrier were made which show microscopic imperfections such as phosphorus precipitates on the interface as well as microscratches. In the area of transition metal oxides, progress was made in understanding the mechanism of switching found in thin films of Nb2O5. In another area, involving structural instabilities of thin glass films, it was identified that a small phosphorus impurity is able to recrystallize SiO2 at the relatively low temperature of 525C. Phosphorus is commonly used to dope the SiO2 used in MOS transistors. Also, a destructive interface reaction between SiO2 and vanadium was found.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0768968
Entities
People
- King-ning Tu
- Thomas H. Distefano
Organizations
- IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center