REPORT ON SURFACE STUDIES.

Abstract

Some of the variables of processing are examined for formation of metal-oxide-silicon (MOS) structures stable at 175 C under bias of 1,000,000 v/cm of oxide with the metal positive with respect to the silicon. Sodium distributions found in oxides formed by various techniques are determined using neutron activation analysis. Oxides formed on chemically polished surfaces have a high sodium concentration in a thin outer layer of oxide which originates on the polished silicon surface. A clean system using rf heating of a silicon carbide coated graphite slab and water cooled quartz wall permitted vapor etching in HCl-H2 mixtures to remove native oxides, flushing and then using dry oxygen for oxidation. Sodium and phosphorus distributions are compared in oxides diffused with phosphorus oxide. The kinetics of the phosphorus diffusion are explored. A segregation of sodium into the glassy regions of samples diffused at high temperatures is found. From 600 - 1200 C a low level of phosphorus near to solid solubility in oxide is found distributed throughout the oxide. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0813323

Entities

People

  • D. R. Fewer
  • Harold G. Carlson

Organizations

  • Texas Instruments

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbides
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Diffusion
  • Elements
  • Graphitic Materials
  • High Temperature
  • Kinetics
  • Metal Oxides
  • Neutron Activation
  • Nonmetals
  • Oxidation
  • Oxides
  • Oxygen
  • Phosphorus
  • Silicon
  • Silicon Carbide

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.