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Silicon oxidation and Si–SiO2 interface of thin oxides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

N. M. Ravindra ,
J. Narayan ,
Dariush Fathy ,
J. K. Srivastava  and
E. A. Irene
N. M. Ravindra
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Ruleigh, North Carolina 27695-7907
J. Narayan
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Ruleigh, North Carolina 27695-7907
Dariush Fathy
Affiliation:
Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
J. K. Srivastava
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
E. A. Irene
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
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Abstract

High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and ellipsometry techniques have been employed to measure thicknesses of silicon oxide, grown at 800°C in dry oxygen, in the thickness range of 2–20 nm. While the oxide growth data measured from TEM obey a nearly linear behavior, those obtained from ellipsometry are seen to vary nonlinearly. The interface structure as function of the increasing oxide thickness was studied using HRTEM. At these oxidation temperatures, the earlier reported variations of roughness at the interface on the oxide thickness for oxides grown at 900°C are not seen. Attempts aimed at correlating the high-resolution transmission electron micrographs with some physical parameters like the refractive index and the dielectric breakdown lead to considerations of the importance of the effect of protrusions of silicon atoms of 1 mm size into SiO2 layers on the interface properties. These findings lead to explanations of some key features concerning the refractive index and density of thin SiO2.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 216 - 221
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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