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Activated Pulsed Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ge2Sb2Te5 Thin Films Using Alkyl Precursors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Denis Reso ,
Mindaugas Silinskas ,
Bodo Kalkofen ,
Marco Lisker  and
Edmund P. Burte
Denis Reso
Affiliation:
[email protected], Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
Mindaugas Silinskas
Affiliation:
[email protected], Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
Bodo Kalkofen
Affiliation:
[email protected], Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
Marco Lisker
Affiliation:
[email protected], Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Edmund P. Burte
Affiliation:
[email protected], Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Abstract

Ge-Sb-Te (GST) thin films were deposited by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and hot-wire chemical vapor deposition (HW CVD). Several precursor sets (tetraethylgermanium - trimethylantimony - dimethyltellurium (TEGe-TMSb-DMTe), tetraisopropylgermanium - triisopropylantimony - di-tertiarybutyltellurium (TiPGe-TiPSb-DtBTe) and tetraallylgermanium - triisopropylantimony - diisopropyltellurium (TAGe-TiPSb-DiPTe)) were tested for CVD. For the TEGe-TMSb-DMTe precursor set tellurium and germanium could be detected in the films for all deposition temperatures investigated, while Sb was found only in the films deposited at elevated temperature higher than 550 °C. The deposition temperature could be reduced by using two other precursor sets (TiPGe-TiPSb-DtBTe and TAGe-TiPSb-DiPTe). The Ge content, however, could not be sufficiently increased to obtain stoichiometric Ge2Sb2Te5 films. Therefore, the hot wire or catalytic method was applied to improve the decomposition of the precursors. In this case, the desired composition (e.g. Ge2Sb2Te5) was obtained at each investigated temperature by adjusting dosing and deposition parameters. Additionally, film roughness (as low as 2 nm) and deposition rates could be optimized by adjusting deposition temperature and pressure.

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metalorganic depositioncatalyticmemory
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1251: Symposium H – Phase-Change Materials for Memory and Reconfigurable Electronics Applications , 2010 , 1251-H03-23
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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