Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-gvvz8 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-27T02:17:48.505Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The Characterization of Al2O3 Films Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition Using Al(CH3)3 and H2O

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Sun Jin Yun ,
Kyung-Ho Lee ,
Jarmo Skarp ,
Hae-Rim Kim  and
Kee-Soo Nam
Sun Jin Yun
Affiliation:
Semiconductor Technology Division, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Yusong P.O. Box, 106, Taejon, Korea
Kyung-Ho Lee
Affiliation:
Eaton Korea Ltd., Seoul, Korea
Jarmo Skarp
Affiliation:
Microchemistry Ltd., Espoo, Finland.
Hae-Rim Kim
Affiliation:
Semiconductor Technology Division, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Yusong P.O. Box, 106, Taejon, Korea
Kee-Soo Nam
Affiliation:
Microchemistry Ltd., Espoo, Finland.
Get access

Abstract

The materials characteristics of Al2O3 films grown on Si (100) substrate by traveling wave reactor atomic layer deposition were investigated at the growth temperature ranging from 250 to 500°C. The Al2O3 films grown using Al(CH3)3(TMA) and H2O as precursors were characterized and also compared with the films grown using AlCl3 and H2O. In the study of impurity incorporation, the films grown using TMA showed the C and H count rates of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) approximately 7–10 times higher than those of the film grown using AlCl3. For the Al2O3 films grown using TMA, the impurity contents and the growth rate decreased and the refractive index increased as increasing the growth temperature. The effect of purge time increase on the impurity incorporation was very small compared with that of growth temperature. The refractive indices were 1.64 and 1.68 at the growth temperatures of 250 and 400°C, respectively. The rough estimation using SIMS data and refractive indices indicated that the H-content decreased from 8.6 at% to 2.9 at% as increasing the substrate temperature from 250 to 400°C. The Al2O3 film grown using AlCl3 and H2O at 500°C contained approximately 0.5% Cl and revealed the refractive index of 1.65.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 471: Symposium G – Flat Panel Display Materials III , 1997 , 81
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Higashi, G. S. and Fleming, C. G., Appl. Phys. Lett. 55, 1963 (1989).Google Scholar
2. Suntola, T. and Antson, J., US patent No.4058430 (15 November 1977).Google Scholar
3. Hiltunen, L., Kattelus, H., Lesicela, M., Makella, M., Niinisto, L., Nykanen, E., Soininen, P., and Tutta, M., Mater. Chem. Phys. 28, 379 (1991).Google Scholar
4. Lakomaa, E. -L., Root, A., and Suntola, T., Appl. Surf. Sci. in press.Google Scholar
5. Aoyama, T., Saida, S., Okayama, Y., Fujisaki, M., Imai, K., and Arikado, T., J. Electrochem. Soc. 143, 977 (1996).Google Scholar
6. Ericsson, P., Bengtsson, S., and Skarp, J., to be published (1997).Google Scholar
7. in Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, edited by Lide, D. R., 71st ed. (CRC press, 1990–1991), p. 4–41.Google Scholar