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The Kinetics of Platinum Silicide Formation Using CW Lamp Annealing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

C. G. Hopkins ,
S. M. Baumann  and
R. J. Blattner
C. G. Hopkins
Affiliation:
Charles Evans and Associates, 1670 S. Amphlett Boulevard Suite #120, San Mateo, California, 94402
S. M. Baumann
Affiliation:
Charles Evans and Associates, 1670 S. Amphlett Boulevard Suite #120, San Mateo, California, 94402
R. J. Blattner
Affiliation:
Charles Evans and Associates, 1670 S. Amphlett Boulevard Suite #120, San Mateo, California, 94402
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Abstract

The reaction of a metal film with polycrystalline silicon to form a metal silicide has been shown to occur very rapidly when using cw lamp annealing in contrast to conventional furnace annealing. The faster reaction kinetics implies a more efficient energy coupling (radiative heating) versus the conductive/convective heat transfer processes which dominate furnace annealing. From Rutherford backscattering determinations of the thickness of PtSi formed as a function of anneal time (t), we have found the relationship to be linear in t with growth rates in the rangg 10−7–10−6 cm/sec (10 – 100Å/sec) for the temperature range 375 – 450° C. From these data the activation energy for the formation of PtSi was calculated to be 1.8± 0.2eV for cw lamp annealing, in reasonable agreement with literature values from conventional furnace annealing experiments.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 25: Symposium C – Thin Films and Interfaces II , 1983 , 87
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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