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Selective Rapid Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition of Titanium Disilicide on Silicon and Polysilicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Lixin Nie ,
Chad E. Weintraub  and
Mehmet C. Öztürk
Lixin Nie
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University, Box 7911, Raleigh, NC 27695–7911
Chad E. Weintraub
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University, Box 7911, Raleigh, NC 27695–7911
Mehmet C. Öztürk
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University, Box 7911, Raleigh, NC 27695–7911
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Abstract

Selective rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition (RTCVD) of TiSi2 is a promising alternative to the conventional self-aligned suicide (SALICIDE) process to form low-resistivity contacts to ultra-shallow source/drain junctions of deep submicron MOS transistors. The process makes use of TiCl4 and SiH4 as the Ti and Si source gases in a temperature range of 750 – 825 °C. The primary advantage of the process over the conventional SALICIDE process is that by providing sufficient levels of Si from the gas phase, junction consumption can be eliminated. Furthermore, the process eliminates wet etch and reduces the number of process steps from four to one. For the process to be compatible with CMOS manufacturing, low-resistivity TiSi2 deposition must be achieved on both source/drain junctions as well as the poly cry stalline silicon gate electrode. It is the objective of this paper to compare basic characteristics of the process on these two surfaces. The results indicate that the crystallinity of the surface on which TiSi2 is deposited can impact the nature of the deposited film. Our experimental results indicate enhanced Si consumption on polysilicon, smaller TiSi2 grains and consequently higher sheet resistance. However, the process conditions and TiSi2 thickness can be optimized to achieve consumption free TiSi2 deposition on the junctions with acceptable performance on polysilicon.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 470: Symposium F – Rapid Thermal and Integrated Processing IV , 1997 , 139
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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