고밀도 플라즈마에 의한 $CeO_2$ 박막의 식각 메커니즘 연구

A Study on the etching mechanism of $CeO_2$ thin film by high density plasma

  • 오창석 (中央大學校 電氣工學科) ;
  • 김창일 (中央大學校 電子電氣工學科)
  • Oh, Chang-Seok (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chungang Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Il (Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chungang Univ.)
  • 발행 : 2001.12.01

초록

$CeO_2$ 박막은 강유전체 메모리 디바이스 응용을 위한 금속-강유전체-절연체-실리콘 전계효과 트랜지스터 구조에서의 강유전체 박막과 실리콘 기판 사이의 완충층으로서 제안되어지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 $CeO_2$ 박막을 유도 결합 플라즈마를 이용하여 $Cl_2$/Ar 가스 혼합비에 따라 식각하였다. 식각 특성을 알아보기 위한 실험조건으로는 RF 전력 600 W, dc 바이어스 전압 -200 V, 반응로 압력 15 mTorr로 고정하였고 $Cl_2$($Cl_2$+Ar) 가스 혼합비를 변화시키면서 실험하였다. $Cl_2$/($Cl_2$+Ar) 가스 혼합비가 0.2일때 $CeO_2$ 박막의 식각속도는 230 ${\AA}$/min으로 가장 높았으며 또한 $YMnO_3$에 대한 $CeO_2$의 선택비는 1.83이였다. 식각된 $CeO_2$ 박막의 표면반응은 XPS와 SIMS를 통해서 분석하였다. XPS 분석 결과 $CeO_2$ 박막의 표면에 Ce와 Cl의 화학적 반응에 의해 CeCl 결합이 존재함을 확인하였고, 또한 SIMS 분석 결과로 CeCl 결합을 확인하였다. $CeO_2$ 박막의 식각은 Cl 라디칼의 화학적 반응의 도움을 받으며 Ce 원자는 Cl과 반응을 하여 CeCl과 같은 혼합물로 $CeO_2$ 박막 표면에 존재하며 이들 CeCl 혼합물은 Ar 이온들의 충격에 의해 물리적으로 식각 되어진다.

Cerium oxide ($CeO_2$) thin film has been proposed as a buffer layer between the ferroelectric thin film and the Si substrate in Metal-Ferroelectric-Insulator-Silicon (MFIS) structures for ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) applications. In this study, $CeO_2$ thin films were etched with $Cl_2$/Ar gas mixture in an inductively coupled plasma (ICP). Etch properties were measured for different gas mixing ratio of $Cl_2$($Cl_2$+Ar) while the other process conditions were fixed at RF power (600 W), dc bias voltage (-200 V), and chamber pressure (15 mTorr). The highest etch rate of $CeO_2$ thin film was 230 ${\AA}$/min and the selectivity of $CeO_2$ to $YMnO_3$ was 1.83 at $Cl_2$($Cl_2$+Ar gas mixing ratio of 0.2. The surface reaction of the etched $CeO_2$ thin films was investigated using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. There is a Ce-Cl bonding by chemical reaction between Ce and Cl. The results of secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) analysis were compared with the results of XPS analysis and the Ce-Cl bonding was monitored at 176.15 (a.m.u). These results confirm that Ce atoms of $CeO_2$ thin films react with chlorine and a compound such as CeCl remains on the surface of etched $CeO_2$ thin films. These products can be removed by Ar ion bombardment.

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