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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2008.17.6.528

Property of Nickel Silicide with 60 nm and 20 nm Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Prepared by Low Temperature Process  

Kim, Joung-Ryul (Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Seoul)
Park, Jong-Sung (Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Seoul)
Choi, Young-Youn (Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Seoul)
Song, Oh-Sung (Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Seoul)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.17, no.6, 2008 , pp. 528-537 More about this Journal
Abstract
60 nm and 20 nm thick hydrogenated amorphous silicon(a-Si:H) layers were deposited on 200 nm $SiO_2$/single-Si substrates by inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition(ICP-CVD). Subsequently, 30 nm-Ni layers were deposited by an e-beam evaporator. Finally, 30 nm-Ni/(60 nm and 20 nm) a-Si:H/200 nm-$SiO_2$/single-Si structures were prepared. The prepared samples were annealed by rapid thermal annealing(RTA) from $200^{\circ}C$ to $500^{\circ}C$ in $50^{\circ}C$ increments for 40 sec. A four-point tester, high resolution X-ray diffraction(HRXRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM), and scanning probe microscopy(SPM) were used to examine the sheet resistance, phase transformation, in-plane microstructure, cross-sectional microstructure, and surface roughness, respectively. The nickel silicide from the 60 nm a-Si:H substrate showed low sheet resistance from $400^{\circ}C$ which is compatible for low temperature processing. The nickel silicide from 20 nm a-Si:H substrate showed low resistance from $300^{\circ}C$. Through HRXRD analysis, the phase transformation occurred with silicidation temperature without a-Si:H layer thickness dependence. With the result of FE-SEM and TEM, the nickel silicides from 60 nm a-Si:H substrate showed the microstructure of 60 nm-thick silicide layers with the residual silicon regime, while the ones from 20 nm a-Si:H formed 20 nm-thick uniform silicide layers. In case of SPM, the RMS value of nickel silicide layers increased as the silicidation temperature increased. Especially, the nickel silicide from 20 nm a-Si:H substrate showed the lowest RMS value of 0.75 at $300^{\circ}C$.
Keywords
Nano-thick nickel silicide; ICP-CVD; Hydrogenated amorphous silicon; Flextronics; RTA;
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