• 한국재료학회지
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.573-578
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• 2004

Newly developed silicide materials for ULSI should have the appropriate electrical property of low resistant as well as process compatibility in conventional CMOS process. We prepared $NiCoSi_x$ silicides from 15 nm-Co/15 nm-Ni/Si structure and performed contact dry etch process to confirm the dry etch stability and compatibility of $NiCoSi_x$ layers. We dry etched the photoresist/SiO/silicide/silicon patterns with $CF_4\;and\;CHF_3$ gases with varying powers from 100 to 200 W, and pressures from 45 to 65 mTorr, respectively. Polysilicon and silicon active layers without silicide were etched $0\sim316{\AA}$ during over etch time of 3min, while silicon layers with proposed $NiCoSi_x$ silicide were not etched and showed stable surfaces. Our result implies that new $NiCoSi_x$ silicides may replace the conventional silicides due to contact etch process compatibility.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제40권12호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 cobalt interlayer와 TiN capping을 적용한 Ni-Silicide 구조를 제안하여 100 ㎜ CMOS 소자에 적용하고 소자 특성 연구를 하였다. Ni-Silicide의 취약한 열 안정성을 개선하기 위해 열 안정성이 우수한 Cobalt interlayer이용하여 silicide의 열화됨을 개선하였고 또한 silicide 계면의 uniformity를 향상하기 위해 TiN capping을 동시에 적용하였다. 100 ㎚ CMOS 소자에 제안한 Co/Ni/TiN 구조를 적용하여 700℃, 30분에서의 열처리 시에도 silicide의 낮은 면저항과 낮은 접합 누설 전류가 유지되었으며 100 ㎚이하 소자의 특성 변화도 거의 없음을 확인하였다. 따라서 제안한 Co/Ni/TiN 구조가 NiSi의 열 안정성을 개선시킴으로써 100 ㎚ 이하의 Nano CNOS 소자에 매우 적합한 Ni-Silicide 특성을 확보하였다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 II
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• pp.1069-1072
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• 2003

Germane-sillicide phase formation on S $i_{0.25}$G $e_{0.75}$ with Ni 100$\square$, Co 10$\square$/Ni 100$\square$ and Ni 50$\square$/Co 10$\square$/Ni 50$\square$ layer was studied by sheet resistance and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy(FESEM). Thermal stability of nickel germane-silicide is found to be improved by sputtering Ni/Co/Ni on the SiGe. After annealing at 600, 650, $700^{\circ}C$, 30min., the nickel germane-silicide formed by Ni 50$\square$/Co 10$\square$/Ni 50$\square$ layer achieved a sheet resistance less than 17ohms/sq.(almost the same to the value before furnace annealing for 30min.) , while the process of the other two ways result in high sheet resistance and even sheet resistance fail due to Ge segregation.ion.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.8
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• pp.27-28
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• 2007

In this paper, Ni-Co alloy was used for improvement of thermal stability of Ni silicide. The proposed Ni/Ni-Co structure exhibited wide temperature window of rapid thermal process. Sheet resistance as well as cross-sectional profile showed stable characteristics in spite of high temperature annealing up to $700^{\circ}C$ for 30min. Therefore, the proposed Ni/Ni-Co structure is highly promising for highly thermal immune Ni silicide for nano-scale CMOSFET technology.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2010년도 제39회 하계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.219-219
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• 2010

Silicides have been commonly used in the Si technology due to the compatibility with Si. Recently the silicide has been applied in solar cells [1] and nanoscale interconnects [2]. The modulation of Ni silicide phase is an important issue to satisfy the needs. The excellent electric-conductive nickel monosilicide (NiSi) nanowire has proven the low resistive nanoscale interconnects. Otherwise the Ni disilicide (NiSi2) provides a template to grow a crystalline Si film above it by the little lattice mismatch of 0.4% between Si and NiSi2. We present the formation of Ni silicide phases performed by the single deposition and the co-deposition methods. The co-deposition of Ni and Si provides a stable Ni silicide phase at a reduced processing temperature comparing to the single deposition method. It also discusses the Schottky contact formation between the Ni silicide and the grown crystalline Si film for the solar cell application.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1149-1155
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• 2004

In this paper, novel methods for improvement of thermal stability of Ni-germano Silicide were proposed for nano CMOS applications. It was shown that there happened agglomeration and abnormal oxidation in case of Ni-germano Silicide using Ni only structure. Therefore, 4 kinds of tri-layer structure, such as, Ti/Ni/TiN, Ni/Ti/TiN, Co/Ni/TiN and Ni/Co/TiN were proposed utilizing Co and Ti interlayer to improve thermal stability of Ni-germano Silicide. Ti/Ni/TiN structure showed the best improvement of thermal stability and suppression of abnormal oxidation although all kinds of structures showed improvement of sheet resistance. That is, Ti/Ni/TiN structure showed only 11 ohm/sq. in spite of 600 $^{\circ}C$, 30 min post silicidation annealing while Ni-only structure show 42 ohm/sq. Therefore, Ti/Ni/TiN structure is highly promising for nano-scale CMOS technology.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.615-620
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• 2008

저저항 배선층으로 쓰일 수 있는 선폭 $0.5{\mu}m$, 70nm 높이의 폴리실리콘 패턴에 $10nm-Ni_{1-x}Co_x$(x=0.2, 0.6, and 0.7)의 금속 박막을 열증착법으로 성막하고 쾌속 열처리 (RTA) 온도를 $700^{\circ}C$와 $1000^{\circ}C$로 달리하여 실리사이드화 공정을 실시하여 상부에 니켈코발트 실리사이드를 형성시켰다 이때의 미세구조를 확인하고 FIB (focused ion beam)를 활용하여 저에너지 조건 (30kV-10 pA-2 sec)에서 배선층을 국부적으로 조사하여 실리사이드 층의 선택적 제거 가능성을 확인하였다. 실험 범위내의 실리사이드화 온도 범위와 NiCo 상대 조성 범위에서 주어진 FIB 조건으로 선택적으로 저저항 실리사이드 층의 제거가 가능하였으나, 상대적으로 Co 함유량이 많은 실리사이드는 배선층 내부에서 기포가 발생하였으며, 이러한 기포로 인해 실리사이드 층만의 국부적 제거는 불가능하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.18-22
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• 2008

In this paper, the Ni-Co alloy was used for thermal stability estimation comparison with Ni structure. The proposed Ni/Ni-Co structure exhibited wider range of rapid thermal process windows, lower sheet resistance in spite of high temperature annealing up to $700^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, more uniform interface via FE-SEM analysis, NiSi phase peak. Therefore, The proposed Ni/Ni-Co structure is highly promising for highly thermal immune Ni-silicide for nano-scale MOSFET technology.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.215-216
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• 2013

The silicide is a compound of Si with an electropositive component. Silicides are commonly used in silicon-based microelectronics to reduce resistivity of gate and local interconnect metallization. The popular silicide candidates, CoSi2 and TiSi2, have some limitations. TiSi2 showed line width dependent sheet resistance and has difficulty in transformation of the C49 phase to the low resistive C54. CoSi2 consumes more Si than TiSi2. Nickel silicide is a promising material to substitute for those silicide materials providing several advantages; low resistivity, lower Si consumption and lower formation temperature. Nickel silicide (NiSi) nanowire (NW) has features of a geometrically tiny size in terms of diameter and significantly long directional length, with an excellent electrical conductivity. According to these advantages, NiSi NWs have been applied to various nanoscale applications, such as interconnects [1,2], field emitters [3], and functional microscopy tips [4]. Beside its tiny geometric feature, NW can provide a large surface area at a fixed volume. This makes the material viable for photovoltaic architecture, allowing it to be used to enhance the light-active region [5]. Additionally, a recent report has suggested that an effective antireflection coating-layer can be made with by NiSi NW arrays [6]. A unique growth mechanism of nickel silicide (NiSi) nanowires (NWs) was thermodynamically investigated. The reaction between Ni and Si primarily determines NiSi phases according to the deposition condition. Optimum growth conditions were found at $375^{\circ}C$ leading long and high-density NiSi NWs. The ignition of NiSi NWs is determined by the grain size due to the nucleation limited silicide reaction. A successive Ni diffusion through a silicide layer was traced from a NW grown sample. Otherwise Ni-rich or Si-rich phase induces a film type growth. This work demonstrates specific existence of NiSi NW growth [7].

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.332-337
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• 2006

기판전면에 패턴 없이 15 nm Co/15 nm Ni/70 nm polysilicon/200 nm $SiO_2$/Si(100) 구조로 적층된 구조로부터 급속열처리기 (rapid thermal annealer : RTA)를 이용하여 40초간 700, 900, $1000^{\circ}C$의 실리사이드화 온도를 변화시키면서 CoNi 복합실리사이드를 형성하였다. 완성된 두께 100 nm 정도의 CoNi 복합실리사이드층으로 배선층을 만든다고 상정하여, 이중 집속이온빔(dual beam focused ion beam : FIB)을 써서 30 kV에서 표면전류를 $1{\sim}100$ pA 범위에서 조절하면서 나노급 선폭제작의 가능성을 확인하였다. 각 온도별 복합실리사이드에 동일한 이온빔 조건으로 $100{\mu}m$ 길이의 패턴을 만들고, 이온빔으로 양 끝단에 트렌치를 만들어 FE-SEM으로 각 조건에서의 선폭, 두께, 최종 에칭형상을 확인하였다. 기존 형상변형이 많아서 나노급 선폭 구현이 불리한 폴리사이드 공정에 비해서, 최초로 새로운 저저항 복합실리사이드에 대해서 100 nm 이하의 나노급 피치를 가진 선폭 제작이 $30kV{\sim}30pA$ 범위에서 가능하였다.