Comparisons between a gas-phase model of silane chemical vapor deposition and laser-diagnostic measurements
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 59 (9) , 3267-3273
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.336909
Abstract
Theoretical modeling and experimental measurements have been used to study gas‐phase chemistry in the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of silicon from silane. Pulsed laser Raman spectroscopy was used to obtain temperature profiles and to obtain absolute density profiles of silane during deposition at atmospheric and 6‐Torr total pressures for temperatures ranging from 500 to 800 °C. Laser‐excited fluorescence was used to obtain relative density profiles of Si2 during deposition at 740 °C in helium with 0–12 Torr added hydrogen. These measurements are compared to predictions from the theoretical model of Coltrin, Kee, and Miller. The predictions agree qualitatively with experiment. These studies indicate that fluid mechanics and gas‐phase chemical kinetics are important considerations in understanding the chemical vapor deposition process.This publication has 38 references indexed in Scilit:
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