Effects of N-induced heterogeneous nucleation and growth of cavities at the CoSi2/polycrystalline–silicon interface
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 81 (1) , 55-57
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1488697
Abstract
N-induced cavitynucleation at the CoSi 2 / Si interface has been investigated for different doses and its influence on improving the thermal stability of the silicide layer up to 1075 ° C has been detailed. The N-implant energy and doses have been chosen in such a way that the projected range (R p ) was near the interface and the underlying polycrystallinesilicon substrate was completely amorphized. After a thermal treatment of 975 ° C , it has been found that the cavity density depends on the dose, but the cavity size is dose independent. The cavity density should be enough to saturate the silicide grain boundaries but not so high to neglect ripening and coalescence. A density of 2.5×10 10 cavities/cm 2 has been measured at a nitrogen dose of 7×10 15 / cm 2 corresponding to a partial saturation of the silicide grain boundaries and to the higher stability gain (150 ° C ).Keywords
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