SILICON OXIDE DECOMPOSITION AND DESORPTION DURING THE THERMAL OXIDATION OF SILICON

Author:

STARODUB D.1,GUSEV E. P.1,GARFUNKEL E.1,GUSTAFSSON T.1

Affiliation:

1. Departments of Chemistry and Physics, and Laboratory for Surface Modification, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087, USA

Abstract

The thermal oxidation of silicon is normally considered to occur via two different routes. At higher O 2 pressures and lower temperature SiO 2 (s) film growth occurs ("passive" oxidation), while at lower O 2 pressures and higher temperature SiO(g) is desorbed in an etching process ("active" oxidation). We have measured the yield of SiO into the gas phase in a wide range of dry O 2 pressures (10-7–10-5 Torr) and Si substrate temperatures (620–870°C) in the passive as well as the active oxidation regimes. A phase diagram for silicon oxidation in this pressure–temperature region is obtained. We have found evidence for small but measurable yields of SiO(g) desorbing from the nascent oxide film during the initial stages of passive oxidation, even when the oxide film continuously covers the surface. A sensitive method for detecting volatile products based on condensation of desorbed species is described.

Publisher

World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Subject

Materials Chemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Surfaces and Interfaces,Condensed Matter Physics

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