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High growth rate 3C-SiC growth: from hetero-epitaxy to homo-epitaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

F. La Via ,
G. Litrico ,
R. Anzalone ,
A. Severino ,
M. Salanitri  and
S. Coffa
F. La Via*
Affiliation:
IMM-CNR, VIII Strada 5, 95121, Catania, Italy
G. Litrico
Affiliation:
IMM-CNR, VIII Strada 5, 95121, Catania, Italy
R. Anzalone
Affiliation:
STMicroelectronics, Stradale Primosole 50, 95121, Catania, Italy
A. Severino
Affiliation:
STMicroelectronics, Stradale Primosole 50, 95121, Catania, Italy
M. Salanitri
Affiliation:
STMicroelectronics, Stradale Primosole 50, 95121, Catania, Italy
S. Coffa
Affiliation:
STMicroelectronics, Stradale Primosole 50, 95121, Catania, Italy
*
*(Email: francesco.lavia@imm.cnr.it)
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Abstract

3C-SiC devices are hampered by a high crystal defect density due to the hetero-epitaxial growth of these films, which results in the presence of stacking faults (SF). In this paper high growth rate CVD processes have been used to try to reduce the SF density in 3C-SiC films. In a first step a high growth rate (30 μm/h) has been used to grow 50 μm thick 3C-SiC layer on (100) Si. Then the silicon substrate was removed via etching and a further 3C-SiC growth was performed with a higher growth rate (90 μm/h) at a higher temperature (1600 °C) to obtain a final thickness of 150 μm. The SF presence and density were evaluated by TEM analysis performed on as-grown samples and SEM analysis on KOH etched samples with various thicknesses. A decrease of SF density was observed with an increase of 3C-SiC film thickness, with the best results (500/cm) obtained for the thickest sample. The 3C-SiC film quality and orientation was evaluated by XRD are correlated with film thickness and SF density.

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crystal growthdefectschemical vapor deposition (CVD) (deposition)
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MRS Advances , Volume 1 , Issue 54: Electronics and Photonics , 2016 , pp. 3643 - 3647
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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