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In-Situ Observation of UV/Ozone Oxidation of Silicon using Spectroscopic Eli Psometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

T. Saitoh ,
D. Kobayashi ,
D. Kimura  and
K. Asai
T. Saitoh
Affiliation:
Deparment ofElectrical and Electronics Engineering, Tokyo A&T University Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
D. Kobayashi
Affiliation:
Deparment ofElectrical and Electronics Engineering, Tokyo A&T University Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
D. Kimura
Affiliation:
Deparment ofElectrical and Electronics Engineering, Tokyo A&T University Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
K. Asai
Affiliation:
Deparment ofElectrical and Electronics Engineering, Tokyo A&T University Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Abstract

Initial oxidation process of silicon in UV/ozone ambient has been monitored using a multi-wavelength, in-situ spectroscopic ellipsometry. Ozone gas was chemically formed by photochemical reaction of oxygen under ulUmviolet illuimination. The oxide growth was monitored for hydrogenated silicon surfaces as functions of oxygen gas flow rate, gas pressure and wafer temperature. Initial oxidation rates were very high at almost all the temperatures. The oxidation rate was 0.2 nm/min about ten times higher than that for thermal oxidation without UV light at low temperatures. The accelerated oxidation was probably due to an electric field effect on the oxidation of back-bond silicon by active oxygen atoms included in the ozone gas.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 569: Symposium U – In Situ Process Diagnostics and Modelling , 1999 , 101
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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