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A Survey of Defects in Strained Si Layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

S. W. Bedell ,
H. Chen ,
D. K. Sadana ,
K. Fogel  and
A. Domenicucci
S. W. Bedell
Affiliation:
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
H. Chen
Affiliation:
IBM Microelectronics Division, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
D. K. Sadana
Affiliation:
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
K. Fogel
Affiliation:
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
A. Domenicucci
Affiliation:
IBM Microelectronics Division, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
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Abstract

A new method for highlighting defects in thin Si/SiGe layers is used to investigate the densities of various types of defects present in strained Si layers grown on relaxed SiGe layers. Defect densities were measured in strained Si layers formed on graded SiGe buffer layers (bulk), as well as silicon germanium-on-insulator substrates (SGOI), from both external and internal sources. The result of this investigation indicates that in addition to threading dislocations (TDs) and dislocation pile-ups, planar defects, i.e., stacking faults, are present in all but one of the materials studied. Due to the larger crystalline area affected by these planar defects, citation of only TD density as an indication of material quality is inadequate. A better measure of crystalline quality should include the density of TDs, pile-up clusters and planar defects (stacking faults) as well as some indication of the length distribution of the pile-ups and stacking faults.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 809: Symposium B – High-Mobility Group-IV Materials and Devices , 2004 , B1.5
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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