Title :
Titanium stoichiometry in ion beam induced oxidation of TiSi2
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys. Chem., Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
Titanium silicides films grown on Si(100) substrate were investigated by XPS depth profiling after athermal ion beam induced oxidation. The composition and stoichiometry of these films were quantitatively determined as chemical state relative concentrations vs. sputter time
Keywords :
VLSI; X-ray photoelectron spectra; integrated circuit metallisation; ion beam effects; metallic thin films; oxidation; stoichiometry; titanium compounds; Si(100) substrate; TiSi2; TiSi2 films; TiSi2-Si; VLSI technology; XPS depth profiling; chemical state relative concentration; composition; interconnects; ion beam induced oxidation; sputter time; stoichiometry; Argon; Chemicals; Ion beams; Nitrogen; Oxidation; Silicon; Sputtering; Titanium;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 1996., International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3223-7
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.1996.557474