• DocumentCode
    3558216
  • Title

    Depth inhomogeneity of CVD Si3N4 layers

  • Author

    T????tt????, P. ; Stubnya, G. ; Horv????th, Zs.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Research Institute for Technical Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
  • Volume
    129
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    6/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    104
  • Abstract
    The potential distribution, the effective resistivity and the etch rate of the Si3 N4 layers have been studied as a function of the nitride thickness in bevelled etched MNOS structures. An unexpectedly high level of nonuniformity has been found in thin (< 70 nm) nitride layers. This level strongly depends on the annealing conditions and may be connected with the inhomogeneous depth distribution of Si¿H, N¿H groups and dangling silicon bonds.
  • Keywords
    CVD coatings; electronic conduction in insulating thin films; etching; insulating thin films; metal-insulator-semiconductor structures; silicon compounds; CVD Si3N4 layers; N-H groups; Si-H groups; bevelled etched MNOS structures; dangling Si bonds; effective resistivity; etch rate; inhomogeneous depth distribution; nitride thickness; potential distribution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State and Electron Devices, IEE Proceedings I
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Location
    6/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
  • ISSN
    0143-7100
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-i-1.1982.0022
  • Filename
    4642620