ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
We have investigated the oxidation behavior of epi-Si〈sub〉0.7〈/sub〉Ge〈sub〉0.3〈/sub〉 films in dry oxygen ambient. Epi- Si〈sub〉0.7〈/sub〉Ge〈sub〉0.3〈/sub〉 films about 500Å in thickness were deposited on (100) Si wafers by UHV-CVD system. Oxidation was carried out in a conventional tube furnace at 800 °C . In this study, it was found that Ge piles up at the oxide/substrate interface, forming a Ge-rich layer. Because of the large difference in the heat of formation between SiO〈sub〉2〈/sub〉(-730.4KJ/mol at 1000K) and GeO〈sub〉2〈/sub〉(-387.07 at 1000K) [1], the Si is to be more reactive than Ge to oxygen. The oxidation rate of SiGe in a dry oxygen environment is found to be essentially the same as that of pure Si
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/08/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.449-452.361.pdf
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