Author : Kassem Alassaad
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Book Synopsis Addition of Ge to the H-Si-C Chemical System During SiC Epitaxy by : Kassem Alassaad
Download or read book Addition of Ge to the H-Si-C Chemical System During SiC Epitaxy written by Kassem Alassaad and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, addition of GeH4 gas to the classical SiH4+C3H8 precursor system is reported for the epitaxial growth of SiC by chemical vapor deposition. The main objective of this fundamental study is to explore the influence of Ge presence within SiC lattice or at its surface on the overall growth mechanism and the grown layer quality and properties. Epitaxial growth was performed either on high off axis (8 and 4°) or low off-axis (1° and on-axis) 4H-SiC substrate in the temperature range 1450-1600°C. On high off-axis seeds, we discussed the impact of Ge atoms on the homoepitaxial layer quality from surface morphological and structural point of view. Ge incorporation mechanism in these layers as a function of growth parameters was also investigated. The Ge incorporation can be controlled from 1x1016 - 7x1018 at.cm-3. Moreover, a clear link between n-type doping and Ge incorporation was found. Electrical characterizations of these layers show an improvement of electron mobility and conductivity of 4H-SiC material while the performances of Schottky contacts were not negatively impacted. On low off-axis seeds, GeH4 was added to the gas phase only during the surface preparation step, i.e. before starting the SiC growth. It was found that there is a conditions window (temperature and GeH4 flux) for which heteroepitaxial 3C-SiC twin free layers can be grown. Interpretation of the results allowed proposing a mechanism leading to twin boundary elimination. It involves a transient homoepitaxial growth step, favored by the presence of liquid Ge at the surface, followed by 3C nucleation when large terraces are formed by step faceting. Electrical characteristics of the twin free 3C-SiC layers were studied using conductive atomic force microscopy (c-AFM).
