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Corona-Discharge-Induced Stress Relaxation in Silicon Dioxide Films on Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

L. M. Landsberger  and
W. A. Tiller
L. M. Landsberger
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering Stanford, CA, 94305
W. A. Tiller
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305
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Abstract

Variations in refractive index (density) with growth temperature are taken as a rough measure of residual compressive stress in dry SiO2 films. This paper presents experimental data regarding the relaxation of these stresses by a low-temperature (600–900°C) oxygen corona discharge process. For an initial oxide layer of 1100 Å thickness grown at 800°C, relaxation is complete after a corona treatment of 10 minutes at -lμA. The dose of O− ions required is found to be about 1–1.5% of the total oxygen atoms in the initial layer. The difference in dose between oxide on (111) and (100) Si is found to be proportional to the respective density changes from the initial oxide to fully relaxed oxide.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 75: Symposium B – Photon, Beam, and Plasma Stimulated Chemical Processes at Surfaces , 1986 , 803
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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