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Growth of a-Si:H Films by Remote Plasma Enhanced CVD (RPECVD)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

GN Parsons ,
DV Tsu  and
G Lucovsky
GN Parsons
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, NC State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
DV Tsu
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, NC State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
G Lucovsky
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, NC State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
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Abstract

We have used Remote Plasma CVD with plasma excited He to grow films of hydrogenated amorphous silicon, a-Si:H, with substrate temperatures, Ts, between 38 and 400°C. These films differ from glow discharge (GD) and sputtered films, most notably in the Ts dependence of the hydrogen bonding environments (SiH, SiH2, etc.) and the photoconductivity. For RPECVD of a-Si:H, we have investigated: 1) the effect of replacing He in the plasma with Ar; 2) the silane mass spectrum and film growth rate as a function of rf power supplied to the plasma; and 3) the helium emission lines and hydrogen concentration in the films as a function of dilution of the He plasma with oxygen and nitrogen. Based on these observations we present a model for the deposition chemistry that includes SiH3 radicals as precursors to film growth.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 118: Symposium E – Amorphous Silicon Technology , 1988 , 37
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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