ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) was carried out to deposit tungsten silicide films (WSix) from WF6 and SiH4 in a low temperature range from 80 to 390 °C, using a tubular reactor system. Drastic decrease of the deposition rate occurred at an extinction temperature Tex. Increase of the reactor size in the range from 4 to 22 mmφ decreased Tex from 140 to 80 °C. Above Tex, the sticking probability of the film forming species (η) and the film composition, x of WSix , did not depend on the reactor diameter. Dependence of Tex on the reactor diameter and independence of η and x above Tex from the reactor diameter indicates that a radical chain process dominates CVD-WSix process to form film forming species.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.108600
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