Low temperature silicon epitaxy from trichlorosilane via mesoplasma chemical vapor deposition

Epitaxial silicon thick films have been deposited at around 400 °C by mesoplasma chemical vapor deposition with trichlorosilane (TCS) as source gas. The deposition rate of the Si films increases linearly with the TCS flow rate and reaches 30 nm/s at 15 sccm of TCS. These films have exhibited relatively high hall mobility (~ 200 cm2/V-s) independently of the deposition rate.