Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5005938 | Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
In this work, we performed an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching of SiC substrates using different masks including SiO2, Ni, Ni/SiO2 and Ni/Al2O3, and the properties of trenches were systemically analyzed. In comparison with other three masks, Ni/Al2O3 mask prevented contamination of F or Ni element from diffusion into SiC, and achieved the optimized trench morphology with a surface roughness of 0.2Â nm, steep sidewall and no micro-trench at the corner. Al2O3 dielectric films were deposited on trenches by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), and its critical breakdown electrical field was much higher with Ni/Al2O3 mask, which could reach 7.7Â MV/cm. So it was believed that Ni/Al2O3 mask ensured the formation of SiC trench with superior morphology.
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Authors
Jingjie Li, Xinhong Cheng, Qian Wang, Li Zheng, Lingyan Shen, Xinchang Li, Dongliang Zhang, Hongyue Zhu, DaShen Shen, Yuehui Yu,