Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structures with contacts based on TiN

The influence of irradiation on the structural properties of titanium nitride films deposited on silicon wafers has been considered. It has been shown that depending on the energy, fluence and type of irradiation ion, observed are the increase of accumulated damages with decreasing the grain size, t...

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spelling irk-123456789-1218192017-06-19T03:03:18Z Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structures with contacts based on TiN Nasyrov, M.U. Ataubaeva, A.B. The influence of irradiation on the structural properties of titanium nitride films deposited on silicon wafers has been considered. It has been shown that depending on the energy, fluence and type of irradiation ion, observed are the increase of accumulated damages with decreasing the grain size, the grain size reduction with increasing the fluence, the increase of dislocation density and microstrains. 2015 Article Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structureswith contacts based on TiN / M.U. Nasyrov, A.B. Ataubaeva // Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. — 2015. — Т. 18, № 2. — С. 220-225. — Бібліогр.: 25 назв. — англ. 1560-8034 DOI: 10.15407/spqeo18.02.220 PACS 61.80.-x http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/121819 en Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics Інститут фізики напівпровідників імені В.Є. Лашкарьова НАН України
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description The influence of irradiation on the structural properties of titanium nitride films deposited on silicon wafers has been considered. It has been shown that depending on the energy, fluence and type of irradiation ion, observed are the increase of accumulated damages with decreasing the grain size, the grain size reduction with increasing the fluence, the increase of dislocation density and microstrains.
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Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structures with contacts based on TiN
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title Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structures with contacts based on TiN
title_short Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structures with contacts based on TiN
title_full Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structures with contacts based on TiN
title_fullStr Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structures with contacts based on TiN
title_full_unstemmed Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structures with contacts based on TiN
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citation_txt Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structureswith contacts based on TiN / M.U. Nasyrov, A.B. Ataubaeva // Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. — 2015. — Т. 18, № 2. — С. 220-225. — Бібліогр.: 25 назв. — англ.
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fulltext Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2015. V. 18, N 2. P. 220-225. doi: 10.15407/spqeo18.02.220 © 2015, V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 220 PACS 61.80.-x Radiation-stimulated processes in silicon structures with contacts based on TiN M.U. Nasyrov, A.B. Ataubaeva Berdakh Karakalpak State University, 742000, Nukus, Uzbekistan, Phone: +998 (61) 223-60-45; e-mail: a_akkumis@mail.ru Abstract. The influence of irradiation on the structural properties of titanium nitride films deposited on silicon wafers has been considered. It has been shown that depending on the energy, fluence and type of irradiation ion, observed are the increase of accumulated damages with decreasing the grain size, the grain size reduction with increasing the fluence, the increase of dislocation density and microstrains. Keywords: radiation-stimulated processes, silicon structure, titanium nitride film, contact. Manuscript received 11.12.14; revised version received 10.04.15; accepted for publication 27.05.15; published online 08.06.15. 1. Introduction Recently, the subject of intense researches is antidiffusion layers based on nanocrystalline refractory compounds that are used to enhance stability of the contacts to silicon devices. These contacts are used to create high-reliability devices for power and microwave electronics. Preparation and improvement of nanocrystalline materials for solid state microwave electronics is particularly important line of many researchers [1-16]. Due to high thermal, chemical and irradiation resistance, this class of nanomaterials can improve the quality and reliability of the contacts, and thus can be used as a diffusion barrier in the contact metallization [9-12]. In this work, presented has been the analysis of the results on the effect of radiation exposure (irradiation with Ar + , V + and He + ions) on the structural properties of the titanium nitride films used as diffusion barriers in silicon contact structures. 2. Analysis of radiation-stimulated processes in TiN-Si contacts Of interest to the technology of silicon integrated circuits are amorphous (nanostructured) titanium nitride films, electrical and structural properties of which are well known and described in the works by R.A. Andrievskii. For example, in [17, 18] their stability under radiation exposure were considered. Hand in hand with this, it was shown that, depending on the irradiation dose, in nanostructured materials the radiation-stimulated diffusion and mass transfer, recrystallization, and other relaxation phenomena can be observed. At the same time, changes in the properties of irradiated nanomaterials, which were caused by the influence of sized effects and interfaces, are poorly studied and require further investigation. In the work [19], on irradiation with He + ions with the energy 12 keV, at fluence of 410 16 cm –2 at room temperature of the thin TiN films (the thickness is close to 100 nm) having various grain sizes (8 to 100 nm), there observed is accumulation of damages that are spatially distributed highly defect zone of 35-nm thickness at the bottom of TiN film. Fig. 1a shows TEM image of the initial TiN film deposited on Si substrate at T = 700 °C with a rather sharp interface TiN/Si and grain size of ~100 nm. After irradiation with He + ions with the energy 12 keV, at the fluence 410 16 cm –2 , the cleavage morphology of TiN/Si with an extended defect area in the TiN film is shown in Fig. 1b. After increasing the energy of irradiation with He + ions up to 35 keV, at fluence to 410 17 cm –2 the damage extends to the depth close to 200 nm into the Si substrate (Fig. 1c). In the TiN film deposited at 500 °C with the grain size 50 nm, after irradiation at the fluence Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2015. V. 18, N 2. P. 220-225. doi: 10.15407/spqeo18.02.220 © 2015, V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 221 1.010 16 cm –2 , the damaged layer reaches 30 nm (Fig. 2a). In the TiN film with the grain size 30 nm deposited at 350 °C, the defect area corresponds to 20 nm (Fig. 2b). Finally, the thickness of the damaged layer less than 5 nm is observed in the TiN film with the grain size 8 nm deposited at room temperature (Fig. 2c). Thus, from the above data it is seen that the thickness of the damaged layer decreases with decreasing the grain size, and the latter increases with increasing the deposition temperature. The above studies show that the nanocrystalline TiN films with fine grains have better radiation resistance than materials with a large grain size. It is confirmed by the absence of amorphization on the boundaries of the crystallites with the size 8 nm (Fig. 3), pointing to the fact that the grain boundaries can act as effective diffusion sinks of radiation defects in accordance with [20]. The authors of [21] studied the effect of irradiation with Ar + ions possessing the energy 120 keV, fluences of 110 15 cm –2 and 110 16 cm –2 on the TiN film deposited onto Si at room temperature and at 150 °C. X-ray analysis of the results showed that the titanium nitride was formed even in the deposition process at room temperature. It is confirmed by the presence of reflections TiN (111), (200), (220) and (311) (Fig. 4a). Here, it is seen that the reflections from TiN (220) are clearer pronounced than those from TiN (111), (200) and (311). Fig. 1. TEM images of TiN films deposited (at 700 °C) before (a) and after irradiation with He+ ions E = 12 keV, fluence of 41016 cm–2 (b) and E = 35 keV, fluence of 11017 cm–2 (c) [19]. Fig. 2. TEM images of TiN films deposited at 500 °C (a), 350 °C (b), and at room temperature (c) and irradiated with He+ ions (E = 12 keV, fluence 41016 cm–2) [19]. Fig. 3. High-resolution TEM image of the TiN films deposited at room temperature and irradiated with He+ ions (E = 12 keV, fluence 41016 cm–2) [19]. In the X-ray diffractogram of TiN films deposited at 150 °C and irradiated at fluences 10 15 and 110 16 cm –2 (Figs. 5a to 5c), unlike those deposited at room temperature, the reflections from TiN (200) were not observed (Figs. 4a to 4c), which indicates the partial structuring of titanium nitride relative to the substrate. TEM results presented in [21] for these structures (Fig. 6) have shown that the TiN layer deposited at 150 °C is polycrystalline. It contains fine grains of different Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2015. V. 18, N 2. P. 220-225. doi: 10.15407/spqeo18.02.220 © 2015, V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 222 orientations (Figs. 6a to 6c). Irradiation at the fluence 110 16 cm –2 does not lead to dispersion of the diffraction rings, indicating the presence of an amorphous phase (insert in Fig. 6b), since in all the samples before and after irradiation there observed are reflections from TiN(200) (Figs. 6a to 6c) that are absent in the X-ray diffractogram (Figs. 5a to 5c). The authors [21] believe that amorphization is not the main reason for radiation- induced damages created in the field of thin TiN layers. TiN layer deposited at 150 °C contains columnar crystallites with the diameter of columns close to 30 nm (Fig. 6a). After irradiation with Ar + ions at fluences up to 110 15 cm –2 on the TiN film surface, the damaged area of the thickness approximately 50 nm is formed (Fig. 6b). The authors [21] suggest that changes in the microstructure shown in Fig. 6 are associated with increasing migration, annihilation and agglomeration of defects stimulated by irradiation. This surface of TiN containing defects can act as a getter for defects located in the region below the surface. The results of the study of surface morphology of TiN layers [21] deposited at room temperature (Fig. 7a) have shown that the obtained TiN film is homogeneous. Its roughness after irradiation decreases from ~0.5±0.03 nm down to ~0.3±0.02 nm (Fig. 7b). Furthermore, the average grain size is reduced from ~13±2 nm down to ~7±0.02 nm. Fig. 4. X-ray diffractorams of TiN films deposited at room temperature: initial deposited layer (a); irradiated at 11015 cm–2 (b), 11016 cm–2 (c) [21]. Fig. 5. X-ray diffractorams of TiN films deposited at 150 °C: initial deposited layer (a); irradiated at 11015 cm–2 (b), 11016 cm–2 (c) [21]. Fig. 6. TEM images and corresponding microdiffraction patterns of TiN/Si structures deposited at 150 °C before (a) and after irradiation with Ar+ ions, fluences 11015 cm–2 (b) and 11016 cm–2 (c) [21]. Fig. 7. AFM images of the surface of TiN film deposited on Si at room temperature before (a) and after irradiation with Ar+ ions (E = 120 keV, fluences 11016 cm–2) (b) [21]. Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2015. V. 18, N 2. P. 220-225. doi: 10.15407/spqeo18.02.220 © 2015, V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 223 Fig. 8. TEM images and electron diffraction pattern of TiN-Si structure deposited at 150 °C before (a) and after irradiation with Ar+ ions, at the fluence 21016 cm–2 (b); (c) high- resolution TEM image of the damaged area (b) [22]. Fig. 9. Change in the average grain size of TiN films depending on the fluence of Ar+ ions [23]. The authors [21] also found that irradiation with Ar + ions possessing the energy 120 keV at the fluences 110 15 cm –2 and 1.010 16 cm –2 of the TiN films with the thickness ~240 nm and grain sizes 13 to 16 nm grown on silicon substrates leads to decreasing the lattice constant for TiN from 0.427 down to 0.423 nm and increasing microdeformation of layers. Here the stoichiometric composition (~1.0) of TiN remains unchanged after irradiation. In [22], there studied is the comparative effect of irradiation with E = 200 keV, Ar + ions, at the fluences 510 15 to 210 16 cm –2 and that with E = 80 keV, V + ions, at the fluence 210 17 cm –2 at room temperature on the TiN films of the thickness 240 nm prepared using the reactive ion sputtering onto the Si(100) wafers at 150 °C. TEM studies [22] showed that the initial TiN film has a polycrystalline columnar structure along its full thickness with the (111), (200) and (220) orientations (Fig. 8a). Irradiation with Ar + ions, at the fluence 210 16 cm –2 destroys the columnar structure in the upper layer at the thickness close to 160 nm. The residue of the TiN film keeps its structure (Figs. 8b and 8c). The damaged top layer according to the X-ray diffractogram consists of nanocrystalline grains with the diameter of 7 to 10 nm. The interplanar distances 0.245, 0.212 and 0.149 nm correspond to TiN (111), (200) and (220) planes (Fig. 8c), respectively. As a result of irradiation of TiN film with V + ions, at the fluence 210 17 cm –2 , it was found that the TiN film consists of amorphous (oxidized) surface layer of 20 to 30 nm thickness, damaged 120 to 170 nm thick layer containing V, and the rest TiN sublayer of columnar structure. The X-ray diffractograms of deposited and ion- implanted TiN films presented in [22] show that, at 36.21° in the deposited film, the reflection (111) from the cubic phase in polycrystalline TiN is revealed. It indicates predominance of (111) orientation during growth of the TiN film. The small shift and broadening Table. Data on the effect of irradiation with different ions on the structure and properties of the TiN films deposited onto silicon wafers [19, 21-23]. Object and references Grain size, nm Irradiation conditions Main results Ion Energy, keV Dose, fluence, cm–2 Т, K TiN film with the thickness ~100 nm [19] 8–100 He+ 12, 35 4∙1016–1017 293 With decreasing grain size the radiation resistance increases TiN film with the thickness ~240 nm [21] 13–16 Ar+ 35 1015–1016 293 With increasing fluence the grain size decreases, microstrains and dislocation density increase TiN film with the thickness ~240 nm [22] 16 V+ 80 2∙1017 300 The reflections from vanadium nitride VN in the amorphous state without formation of ternary compounds are observed. TiN film with the thickness ~240 nm [23] 16 Ar+ 200 5∙1015–2∙1016 300 Grain sizes are reduced down to 8 nm, while the average balance of N:Ti atoms is kept uncharged. Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2015. V. 18, N 2. P. 220-225. doi: 10.15407/spqeo18.02.220 © 2015, V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 224 the peak of TiN (111) are observed after implantation of Ar + ions. It is assumed that the reason for these changes is reduced content of nitrogen after ion-induced rupture of Ti/N bonds. It decreases the size of the crystallites, which has practically no effect on the average balance of N:Ti atoms in the damaged area. The results obtained by the authors [21-23] have shown that irradiation with Ar + ions leads to formation of small crystallites (Table), the size of which decreases with increasing the fluence (Fig. 9). This is because the defects appear after irradiation and destroy the columnar structure of TiN film. In [24] the authors carried out comparative studies of the effect for reactive sputtering methods – the method of ion implantation (II) as well as the method of condensation and ion bombardment (CIB) – on the growth mechanism and the phase composition of the TiN films obtained on the single-crystal Si wafers. The target in both methods was titanium plate, and the reactive gas – nitrogen. The results showed that the II method leads to significantly higher (~1.7%) compression of the substrate than the CIB method (~1.1%). In the II method, the diffraction patterns, in addition to the lines of Si, Ti-Si, contain the lines of slightly textured nitride Si3N4, which are not seen in the diffraction patterns in the CIB method. Besides, as in the CIB method, from the outside coating, the islands of SiO2 oxide in the crystalline and amorphous forms are formed. It is found that the TiN films obtained by the II method are multiphase, and those obtained using the CIB method are diphase and consist of titanium nitride and titanium oxide. The silicon substrate in the initial period of film formation is intensively sputtered, and then the process of implantation of Ti, N2 and O2 ions dominates over emission of atoms from the substrate. Emerging nitrides creates a diffusion barrier for O2 atoms, so oxides arise on the outer surface of the films. The TiN films obtained by the II method contain nitrides and oxides of Si atoms, as well as nitride and oxide of titanium (TiN, TiO2). Similar comparative studies were performed by the authors [25]. 3. Conclusions These data show that the TiN films are effective materials when they are used in the systems of contact metallization as diffusion barriers in silicon semiconductor device technology. 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