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Oxygen Effect and Redistribution in Cobalt Silicide Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Chuen-Der Lien  and
Marc-A. Nicolet
Chuen-Der Lien
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. 91125
Marc-A. Nicolet
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. 91125
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Abstract

18O was implanted in the Si substrate or in the Co overlayer to study the effect of oxygen and its redistribution during Co silicides formation. Implanted and unimplanted samples were annealed in vacuum at 450°C for different durations. Over the investigated dose range of 0.5 to 2 × 101618O/cm2 in the Co film, the phases formed upon annealing are Co2Si and CoSi, as for the unimplanted samples. The kinetics of the silicide growth is changed little by the presence of oxygen in the Co film. Oxygen accumulates at the Co2Si/Co interface. When the oxygen is implanted in the Si substrate, the higher the oxygen dose is, the slower (fasteil the growth rate of CoSi(Co2Si) becomes. Below 1 × 1016 O/cm, both phases (i.e. CoSi and Co2Si) still form; above 2 × 1016 O/cm2 , only Co2Si formsWhen two phases form, the oxygen moves deep into the Si substrate; when only Co2Si forms, the oxygen moves toward the surface.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 25: Symposium C – Thin Films and Interfaces II , 1983 , 131
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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