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- Danielsson, Örjan, 1973-, et al.
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Shortcomings of CVD modeling of SiC today
- 2013
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Ingår i: Theoretical Chemistry accounts. - : Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. - 1432-881X .- 1432-2234. ; 132:11, s. 1398-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The active, epitaxial layers of silicon carbide (SiC) devices are grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), at temperatures above 1,600 °C, using silane and light hydrocarbons as precursors, diluted in hydrogen. A better understanding of the epitaxial growth process of SiC by CVD is crucial to improve CVD tools and optimize growth conditions. Through computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations, the process may be studied in great detail, giving insight to both flow characteristics, temperature gradients and distributions, and gas mixture composition and species concentrations throughout the whole CVD reactor. In this paper, some of the important parts where improvements are very much needed for accurate CFD simulations of the SiC CVD process to be accomplished are pointed out. First, the thermochemical properties of 30 species that are thought to be part of the gas-phase chemistry in the SiC CVD process are calculated by means of quantum-chemical computations based on ab initio theory and density functional theory. It is shown that completely different results are obtained in the CFD simulations, depending on which data are used for some molecules, and that this may lead to erroneous conclusions of the importance of certain species. Second, three different models for the gas-phase chemistry are compared, using three different hydrocarbon precursors. It is shown that the predicted gas-phase composition varies largely, depending on which model is used. Third, the surface reactions leading to the actual deposition are discussed. We suggest that hydrocarbon molecules in fact have a much higher surface reactivity with the SiC surface than previously accepted values.
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- Li, Xun, et al.
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Surface preparation of 4 degrees off-axis 4H-SIC substrate for epitaxial growth
- 2013
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Ingår i: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 740 - 742). - : Trans Tech Publications Inc.. ; , s. 225-228
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Results of surface preparation on Si-face 4° off-cut 4H-SiC substrates are presented in this paper. The influences of two types of etchants, i.e. hydrogen chloride (HCl) and only hydrogen (H2), were investigated by Nomarski microscopy and AFM. The experiments were performed in a hot wall CVD reactor using a TaC coated susceptor. Four etching temperatures, including 1580 °C, 1600 °C, 1620 °C and 1640 °C, were studied. In-situ etching with only H2 as ambient atmosphere is found to be the optimal way for the SiC surface preparation. Using HCl at temperature higher than 1620 °C could degrade the substrates surface quality.
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