Low temperature silicon nitride and silicon dioxide film processing by inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition

JW Lee, KD Mackenzie, D Johnson… - Journal of The …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
There is a growing interest in high-density plasma processing in both the semiconductor and
the magnetic thin film head industry. 1-7 In particular, much research has been conducted …

Effect of surface preparation and interfacial layer on the quality of SiO2/GaN interfaces

EA Alam, I Cortes, MP Besland, A Goullet… - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, SiO 2/GaN MOS structures have been fabricated using Electron Cyclotron
Resonance Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (ECR-PECVD) for deposition of …

Electrical behavior of silicon nitride sputtered thin films

M Vila, C Prieto, R Ramı́rez - Thin Solid Films, 2004 - Elsevier
It is presented the effect of the reactive and non-reactive sputtering preparation, as well as,
the atomic composition on the electrical properties and conduction mechanisms. Depending …

Characterization of Si3N4 thin films prepared by rf magnetron sputtering

M Vila, C Prieto, P Miranzo, MI Osendi… - Surface and Coatings …, 2002 - Elsevier
Silicon nitride has excellent properties as a refractory material. Crystalline Si3N4 ceramics
exhibit stability at high temperatures, high electrical resistivity and extreme hardness. On the …

Interpretation of stress variation in silicon nitride films deposited by electron cyclotron resonance plasma

MP Besland, M Lapeyrade, F Delmotte… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We report here on internal stress variations in SiN x films deposited on silicon by plasma
enhanced chemical vapor deposition-electron cyclotron resonance (PECVD-ECR) plasma …

Electrical conduction mechanism in silicon nitride and oxy-nitride-sputtered thin films

M Vila, E Román, C Prieto - Journal of applied physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We have studied the effect of reactive and nonreactive sputtering preparations on the
composition and properties of silicon nitride thin films. Films were prepared from both silicon …

Investigating the effect of sol–gel solution concentration on the efficiency of silicon solar cells: role of ZnO nanoparticles as anti-reflective layer

A Jalali, MR Vaezi, N Naderi, F Taj Abadi, A Eftekhari - Chemical Papers, 2020 - Springer
In this research, the use of ZnO thin films, as anti-reflective layers of solar cells, is presented.
The thin films were synthesized through a sol–gel method and then deposited on a P–N …

Influence of the target and working gas on the composition of silicon nitride thin films prepared by reactive RF-sputtering

M Vila, C Prieto, J Garcıa-López… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2003 - Elsevier
Silicon nitride thin films have been prepared at room temperature by RF reactive and non-
reactive sputtering over several substrates. Pure silicon and high-density ceramic β-Si3N4 …

Dynamic memory based on single electron storage

L Forbes, KY Ahn - US Patent 6,683,337, 2004 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for forming edge-defined Structures with Sub lithographic
dimensions which are used to further form conduction channels and/or Storage Structures in …

Characterization of nitrogen-rich silicon nitride films grown by the electron cyclotron resonance plasma technique

L Wang, HS Reehal, FL Martinez… - Semiconductor …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
Amorphous hydrogenated silicon nitride films have been deposited by the electron cyclotron
resonance plasma technique, using N 2 and SiH 4 as precursor gases. The gas flow ratio …