Hafnium oxide deposition (CVD): Difference between revisions

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The flow rate can be varied between 0 and 20 sccm, for obvious reasons you want it higher than zero, because without oxygen you won't get any oxide.
The flow rate can be varied between 0 and 20 sccm, for obvious reasons you want it higher than zero, because without oxygen you won't get any oxide.


===Substrate temperature===
===Substrate/CVD chamber temperature===
Set a temperature between 300°C and 450°C, in order to control deposition speed.
Set a temperature between 300°C and 450°C, in order to control deposition speed.


===CVD chamber pressure===
===CVD chamber pressure===
Set the pressure within the CVD chamber to 1 torr
Set the pressure within the CVD chamber to 1 torr

Revision as of 19:41, 13 October 2022

The equipment required for this process are a CVD and a plasma cleaner for removing impurities after the Hafnium oxide deposition

Since HfCl4 is a solid salt at room temperature, we need to first create a liquid precursor, and use direct liquid injection for using it in our CVD.

The process is based on a Japanese paper and requires a complex precursor.

The synthesis of the Hf precursor TDEAH (Hf(NEt2)4) is so complex, that it needs its own page.

Precursor injection

Vapor pressure

Introduce TDEAH gas into the deposition chamber using a bubbling system, use N2 as the carrier gas.

To prevent liquefaction of the source before it enters the deposition chamber, maintain the line from the bubbler to the chamber at a temperature of 85°C.

Heat the bubbling system chamber to 80°C.

The flow rate into the CVD chamber should be 40 sccm.

Oxidizer injection

CVD setup

Have O2 in N2 in a ration 1:99 and feed it into the chamber through a separate nozzle, because otherwise the O2 decomposes the TDEAH before it can reach the substrate.

The flow rate can be varied between 0 and 20 sccm, for obvious reasons you want it higher than zero, because without oxygen you won't get any oxide.

Substrate/CVD chamber temperature

Set a temperature between 300°C and 450°C, in order to control deposition speed.

CVD chamber pressure

Set the pressure within the CVD chamber to 1 torr