Abstract
The growth of high-quality thin oxynitrides in nitric oxide (NO) ambient on n-type 6H-SiC substrate is reported. The performance and reliability of NO-grown oxynitride are compared with those of NO-annealed, N2O-grown, N2O-annealed and N2-annealed oxides. NO-grown device shows the best interfacial properties and oxide reliability among all the samples. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis indicates the highest nitrogen pileup at the SiO2/SiC interface of NO-grown sample. Therefore, the best performance of NO-grown sample can be related to the fact that oxide growth in NO has the advantage of providing higher nitrogen accumulation at the SiO2/SiC interface and in the oxide bulk than the other growth techniques.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 455-458 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Microelectronics Reliability |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2002 |