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Influence of Si surface preparation on CoSi2 formation and agglomeration

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In microelectronics, despite a difficult nucleation of cobalt silicide CoSi2 in small dimensions, the CoSi2 based contacts remain interesting for some specific devices designed in 65 nm technology. Therefore, to promote the formation of CoSi2 in 65 nm technologies, it is possible to interfere on the formation of CoSi, that occurs during RTA1. To this end, the surface preparation of the Si substrate, before the Co deposition, may have an influence on the cobalt silicide phases formation. In this work, different surface preparations (SiCoNi, HF followed by SC1 and HF only), as well as several Soft Sputter Etch, SSE, processes have been applied on Si(100) wafers before the deposition of Co and TiN layers. Depending on the surface preparation, the formation temperatures and/or crystalline orientations for the Co silicide phases, including CoSi2, are different, as observed by XRD and/or EBSD. Four-point probes measurements also show a strong dependency of the CoSi2 agglomeration to the surface preparation scheme. These results highlight the influence of surface preparation on the Co silicides formation and agglomeration and its importance for the integration of CoSi2 films in a 65 nm CMOS technology.

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hal-04285750 , version 1 (17-11-2023)

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Andréa Newman, Andrea Campos, David Pujol, Pascal Fornara, Magali Gregoire, et al.. Influence of Si surface preparation on CoSi2 formation and agglomeration. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2023, 162, pp.107488. ⟨10.1016/j.mssp.2023.107488⟩. ⟨hal-04285750⟩
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