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Liquid and Gas Phase Etching in High-Aspect-Ratio Nano-Trenches for Semiconductor Processing
Liquid and Gas Phase Etching in High-Aspect-Ratio Nano-Trenches for Semiconductor Processing
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202104740
- ISBN
- 9798290651064
- DDC
- 621.795
- 저자명
- Zajo, Zach.
- 서명/저자
- Liquid and Gas Phase Etching in High-Aspect-Ratio Nano-Trenches for Semiconductor Processing
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Stanford University, 2024
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
- 형태사항
- 86 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-03, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Shaqfeh, Eric.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2024.
- 초록/해제
- 요약The development of novel designs of nanotransistors, such as gate-all-around field-effect transistors (GAAFETs), is imperative for the continued scaling and miniaturization of electronic chips. To enable the proliferation of these new designs, advancements in nanofabrication technologies are also necessary. Specifically, in the case of stacked nanosheet GAAFETs, challenges arise in the fabrication of high-aspect-ratio structures at the nanoscale, consisting of multi-layer semiconductor channels, as conventional etching techniques fall short in terms of precision and fidelity in the fabrication of these structures.To improve upon these existing techniques to meet the needs of advanced semiconductor manufacturing, it is crucial to develop an understanding of the underlying mechanisms that dictate these processes. In this thesis, we use a combination of computational and experimental methods to investigate the transport processes and surface reaction mechanisms governing two specific etching processes used in the fabrication of high-aspect-ratio nanoscale features in semiconductor processing.In the first study, we analyze a liquid-phase etching process used to remove layers of SiO2 from the surface of high-aspect-ratio Si trenches using aqueous HF. SiO2 layers, which form spontaneously on Si surfaces upon exposure to even trace amounts of O2, constitute an impermeable protective film that must be removed to enable further processing of the Si structures. We are particularly interested in understanding a reduction in etch rate observed in high-aspect-ratio nanotrenches relative to bulk etch rates using the same chemistry. This reduction in etch rate is attributed to the effect of surface charge on the walls of the trench, which hinders the transport of etchant ions into the trench. To understand this effect, we begin by modeling the transport of ions in a nanotrench with charged walls using the steady-state Poisson and Nernst-Planck equations. We identify the Debye length as a crucial parameter that determines the extent of penetration of the etchant ions into the trench. When the Debye length is comparable to or greater than the trench width, the repulsion between the charged walls and the oppositely charged ions in the etchant solution results in a significant reduction in the average ionic concentration in the trench.We further proceed by conducting experiments on test structures consisting of SiO2 films of nanometer-scale widths sandwiched between layers of Si, which are subjected to HF etching at different concentrations. We also carry out simulations of the same system by modeling the transport of ions, which form as products of the dimerization and dissociation reaction equilibria of HF, with a pH-dependent surface potential applied on the walls. We relate the simulated ionic concentrations to etch rates using an expression fitted to etch rate data on a blanket film. Thus, we are able to obtain a quantitative correlation between the results of theory and experiments, aiding in the selection of optimal operating parameters for etching native SiO2layers from Si surfaces.In the second study, we investigate a molecular gas-phase etching process that uses F2 gas to selectively remove sacrificial layers of silicon-germanium (SiGe) from stacks of alternating layers of SiGe/Si in nanoscale structures. In the first part of this study, we model the transport of the etchant gas molecules as Knudsen diffusion in the free molecular flow regime, considering the contributions of direct fluxes from the bulk and re-emission from the substrate.
- 일반주제명
- Etching
- 일반주제명
- Silicon wafers
- 일반주제명
- Semiconductors
- 일반주제명
- Transistors
- 일반주제명
- Geometry
- 일반주제명
- Vehicles
- 일반주제명
- Electrical engineering
- 기타저자
- Stanford University.
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-03B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■520 ▼aThe development of novel designs of nanotransistors, such as gate-all-around field-effect transistors (GAAFETs), is imperative for the continued scaling and miniaturization of electronic chips. To enable the proliferation of these new designs, advancements in nanofabrication technologies are also necessary. Specifically, in the case of stacked nanosheet GAAFETs, challenges arise in the fabrication of high-aspect-ratio structures at the nanoscale, consisting of multi-layer semiconductor channels, as conventional etching techniques fall short in terms of precision and fidelity in the fabrication of these structures.To improve upon these existing techniques to meet the needs of advanced semiconductor manufacturing, it is crucial to develop an understanding of the underlying mechanisms that dictate these processes. In this thesis, we use a combination of computational and experimental methods to investigate the transport processes and surface reaction mechanisms governing two specific etching processes used in the fabrication of high-aspect-ratio nanoscale features in semiconductor processing.In the first study, we analyze a liquid-phase etching process used to remove layers of SiO2 from the surface of high-aspect-ratio Si trenches using aqueous HF. SiO2 layers, which form spontaneously on Si surfaces upon exposure to even trace amounts of O2, constitute an impermeable protective film that must be removed to enable further processing of the Si structures. We are particularly interested in understanding a reduction in etch rate observed in high-aspect-ratio nanotrenches relative to bulk etch rates using the same chemistry. This reduction in etch rate is attributed to the effect of surface charge on the walls of the trench, which hinders the transport of etchant ions into the trench. To understand this effect, we begin by modeling the transport of ions in a nanotrench with charged walls using the steady-state Poisson and Nernst-Planck equations. We identify the Debye length as a crucial parameter that determines the extent of penetration of the etchant ions into the trench. When the Debye length is comparable to or greater than the trench width, the repulsion between the charged walls and the oppositely charged ions in the etchant solution results in a significant reduction in the average ionic concentration in the trench.We further proceed by conducting experiments on test structures consisting of SiO2 films of nanometer-scale widths sandwiched between layers of Si, which are subjected to HF etching at different concentrations. We also carry out simulations of the same system by modeling the transport of ions, which form as products of the dimerization and dissociation reaction equilibria of HF, with a pH-dependent surface potential applied on the walls. We relate the simulated ionic concentrations to etch rates using an expression fitted to etch rate data on a blanket film. Thus, we are able to obtain a quantitative correlation between the results of theory and experiments, aiding in the selection of optimal operating parameters for etching native SiO2layers from Si surfaces.In the second study, we investigate a molecular gas-phase etching process that uses F2 gas to selectively remove sacrificial layers of silicon-germanium (SiGe) from stacks of alternating layers of SiGe/Si in nanoscale structures. In the first part of this study, we model the transport of the etchant gas molecules as Knudsen diffusion in the free molecular flow regime, considering the contributions of direct fluxes from the bulk and re-emission from the substrate.
■590 ▼aSchool code: 0212.
■650 4▼aEtching
■650 4▼aSilicon wafers
■650 4▼aSemiconductors
■650 4▼aTransistors
■650 4▼aGeometry
■650 4▼aVehicles
■650 4▼aElectrical engineering
■653 ▼aField-effect transistors
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■71020▼aStanford University.
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■790 ▼a0212
■791 ▼aPh.D.
■792 ▼a2024
■793 ▼aEnglish
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