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Stress Distribution in Ultra Thin SiO2 Film/Si Substrate System Measured by a Low Level Birefringence Detection Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

X. H. Liu ,
H. J. Peng ,
S.P. Wong  and
Shounan Zhao
X. H. Liu
Affiliation:
Department. of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science and Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
H. J. Peng
Affiliation:
Department. of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science and Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
S.P. Wong
Affiliation:
Department. of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science and Technology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Shounan Zhao
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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Abstract

In this work, a low level birefringence detection system was employed to study the stress distribution in Si substrate induced by thermally grown ultra-thin SiO2 film. According to traditional bi-metallic strip theory, it is expected that the stress should show a linear dependence on depth with the zero stress plane located at the position of two third of the thickness of the substrate from the SiO2/Si interface. The linear dependence of stress on depth in accordance with the bi-metallic strip theory was observed only in part of the substrate. For the region below the SiO2/Si interface extending to a depth of about 1/5 of the thickness of the substrate, the magnitude of the stress was found to be significantly smaller than expected. The position of the zero stress plane was found to depend on the thickness of the SiO2 film and the oxidation conditions. The zero stress plane seemed to move towards the bottom of the Si substrate as the thickness of the SiO2 film became thinner and no zero stress plane was observed in the Si substrate when the SiO2 films became sufficiently thin.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 821: Symposium P – Nanoscale Materials & Modeling-Relations Among Processing, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties , 2004 , P8.8
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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