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EPSRC Reference: GR/J47750/01
Title: VUV OXIDATION OF SI AND SIGE STRUCTURES
Principal Investigator: Boyd, Professor I
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Department: Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Organisation: UCL
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 March 1994 Ends: 31 October 1997 Value (£): 220,768
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Materials Synthesis & Growth
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Low thermal budget, and especially low temperature grown films are key components in advanced technologies such as VLSI, optoelectronics, sensors and mass memories. There are also remarkable opportunities for fundamental chemical reaction studies offered by improved control over thermally-agitated kinetics, as well as genuinely new kinetic processes. The aims of this project are to establish a new expertise in low temperature vacuum UV oxiation reactions (ie <200nm) on Si and Si-Ge strained layers. A facility for VUV growth of thin oxides using a range of excimer sources will be developed and the film properties characterised using FTIR, ellipsometry, etch-rate, etc, and electrical properties such as breakdown, wearout, trapping etc, using CV, IV and GW. We expect ultimately to make simple device-like structures incorporating some of the optimised layers produced within the programme.
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