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Study Segregation of Alloying Elements in Continuous Casting Slab with Valence Electron Structure

Yan LIU , Zhilin LIU , Chengwei ZHANG , Yingguang ZHU

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By calculating the electron structures of the phases that phosphor, sulfur and alloying elements dissolving in γ-Fe, the reason why alloying elements can bring centerline segregation in continuous casting slab (CCS) with nA, the number of electrons on the strongest covalent bonds, and the structure formation factor S were investigated, and an electron structural criterion to control and to eliminate the centerline segregation was advanced. Basing on this, the electron structures of a part of rare earth phosphides and sulfides are calculated, the physical mechanism that rare earth elements can control the segregation of phosphor and sulfur is analyzed, and the criterion is well verified.

关键词: Valence electron structure , null , null , null

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY OBSERVATION OF MAGNETRON SPUTTERED ALUMINUM-SILICON ALLOY FILMS

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粒裕希停桑谩。疲希遥茫拧。停桑茫遥希樱茫希校佟。希拢樱牛遥郑粒裕桑希巍。希啤。停粒牵危牛裕遥希巍。樱校眨裕裕牛遥牛摹。粒蹋眨停桑危眨停樱桑蹋桑茫希巍。粒蹋蹋希佟。疲桑蹋停?##2##3##4##5ATOMICFORCEMICROSCOPYOBSERVATIONOFMAGNETRONSPUTTEREDALUMINUM-SILICONALLOYFILMSJ.W.Wu,J.H.FangandZ.H.Lu(NationalLaboratoryofMoleculeandBiomoleculeElectronics,SoutheastUniversity,Nanjing210096,ChinaManuscriptreceived27October1995)Abstrcat:Twodifferentsurfacemorphologycharacteristicsofmagnetronsputteredaluminumsilicon(Al-Si)alloyfilmsdepositedat0and200℃wereobservedbyatomicforcemicroscopy(AFM).Oneisirregularlyshapedgrainsputtogtheronaplane.TheotherisirregularlyshapedgrainsPiledupinspace.Nanometer-sizedparticleswithheightsfrom1.6to2.9nmwerefirstobserved.Onthebasisoftheseobservationsthegrowthmechanismofmagnetronsputteredfilmsisdiscussed.Keywords:magnetronsputtering,Al-Sialloy,surfacemorphology,atomicforcemicroscopy,filmgrowthmechanism1.IntroductionTheuseofaluminumalloys[1,2],inparticularAl-Si,isacommonfeatureinmanysinglelevelandmultilevelinterconnectionschemesadoptedinthemanufactureofmicroelectronicdevicesbecauseofseveraldesirableproperties.TheAl-Sigrainmorphology(size.geometryanddistributionofgrainsisassociatedwithstepcoverage[3],electromigration[4]andinterconnectsresistivity[5]etc..Thus,characterizationofAl-Sialloysurfacemorphologyisveryimportant,especiallywhenintegratedintensityincreasesandlinewidthsof0.3to0.5μmbecomecommon.Inthepasttwentyyears,theAl-Sialloysurfacemorphologywhichaffectsthereliabilityofmicroelectronicdeviceshasbeenwidelyinvestigatedbyscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),transmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM)etc.[5-7].However,SEMandTEMhavetheirlimitationorinconvenience,forexample,theverticalresolutionofSEMisnothighandTEMneedscomplexsamplepreparation.Recently,anewgrainboundaryetchingmethodwasproposed￣[8]whichalsoneedstroublesomechemicaletching.Atomicforcemicroscopy(AFM),sinceitsemerging,hasbecomemoreandmoreusefulinphysics,chemistry,materialsscienceandsurfacescience,becauseofitshighresolution,easeofsamplepreparationandrealsurfacetopography.Recently,discussion[9,10]waspresentedonhowAFMwillplayaroleinsemiconductorindustry.Asaresponsetothisdiscussion,weusedAFMtoinvestigateAl-SialloysurfacemorphologyandhaveobtainedsomeresultswhichcannotberevealedbySEMorTEM.ThisindicatesthatAFMisagoodcharacterizationtoolinsemiconductorindustry.2.SamplePreparationInourexperiments,aluminumwith30ppmsiliconwassputteredonsiliconsubstrateinbatchdepositionmodeAllthreefilmswiththicknessof1.6μmweredepositedusinganargonsputteringpressureof4.2×10￣-3Pa.TheotherdepositionparametersaredescribedinTable1.Thesubstratewascleanedusingstandardpremetallizationcleaningtechniquespriortofilmdeposition.3.ExperimentalResultsandDiscussionTheAFMmeasurementswereperformedonacommercialsystem(NanoscopeIII,DigitalInstruments,SantaBarbara).Thetipismadeofmicrofabricatedsiliconnitride(Si_3N_4)Itisattachedtoa200μmcantileverwithaforceconstantofabout0.12N/m.Beforethesurfaceofsamplewasexamined.agoodtipwithananometer-sizedprotrusionatitsendwasselectedbeforehand,whichcanbeobtainedbyimagingtheatomicstructureofmicasubstrateandagoldgrid.AtypicaloperatingforcebetweenthetipandAl-Sisamplesurfaceisoftheorderof10￣-8Nandallimagesweretakenatroomtemperatureinair.AtypicaltopographicviewoftheAl-SifilmsisshowninFig.1(allimagescansizeis5by5μma,bandcarerespectivelyforsample1,2,and3).FromFig.la,itcanbeseenthatirregularlyshapedgrainstiltinginvaryingdegreespileupinspace,andgroovesamongtheirregularlyshapedgrainsaredifficulttodecideatacertainarea(wedefineitascharacteristicA).Toourknowledge,onreportsonthesurfacemorphologyhavebeenpresentedbefore.InFig1b,however,irregularlyshapedgrainsassembleonaPlaneandgroovesamongtheirregularlyshapedgrainsareeasytodecide(wedefineitascharacteristicB),whichisinagreementwithmanypreviousreports[5-7].InFig.1c,bothcharacteristicA(arrowA)andcharacteristicB(arrowB)wereobserved.IndoingAFMexperiments,weselectedfivedifferentscanareastobeimagedforeachsampleandfoundthatallimagesofeachsamplearerespectivelysimilartoFig.1a,bandc.Also,wenotedthatthesurfaceofinFig.1a.WethinkthatdepositionparameterswillinfluenceAl-Sisurfacemorphology,andthetiltedgrainsmaybesusceptibletomicrocracking.Byreducingthescansizeareato2by2μm(Fig.2aandb).Weobtainedmanyidenticalresultsasdescribedabove,suchasirregularlyshapedgrainsetc.Forthefirsttime,wefoundnanometersizedparticlesonirregularlyshapedgrainsurfacewhichcannotberevealedbySEMbecausethediameterofthesenanoparticlesisabout10nmandtheheightofthesenanoparticlesisintherangeof1.6to2.9nm.Inimaging,wenotedthatrotatingthescandirectionandchangingthescanfrequencydidnotaffectthestructureofthesegrainsasshowninFig.2aandb,rulingoutthepossibilitythatscanninginfluencedtheshapeoftheseparticlesorcausedsomesimilarimagingartifacts.Also,wenotedthatthenanoparticleswerenotobservedontheslopesofthegrooves(Fig.2aandb).Thisphenomenoncanbeexplainedasfollows:thepotentialenergyattheslopeislargerthanthatelsewhere,sotheparticlesseemmorelikelytobedepositedontheseareaswithlowerpotentialenergy.Fig.2c,scansize250by250nm,isazoomtopographicimage(whiteoutlineinb).Itshowsunevendistributionofthenanoparticles.Andtheheightdifferenceofthenanoparticlesindicatesdifferentgrowingspeed.Wethinkbasedonthemorphologyofnanoparticles,thattheheightdifferenceandunevendistributionofthesenanoparticlesshowdifferentgrowingadvantageandindicatethatatomshaveenoughenergytomovetoasuitablegrowingspot.Theenergymaybefromthefollowingsources:surfacetemperaturefluctuation,stressdifferenceorcollisionbetweenhighspeedsputteredatoms.Thesenanoparticlesgoongrowingandformmanyirregularlyshapedgrains.AndtheseirregularlyshapedgrainsfurtherconnecteachotheraccordingtocharacteristicAorB,finallyformingtheAl-Sisurfacemorphology.4.ConclusionWecandrawthefollowingconclusionsfromtheabove.First,theexperimentalresultsshowedthatAFMisapowerfultooltoinvestigatethedetailsofAl-Sisurfacemorphologywhichcangreatlyenrichourknowledgeofthefilmgrowthmechanism.Second,depositionconditionsplayanimportantroleindeterminingtheAl-Sisurfacemorphology.Third,thetwoAl-Sisurfacemorphologycharacteristicsarethatirregularlyshapedgrainsassembleonaplaneandirregularlyshapedgrainstiltinginvaryingdegreespileupinspace.Fourth,forthefirsttime,nanoparticleswereobservedonirregularlyshapedgrainsurfacewhichsuggestedthatthefilmgrowthmechanismwasbyinhomogeneousnucleation.Acknowledgements-BeneficialdiscussionswereheldwithDr.ZhenandMr.Zhu.ThisworkwaspartiallysupportedbytheNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina.RFFERENCES｜｜1D.pramanikandA.N.Saxena,SolidStateTechnol.26(1983)127.2D.pramanikandA.N.Saxena,SolidStateTechnol.26(1983)131.3D.pramanikandA.N.Saxena,SolidStateTechnol.33(1990)73.4S.S.IyerandC.Y.Worg,J.Appl.phys.57(1985)4594.5J.F.Smith,SolidStateTechnol.27(1984)135.6D.GerthandD.Katzer,ThinSolidFilm208(1992)67.7R.J.WilsonandB.L.Weiss,ThinSolidFilm207(1991)291.8E.G.Solley,J.H.Linn,R.W.BelcherandM.G.Shlepr,SolidStateTechnol33(1990)409I.SmithandRHowland,SolidStateTechnol.33(1990)53.10L.Peters,SemiconductorInternational16(1993)62.##61D.pramanikandA.N.Saxena,SolidStateTechnol.26(1983)127.2D.pramanikandA.N.Saxena,SolidStateTechnol.26(1983)131.3D.pramanikandA.N.Saxena,SolidStateTechnol.33(1990)73.4S.S.IyerandC.Y.Worg,J.Appl.phys.57(1985)4594.5J.F.Smith,SolidStateTechnol.27(1984)135.6D.GerthandD.Katzer,ThinSolidFilm208(1992)67.7R.J.WilsonandB.L.Weiss,ThinSolidFilm207(1991)291.8E.G.Solley,J.H.Linn,R.W.BelcherandM.G.Shlepr,SolidStateTechnol33(1990)409I.SmithandRHowland,SolidStateTechnol.33(1990)53.10L.Peters,SemiconductorInternational16(1993)62.##A##BATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY OBSERVATION OF MAGNETRON SPUTTERED ALUMINUM-SILICON ALLOY FILMS$$$$J.W.Wu,J.H. Fang and Z.H.Lu (National Laboratory of Molecule and Biomolecule Electronics,Southeast University,Nanjing 210096, China Manuscript received 27 October 1995)Abstrcat:Two different surface morphology characteristics of magnetron sputtered aluminumsilicon(Al-Si)alloy films deposited at 0 and 200℃ were observed by atomic force microscopy(AFM).One is irregularly shaped grains put togther on a plane.The other is irregularly shaped grains Piled up in space. Nanometer-sized particles with heights from 1.6 to 2.9 nm were first observed. On the basis of these observations the growth mechanism of magnetron sputtered films is discussed.

关键词: :magnetron sputtering , null , null , null , null