Abstract
Oxygen levels in epitaxial Si1-xGex films grown by rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition (RTCVD) have been reduced to under 2 × 1018 cm-3, and the source of oxygen in films with higher oxygen concentration has been identified. Films with low oxygen levels have minority carrier lifetimes in the μs range, and Si/Si1-xGex/Si heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT's) fabricated with low oxygen levels have near-ideal base currents which do not depend on the base composition.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 252-259 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 1393 |
| State | Published - 1991 |
| Event | Rapid Thermal and Related Processing Techniques - Santa Clara, CA, USA Duration: Oct 2 1990 → Oct 3 1990 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering