Novel one-mask self-heating pillar phase change memory
T.D. Happ, M. Breitwisch, et al.
VLSI Technology 2006
The interaction of SiO2 surfaces with ultrathin layers of 4-16 Å of Cr evaporated in ultrahigh vacuum has been studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger electron spectroscopy. The surfaces were treated either by Ar sputtering, sputtering, and simultaneous annealing, or by annealing in O2. A room-temperature reaction occurs on sputtered samples and produces a new XPS peak at a binding energy 4.9 eV lower than that of oxidized Si 2p and a shoulder in the O 1s line. These effects are less pronounced in sputtered-annealed samples and insignificant in nonsputtered ones. Our results suggest the presence of silicon in a Cr-rich environment which is at a maximum concentration away from the SiO2-Cr interface, following a buffer region richer in oxygen.
T.D. Happ, M. Breitwisch, et al.
VLSI Technology 2006
R.D. Thompson, K.N. Tu
Applied Physics Letters
A.G. Schrott, K.N. Tu, et al.
Physical Review B
F.M. D'Heurle, J. Tersoff, et al.
Journal of Applied Physics