Abstract
This paper reports the measurement of epitaxial silicon film thickness using a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. The implementation and characteristics of emission Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (E/FT-IR) for film thickness measurement are described. The limitation and robustness of the E/FT-IR technique, and its comparison to conventional FT-IR are reported in detail. Issues such as E/FT-IR's repeatability, reproducibility, the effect of vacuum window material and its coating, and the effect of wafer rotation, are evaluated. We find that good repeatability and reproducibility of the E/FT-IR technique can be achieved. The repeatability of the E/FT-IR technique in terms of standard deviation is 0.01 /spl mu/m, in terms of coefficient of variation is about 0.1% for all wafer temperatures (550/spl deg/C, 610/spl deg/C, and 660/spl deg/C). The window material, window stress, and its coatings do not affect the film thickness measurement as long as sufficient light intensity reaches the FT-IR detector. Additionally, when FT-IR thickness measurements are performed on a rotating wafer (with speeds up to 55 rpm), we find that only a small amount of noise is introduced, and a good measurement repeatability can still be maintained.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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