Titanium Silicidation by Halogen Lamp Annealing

Abstract

ABSTRACTSilicidation of titanium on silicon is carried out with the halogen lamp annealing. It is found that the lamp annealing is quite effective in forming an oxide-free and homogeneous titanium disilicide layer with resistivity of 15–17 μohm·cm. Rutherford backscatterring and X-ray diffraction studies show that the halogen lamp annealing over 650 °C for only 60 sec results in disilicide. By a silicidation reaction, arsenic and boron atoms at silicon beneath a titanium layer are incorporated into a formed silicide layer. Arsenic atoms initially in a titanium layer are swept toward the surface as silicidation reaction proceeds. Arsenic atoms in titanium have an effect to retard silicidation reaction.