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  • Surface Science
  • Semiconductor Physics

Background:

  • Native oxide layers on crystalline silicon (Si) wafers form spontaneously in air.
  • These oxide layers' properties are crucial for semiconductor device performance.
  • Understanding the correlation between doping and oxide characteristics is vital for Si wafer production.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the correlation between dopant type/level and the physico-chemical properties of native Si oxide layers.
  • To analyze the surface, bulk, and Si interface of oxide layers across a wide doping range (1013–1019 cm-3).
  • To identify critical doping concentrations influencing oxide properties.

Main Methods:

  • Surface analysis: contact angle, thermal desorption, atomic force microscopy (AFM).
  • Bulk and interface analysis: ellipsometry (thickness), X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) (composition), Kelvin probe microscopy (electrostatic charges).
  • Investigated both native oxides and regrown oxides after etching.

Main Results:

  • Oxide thickness showed an abrupt change with doping concentration.
  • Silanol concentration and Si intermediate-oxidation states peaked at a critical doping concentration of ≈2.1 × 1015 cm-3.
  • Surface roughness exhibited a minimum at the same critical doping concentration; two electrostatic contributions were identified.

Conclusions:

  • Physico-chemical properties of native Si oxide layers are strictly correlated with dopant concentration.
  • A critical doping level (≈2.1 × 1015 cm-3) significantly influences oxide morphology, chemistry, and electrostatics.
  • These findings are reproducible and relevant for Si wafer processing and device fabrication.